Expand view for photograph A modern, curved wooden coffee table with two contrasting wood tones sits on a tiled floor. Three people are seated nearby; only their legs and feet are visible, along with a colorful bag on the right.
Expand view for photograph Modern coffee table with curved plywood design, featuring two levels in light and dark wood tones, standing on a tiled floor with people’s legs visible around it.
This furniture piece creatively expresses the properties of wood. The coffee table doubles as a working puzzle table consisting of two components: the coffee table surface and the puzzle working surface. These two components nest into one another. In its primary position, the coffee table protects the puzzle surface, which can pivot to reveal the puzzle below. The coffee table component has an upper and a lower surface, which can serve as storage or as a puzzle box display.
Some considerations for this design consisted of common puzzle sizes, the point of pivot and rotation radius, the space between puzzle and top surface, and the size constraints of available materials.
2023-2024 Design Excellence Award Winner
Taryn Tsujimoto
Wood Design
Instructor: Mark Macek
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