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I know Koen, Patrick and Alix can judge!
(sorry guys)

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Here's one for the orthogonal crowd; nothing but right angles here. . .

This might or might not be a drop-leaf gateleg table. If it is, the glass would be removed for folding -- or the glass could be split into two pieces and fastened in place.

Hmm. . .

I will of course need one of these when...
I build my FLW block house. I must be an orthog. Very nice.

Since we were just commenting on FLW's use of...
diagonals of rectangles within broader horizontal rectangle patterns in one of his houses, dare you play around with introducing any diagonal windows in the table frame horizontals joining the legs to give this piece a bit of an up lift?

do you like gaetano pesce...
do you like gaetano pesce work SDR?

I've allways wanted to do a...
I've allways wanted to do a design for a knockdown coffee table that uses Aalto "ears" (tabs)and some steam bent beech, turned the opposite way. White ply etc etc, pictures later. It strikes me as a really obvious design that I'm suprised was never pursued. No doubt it has been elsewhere.

I'm ignorant
of Pesce's work, I'm afraid. Is there wood ? Or orthogonal forms ? (I call these "sticks and boards". . .) The pieces of his shown in the designer's index here don't seem to hit me.
I could see any number of elaborations of this form -- but I like to make a minimal version of an idea, as the basic prototype. Functionally, the large glue surfaces here replace the need for any diagonal members -- and the joinery is VERY simple !
Thanks for the comments and questions.
As for the table idea with Aalto "trees" as removable legs (if I have that right) -- I like it, and (though it *must* exist somewhere) I haven't seen it -- yet !
SDR

some of Pesces stuff has...
some of Pesces stuff has this monumental temple like appearance that your table reminded me of.