Koku Coffee Table Round, High
The tables are expressive in their restraint, complex in their simplicity. The inspiration comes from the legendary Japanese-American designer and woodworker George Nakashima.
About
Koku is a round coffee table in solid oak and slender steel tubing, designed by Norm Architects. Elevated in height and sculptural in expression, it explores how fundamentally different materials, lines and geometric forms can be brought into balance. A thin steel tube supports the tabletop at one end, while a thick oak slab provides support at the other – a quiet reflection on balance expressed through two contrasting materials. Koku is a sculptural piece with strong character. Expressive in its restraint and complex in its simplicity, it draws inspiration from the work of Japanese-American designer and woodworker George Nakashima. He worked exclusively in solid wood, seeing both the living tree and wood as a material as our most important link to nature.
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The designers / Norm Architects
Norm Architects is a Copenhagen-based design studio founded in 2008 by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rønn. Working across architecture, interiors and furniture, the studio explores how materials, spaces and objects shape our everyday experiences.
Their approach draws on simplicity, natural materials and an awareness of the senses. Rather than seeing minimalism as a matter of removing things, Norm Architects considers what remains: the feel of a surface, the balance of a proportion and the atmosphere a space creates.
