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We've Fallen in Love with Andrew Kopp's Furniture

By David Seliger - August 1, 2011

in Furniture Design

Recent RISD MFA Graduate Andrew Kopp's organic-Art Deco hybrid furniture pieces are really quite stunning. Here, we pick three of our favorite pieces from Kopp.

Some pieces, like the "Cantilever Coffee Table," are so perfectly simple. There is something both industrial and sensual about the table, with an auto parts-stamped metal silhouette reminiscent of a decolletage. The groove where metal meets wood is an exquisite detail, revealing the effortless construction of the table but also highlighting the contrast between the two materials.

Kopp's "Waterjet Table" expertly combines wood and metal, but here the metal parts are attached in a much more rugged way. The triptych feather-shaped cut-outs in the leg brackets make the table feel rather airy, reinforcing the negative space in the propeller-shaped table underlay. However, the composition is not entirely pleasing to the eye, with a few too many conflicting shapes and details to take in all at once.

The "Dark Blue Table" is an entirely different beast, with more of a focus on the organic. The tripod legs suggest talons or horse legs and the patterning of colors is alive and yet artificially finished, like the designs of the Vorticist movement. This piece is removed from the majority of Kopp's portfolio and we would love to see some more explorations in this direction in addition to a future of fantastic furniture construction along the lines of his current design statement.

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zagato

13 years ago

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I am curious to hear more opinions on this work, I hate to criticise the work of others, since the sheer fact of "making it" has a lot of value in itself.
There are bits and pieces I like, and I don't want to be an @ss, but the waterjet table is, well, I'm not going to use the word hideous, but let's say I don't find it attractive.
In my opinion it doesn't "expertly combine" metal and wood, it is over engineered and over joined.
I find the last bench interesting although looks flimsy, and the first bench I do like although, again it uses too much material for my taste, it looks like a desktop object?.
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Siddhartha Joshi

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Superb work, just saw his website as well! superb work!
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