It is part of a collection of furniture which has been designed for the University of Copenhagen. The Copenhague Coffee Table is a simple design with an uncomplicated identity. It is both functional and elegant and has been designed for heavy use.
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, the Breton-born brothers, are the stars of European design and the most promising industrial designers to have emerged from France since Philippe Starck in the 1980s.
A combination of romanticism and functionality runs throughout both brothers’ work. Like all truly talented designers, the Bouroullecs have defined a distinctive visual style, which Jasper Morrison (one of the designers they most admire) described as “thoughtful and disciplined, with a real spirit and poetry”.