Silver Furniture Design · 2023
Cross Furniture Removable Coffee Table
by Le Xu
- A' Design Award 2023 Silver Winner in Furniture Design
- Awarded April 15, 2023
- CLIENT: Zhi jiang College of Zhe jiang University of Technology
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 25,751
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About Cross Furniture Removable Coffee Table
Cross Furniture is a removable coffee table designed for small homes, with a matching backless seat. Cross Furniture is made from solid wood, apple leather, acrylic and cement. A traditional mortise and tenon structure joins the parts, so no screws are needed. Assembly takes two or three steps, and the finished piece is firm and durable. The legs follow the curved apron shape of Ming style furniture, giving a simple and calm appearance. The flat packed form lowers transport costs and suits online sales and frequent moves.
Positioned within the contemporary conversation surrounding modular domestic furnishings, Xu Le's Cross Furniture Removable Coffee Table embodies a thoughtful synthesis of mid-century design heritage and present-day functional innovation, suggesting affinities with the organic modernism pioneered by Scandinavian masters while articulating a distinctly contemporary sensibility through its refined material palette and considered proportions. The work demonstrates accomplished compositional resolution through its vertical stacking of two circular planes connected by elegantly tapered oak supports, creating a silhouette that balances visual lightness with structural stability in equal measure. Technical merit manifests in the precise joinery implied by the clean intersection of wooden legs with white surfaces, suggesting quality craftsmanship that honors both materials while allowing each to express its essential character. The chromatic strategy operates with admirable restraint, limiting the palette to warm natural oak and pristine white before introducing a single vital accent through the styled arrangement of seasonal botanicals, a curatorial choice that demonstrates understanding of how objects acquire meaning through domestic context and daily use. Thematically, the piece appears to explore questions of adaptability and living, the removable designation suggesting furniture that responds to changing needs rather than demanding static accommodation. The two-tier construction evokes historical precedents in occasional tables while the contemporary material treatment and proportion speak to current aesthetic sensibilities favoring clean geometry and material honesty. One might consider how such objects mediate between industrial production and domestic intimacy, between functional necessity and aesthetic pleasure, between the traditions they inherit and the futures they propose for contemporary dwelling.
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- Unique Properties
- Cross Furniture is aimed to 90s’ living features. It is made from a combination of solid wood, apple Leatherwear, acrylic and cement. The design is simple and elegant, and it is made of traditional tenon structure, Free assembly, easy to solid, without a screw, the beauty of its structure to show the wisdom of their predecessors, leg modeling refining in the Ming-style coupons coupon mouth shape, inside the circle, the shape of the United States embodies the ancients aesthetic. Flat design concept, greatly reducing the cost of transportation, very suitable for network sales.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 320mm × 320mm × 450mm (stool), 550mm × 550mm × 550mm (coffee table)
- Tags
- C、F
- Production Technology
- Manufacturing process: wooden cut and setback plane
Material: solid wood, apple Leatherwear, acrylic 、cement - Design Challenge
- The most challenging part was the structural design. According to the self-locking function of mortise and tenon structure, a new one was innovatively designed, which realized cruciform furniture's disassembling role and firmness. The presentation of its structural form and the perfect integration of contemporary aesthetics!
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2020in Hangzhou and finished in September 2022 in Hangzhou.
- Operation Flow
- Open the product package, and assemble the product in 2-3 steps; the operation is very convenient, you can experience the fun of assembly, and the completed product is solid and durable.
- Research
- Nowadays, the post-90s have low income, small living spaces, love online shopping, move frequently, and pursue a certain quality of life. They need flexible, space-saving, easily accessible, simple, and stylish furniture to improve their quality of life. It is made of a traditional tenon structure, Free assembly, easy to solid, without a screw; the beauty of its design shows the wisdom of their predecessors, leg modeling refining in the Ming-style coupons coupon mouth shape, inside the circle, the form of the United States embodies the ancients aesthetic. The flat design concept significantly reduces transportation costs and is very suitable for network sales.
- Inspiration
- In this realistic environment of the snail's pace era, the post-90s population faces many living problems, such as small living space, the pursuit of fashion, frequent changes in living places, and the preference for fast and convenient online shopping. Therefore, this group of people needs to realize the disassembly of furniture through clever mortise and tenon structure, and at the same time, versatile furniture products in line with contemporary aesthetics to improve the quality of life.
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