We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Steinn Sigurðsson about their original and creative Coffee Table design work. Steinn Sigurðsson is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original coffee table works.
Steinn Sigurðsson ("SS") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Kaos Coffee Table. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
SS : My intention was to create a table that could be looked at as a freestanding sculpture but is still a fully functional table for TV lounges or a sofa table. This table should have a convenient hight (42 cm) and with a shelf for magazines and remote controls and not be a regular square shape, but rather abstract pattern shape with multyform which makes it look smaller than it actually is (136 cm). That way it looks compact and is easy to go around, for instance where space is limited. My second challenge was to use novelty assembly and in this case the table is held together with only two circular nuts and two rod-legs making the assembly time only about three minutes.
SS : Recently sofa tables have become lower and lower from the floor, some only 15-20 cm high - and I find this trend unacceptible where the usage is very limited. I feel that a table should be at least 40 cm heigh but it is a challenge to make it trendy even if it is 42 cm heigh and 136 cm in length. The challenge is to let it look compact although the table is rather big. I tried to adopt a sculpture form to the Kaos table and that way made it completely different from the traditional tables.
SS : I am interested in finding a production and sale channel in Europe.
SS : Few days, may be a week.
SS : The idea came up when a friend needed a TV lounge table, but in a space that was limited.
SS : I am looking for a producer and sale channel.
SS : To make a table that had something new and fresh and was completely original
SS : No, all my work is original
SS : Consumers that appreciate modern furnitures
SS : There are many tables in the world but I think I can claim that the concept of the Kaos table is very original and just mine.
SS : Kaos is the name of this table and frankly I think it can stand up to the name Kaos - because of all the different shapes and surprise elements in one table.
SS : I use big sheets of paper and different kinds of pensils and led sticks to improvise my thoughts.
SS : Form and function.The Kaos table can be looked at as a free standing sculpture but is fully functional, and that is what makes my design unique
SS : I am in close contat with skilled prototyype maker and we discuss production apportunitie and cost.
SS : A new water cut technique was used to cut out the different shapes of the table.
SS : I stay very much in touch with the new trends in what is going on and sometimes I find inspiration in sporting goods such as boots and shoes
SS : The different angles in the shapes of the Kaos table made it a high precision job both in drawing and making it
SS : When me and my colleague saw the Kaos table finished and in its place we realized it was something very special and unique. We liked to share it with the world, so to speak, and at that time we came across the ADesignAward and sized the opportunity to get this very special creation noticed.
SS : It wasn´t until the Kaos table was finished I found the effect on me and I was inspired by its appearance and it has been encouraging for next projects.
SS : No thank you, I think this has been thorough
