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Konstantin Grcic's Calder Table

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Simple & Chic. Look what's new at Design Within Reach. Inspired by the mobiles and sculptures of Alexander Calder, Konstantin Grcic created the Calder Table � a three-tray grouping of surfaces that rotates to create unique table top formations...

 
 
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We like that it is very basic and adjustable. This design would be a different look for a bedside table. Available in white from DWR for $500.

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Related Links:
Konstantin Grcic's Miura Stool
Konstantin Grcic's Miura Table
Konstantin Grcic's Library Ladder

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tables - dining & occasional, Design Within Reach, accent table, coffee table, Konstantin Grcic, Alexander Calder

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Comments (9)

I really feel like I've seen a version of this in bronze or something - perhaps in an old Domino? Has anyone seen what I'm thinking of?

posted by melanie on 2007-11-01 16:30:20
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I'm sure you have...it reminds me of plant stands from the 70s.

posted by Aaron on 2007-11-01 16:44:46
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DWR's $500 table seems a lot for what, as aaron notes above, looks a lot like a 70s plant stand. I'd have thought Calder would have provided more inspiration.

posted by Marco on 2007-11-01 16:48:03
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cheap looking and not practical

posted by Archie on 2007-11-01 17:10:33
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I have always wondered why they call it Design Within Reach when all of their stuff is so obscenely expensive.

posted by jzh797s on 2007-11-01 17:50:24
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This guy takes inspiration from Calder's works and all he can come up with are three spray-painted pizza platters on top of a hacked camping stool?



FAIL.

posted by silvarga on 2007-11-01 19:18:18
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This looks like something IKEA would have sold 10 years ago for $8. And I don't mean that in a good way.

jzh797s: It's called Design Within Reach because they were one of the first companies to make high-end modern design readily available (and in stock) within the US. The name has nothing to do with the cost of their goods.

posted by Anna at D16 on 2007-11-01 19:49:49
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Design Within Reach was to make the designs available to the public without a designer acting as a liason between the homeowner and the furniture house.

posted by alexis on 2007-11-02 07:29:38
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Ah, but you all fail to understand that this is an investment in an original piece that was built to last a lifetime. Therefore it's worth every penny. <--- (eyes rolling)

This table is fug. I would much prefer the tree trunk with the Noguchi book on it.

posted by hejiranyc on 2007-11-02 11:01:07
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