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Kiki Low Table
Ilmari Tapiovaara's steel-framed Kiki Low Table with a black laminate top, 1960
1000 × 420 × 600 mm
1960
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Description
Overview
Kiki Low Table is a low table by Ilmari Tapiovaara designed in 1960. A frame of oval steel tubing supports a laminate top, and the table evokes a memorable simplicity.
Construction
Black powder coating covers the steel frame. For the top, chipboard forms the core and black high-pressure laminate (HPL) forms the surface.
Specifications
- Overall size (100 x 60 cm top): 100 x 60 x 42 cm
- Frame material: steel
- Top: chipboard core under a black HPL surface
Story
A low table in steel and laminate
The Kiki Low Table is a steel-framed table with a laminate top that evokes a memorable simplicity. Oval steel tubing is used for the frame.
Frame and top
The steel frame is finished with black powder coating, and the top is HPL in black over a chipboard core. Ilmari Tapiovaara designed the table in 1960.
More by Ilmari Tapiovaara
Kiki Lounge Chair
Ilmari Tapiovaara's compact steel-framed lounge chair from the Kiki Collection, 1960
Kiki Sofa
Ilmari Tapiovaara's steel-framed Kiki Sofa for Artek, 2- or 3-seater, 1960
Mademoiselle Rocking Chair
Tapiovaara’s 1956 solid-birch rocking chair, shaped through Finnish tradition and modern design.
Aslak Chair
A stackable beech chair sketched in 1946 and brought into production by technical advances in 1958.
Collection
Kiki Collection
Artek's Kiki Collection by Ilmari Tapiovaara, 1960: oval steel tube frames, a lounge chair, sofa, bench and low table, and a Milan Triennale gold medal.
