![Ty-Bihan by Gaël Horsfall](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2007/07/dezeen_Ty-Bihan-by-Gaël-Horsfall_1.jpg)
Ty-Bihan by Gaël Horsfall
New Designers 07: Ty-bihan is a combined dining table and storage system designed by Gaël Horsfall, a graduate from the contemporary design course at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in England.
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The design, which comes with a built-in light and benches, is inspired by Breton kitchens and was on show at the New Designers exhibition which ended in London yesterday.
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Here is a statement from Horsfall:
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Inspired by my Breton background, this piece of furniture has developed from taking a cross-section of an old Breton kitchen. As often the only room in an old Breton home, furniture within this space had to function together.
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Ty-bihan developed from re-interpreting this environment into a contemporary dining space where table, shelving, seating & lighting combine to create one furniture form.
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Update: Ty-Bihan is Breton for "little house".