Ineke Hans' Drawer Table offers storage for slender items
Cologne 2015: Dutch designer Ineke Hans has incorporated slender drawers beneath the surface of this table to store items such as cutlery, letters or tablet devices (+ slideshow).
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The Drawer Table's legs and thin top are made from solid wood. The drawers that slide out from beneath the table's surface are made from a felt-like composite produced from recycled plastic bottles.
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Ineke Hans designed the furniture piece so it can be used as both a dining table and a desk.
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"Tables have to be multi-taskers nowadays and serve as working, dining and socialising spots," said Hans, who has launched the product with Dutch furniture brand Arco.
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"The old kitchen drawer-table is in fact a very practical table to store things quickly when activities change, but not very elegant when materials for drawers and tabletop add up and compromise leg-space," she told Dezeen.
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The table is available in various lengths, dictated by the width of the drawers that each equate to one person's seating space.
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"Using recycled PET [polyethylene terephthalate] makes the drawers slide well and simply – and by moulding it, you can keep the wall thickness thin, creating more space for your knees and legs," said Hans.
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"People are amazed by the thin table top, and than flabbergasted when the rim also proves to hide spacious drawers."
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PET also has acoustic qualities, which the designer cites as a benefit when the piece is used in office environments.
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The Drawer Table was launched at the imm Cologne trade event earlier this week, where Inga Sempé showed seats clamped into shape with metal frames and Neri&Hu installed its vision for the home of the future.