"Stone coffee tables often default to simple slabs or blocks, heavy objects that sit on the floor and announce their weight. More interesting pieces treat stone as something to carve and balance, not just to drop into a room. Coffee Table 01 and Side Table 01 by Tom Black lean into that second approach, using one curved gesture to make Italian travertine feel lighter, paired with a contrasting metal inlay that turns solid into void."
"Coffee Table 01 is an exploration of form with a classic Italian materiality, carved from travertine with a soft curvature to the underside that gives a sense of floating and elevation. The top is not a flat slab, but a long trough lined with brushed metal, and this inverse layering of a metal finish into stone sets up a contrast in both finish and form, cool against warm, reflective against matte."
"The underside curve lifts the edges off the floor so the table reads as a solid volume that barely touches the ground. The concave channel on top mirrors that curve, turning the center into a controlled void rather than a flat surface. The metal inlay sharpens that void, catching light differently from the travertine and making the negative space feel as intentional as the stone around it, a second reading of the same carved gesture."
Coffee Table 01 and Side Table 01 carve Italian travertine into forms that read as lighter than their mass. Coffee Table 01 features a softened underside curvature that lifts the edges and makes the volume appear to float, while a long trough replaces a flat top and is lined with brushed metal. The metal inlay creates a cool, reflective contrast against the warm, matte stone and defines the negative space as intentional. Side Table 01 adapts the same carved trough into a more vertical, totemic piece by seating the curved upper element on a rectangular plinth, emphasizing the dialogue between flowing curve and grounded block.
Read at Yanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
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