sphere table
2013
- Material: Table: solid wood with oiled finish, natural oak. Hemispherical shell and drawer bottom: dyed-through acrylic glass. Metal elements: powder-coated steel, matched to shell colour.
- Dimensions: 134.5 x 119.5 x 745 cm
- Commission: United Nations/ Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Production: Vitra
- Category: Industrial production
Privacy is an important aspect for the people who work in the Delegates’ Lounge of the UN head quarters in New York. Creating privacy with fixed elements like walls was not allowed in this space due to safety reasons. That’s why Jongerius designed the Sphere Table. This Solid oak table with a large half-sphere of opalescent acrylic glass, offers the privacy to work in your own ‘bubble’.