Big Dog

As the Table #1 prototype's assembly continues it begins to take on a startling resemblance to Boston Dynamics' "Big Dog" robot.

Table #1 - Frame mockup

The above images show the table frame in pre-assembly mockup (left), then on the right, after: assembly, final sand, polish, stain, more polish and more stain.

Detail of polished table leg

Table #1's frame, in context, awaits the arrival of the glass top and fixing screws.

Below, Big Dog in action...

Update: This project was completed in April 2011 and has been installed at a location in Titirangi, New Zealand. For more details click here.

Table #1 - Final Version

The Table #1 - Taraire design has is finalized, detailed and is currently under construction.

Other than detailing, then main change over the initial concept is the addition of a strut across the two under hanging frame apexes. This was unavoidable in the interest of structural rigidity.

Table #1 - Taraire Variation

This variation of my Table #1 design is currently under construction for an installation in Auckland, New Zealand.

A glass top was chosen to emphasize the angular, triangulated construction of the legs. These will be polished and colored to match the exposed rafters in the apartment's ceiling space.

The table will be located in a fairly tight space, so using a glass top also helps to prevent the table from overfilling its space.

Table #1

Computer renderings of my dining table design "Table #1" are presented below...

The supporting frame extends the angular cubist shape of the legs into an interconnected web which simultaneously underlines the profile of the table top (below).

The table top, in turn, follows an angular cubist layout which is designed to wrap slightly around each seated person.

Table #1 was inspired by the Czech painter Antonìn Procházka's Cubist armchair of 1919. Design studies of Procházka's armchair are shown below.