Playwood tables are living sculptures

The Playwood series, made in Germany by Hamburg designer Silvia Knüppel, lives up to the promise of its name: playful use of this table is not only possible but positively required. Playwood tables are living sculptures.

The table is 33 loosely stacked individual layers of solid wood, reminiscent when fully closed of a classic side table. But only at first glance.

Each of these 33 leaves can be removed from it was required and used as a tray, chopping board, or shelf, dissolving the table’s compact, clean lines and transforming what appears to be a workaday piece of wooden furniture into a dynamic, living sculpture with a wide range of functions.

Pl(a)wood #2 made in beautiful oak wood (oiled) has been shown in during the Milan Design Week 2017, at:

• 20 Years of New Creativity – SaloneSatellite / Salone Internazionale del Mobile
• Planets and Stars of new creativity – Fabbrica del Vapore

Know more on their official website.

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