Stingray Coffee Table by Stephan Veit
Stephan Veit has designed the Stingray coffee table for the German manufacturer, Draenert.
From the manufacturer:
Stingray is a coffee table with sculpture character. The appearance reminding of a ray impresses with flowing, organic curves. Lovely views and shadow plays appear depending on the angle of view. The base in the shape of waves reflects the harmonic swinging “pectoral fins” and gives the table a special dynamic and lightness. The round table top from glass floats over Stingray like a clear water surface.
Draenert will exhibit the table at the IMM Cologne show in January 2010.
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Dave on 28 Dec 2009 at 8:24 am #
I might as well be the first to comment that it’s very similar to the Arc Table that was recently designed by
Foster + Partners:
http://www.contemporist.com/2009/10/23/arc-table-by-fosterpartners/
Andrew on 28 Dec 2009 at 10:07 am #
I think that the protrusion on the middle hump entirely robs the sculpture of its potential. Even if it is necessary to hold the glass, I would rather change the rest of the structure than have something so incongruous.
designn on 28 Dec 2009 at 11:25 am #
yep, it is nearly the same, shame for the designer. But it happens as we all know
pootsa on 28 Dec 2009 at 2:35 pm #
the extra little support for the top shown is the third picture is rather clumsy looking
F-J on 28 Dec 2009 at 5:40 pm #
Similar to F+P… yes. But this table has better proportions/scale and overall attention to detail.
Melissa on 28 Dec 2009 at 6:18 pm #
Better attention to detail than the Arc table? How is that?
I like both tables, but the Arc table is the real winner for me.
Rudy on 29 Dec 2009 at 3:20 am #
Yes, the Arc table is a classic.
You can use zillions of shapes as a support for a tabletop (and we have seen some odd ones) but it has to feel natural. This one doesn’t feel like it.
desigNKeus on 29 Dec 2009 at 7:49 am #
Shame on you,Stephan Veit. I for myself would not dare to present this “design” at IMM. Yes, and that ugly chrome steel support for the glass top is a total denial of the organic flow of the frame.
As Designn commented ‘But it happens as we all know’
Rudy on 29 Dec 2009 at 7:17 pm #
There is a resemblence to the Arc table but it is not the same shape at all.
Look at photo 3. There is no need to accuse the designer of malpractice.
desigNKeus on 31 Dec 2009 at 1:30 am #
Rudy, maybe I’ve been a bit rude towards Stephan Veit. But, i.m.h.o.:
The more the frame has a design ‘pretention’, the more the danger of a ‘look a like’.In other words, the 4 straight legs of a table, a functional and simple way of supporting a table top, have been used over and over.No harm there.But the moment a designer ads form to function he has to be aware of the fact that his design should add something (significant) new to existing designs.As you said :
‘You can use zillions of shapes as a support for a tabletop’. Well, no, you can not. A product designer should combine function and form into a unique design that has added value.’One of a kind’ and not ‘more of the same’.
multhalib on 31 Dec 2009 at 9:53 pm #
from a certain angle, arc and stingray does have an uncanny resemblance with each other. both uses the same design language which can be interpreted infinitely. it is like a series of its own, which is definitely not unique to F+P. and for all we know the stingray table could have been developed way before the arc table… i bet F+P would still come out with the arc table even if stingray published it first, and the same argument would ensue.. anyhow, maybe the stingray would have worked better if it was turned upside down…
Esstisch on 06 May 2010 at 5:17 am #
I agree with the comments by Andrew and pootsa. Without the (or with a different kind of) supporting protrusion this table would be beautiful.