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Die Drei by Martha Schwindling
Design student Martha Schwindling has created a series of three tables with drawers that twist or tilt open.
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Called Die Drei, the series is made of elm wood, veneer and linoleum.
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The top of one folds back to reveal storage space, another has a drawer that swivels out from the longest side and the smallest has a drawer that pivots downwards.
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Schwindling completed the project while studying at the Staatliche Hochschule fur Gestaltung Karlsruhe in Germany.
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Here's some more information from Schwindling:
„Die Drei“ („The Three“) are a table series made of elm wood, veneer and linoleum. Looking like very simple tables, they come up with three surprisingly unconventional opening mechanisms which reinterpret structures of classic furniture.
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While other drawers tilt or wear out after some time, Martha Schwindling‘s desk and side table use these asymmetric movements as their functional pinciples.
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And another table is turned into a davenport by swinging open its covering.
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