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The dining room is a crucial reference room in a house, with the dining table that takes the centre-stage; from hosting dinner parties to catching up with your loved ones, dining areas have witnessed an entire spectrum of conversations. Deemed as standard furniture design for a residence, dining table designs date back to early Greek and Roman civilisations, when banqueting was a beloved and grand event. With the passing of decades, dining table designs have evolved in structure and purpose. The elongated rectangular table designs accommodating large extended families shrunk with the advent of the nuclear family, leading to new forms such as circular models or irregular contemporary silhouettes. Furniture advanced in form, function, and stylistic expression but remains an indispensable component of any residential setting.
Dining table designs are on an adaptive journey to contemporary needs and the furniture designers’ language. From organic oceanic structures to designs inspired by semi-precious stones, STIR enlists 10 dining table designs that demand a second look.
1. Azul table by Turri x Paola Navone
Blue signifies the skies and the seas, and the serenity and endlessness that the two epitomise. In collaboration with Paola Navone’s multidisciplinary design studio Otto Studio, luxury Italian brand Turri celebrates the calmness of the hue in the Azul collection. The Azul table derives inspiration from the intertwining of ribbons. Its light structure in iridescent blue tubular metal interlaces into a knot at the centre and opens in free movement. Undulating and meandering, the base supports the natural marble top from which the collection gets its name: Azul marble. The dining table design is a reconfiguration of proportions and dimensions, an experimentation with materials and finishes. The refined lapis lazuli blue captures the entire collection, which reiterates the impeccable quality and craftsmanship that distinguish Turri.
2. Acquario dining table by Nilufar Gallery
Embark on a journey into the aquatic realm with this dining table design. Acquario Dining Table investigates the transposition of the natural world to the domestic. With ceramic and glass, Anologia Project’s Andrea Mancuso imagines an oceanographic landscape unfolding within the enclosure of Nilufar Gallery. The Acquario collection, composed of a side table, a dining table, lighting designs, a console, and wall mirror, replicates branches of fictitious corals and imaginary aquatic plant life. The dining table features an undulating sheath of ceramic discs. Ranging from indigo blue to turquoise green, the discs’ patina is a derivative of chemical reactions that take place while being fired. Mancuso worked in partnership with artisans to fashion the table’s glass surface. Blue-tinted glass is placed on top of the soil and melted down to imbibe the rough textures of the earth. The bubbling effect that ensues mirrors the frothy surface of a restless sea.
3. Dining Table by Carwan Gallery
If you are seeking to revamp your dining room with a minimal and industrial aesthetic, this dining table design makes a great fit. The Dining Table designed by Linda Freya Tangelder for Carwan Gallery is a three-dimensional object assembled by bending flat sheets of aluminium with shaped borders. Owing to the meticulous composition, the material reveals itself in harmonious sequences, alternating between a back and a front, a form and a corresponding counter-form. The table's profile refrains from being categorised, it repeatedly references geometries pertaining to both classical and modern design languages.
4. Bauhaus Dining Table by Kristina Dam
Indulge in a modern dining experience with this unmissable round Bauhaus Dining Table. Danish designer Kristina Dam designed this circular dining table to complement a bold and modern home interior. Sculpted using coloured stainless steel, the dining table suits both indoor and outdoor settings. The tabletop and the legs feature perforated steel—a signature design feature of the entire Bauhaus furniture series. Since table legs do not hinder the space around a circular table, this Danish design can easily accommodate multiple guests. The round tabletop softens the engineered expression and injects a transparent and light appearance to the design. The simplicity and elegance of the dining table revolves around pure geometrical components, making it ideal for modern interior design.
5. Valiant Dining Table by Visionnaire
Italian brand Visionnaire never fails to suffuse a space in luxury. Working in partnership with Italian designer Alessandro La Spada, the brand materialised a dining table design for the Mythica series. The collection is an ode to intimate and impactful everyday rituals narrated by the brand’s long-term designers. The Valiant dining table is shaped by pure geometric lines and defined by a strong visual impact owing to experimentation with combinations of finishes. This striking dining table is composed of natural materials, and finishes that birth a refined objet d’art in elegant wood and Michelangelo Quartzite in pastel tones.
6. Onde Dining Table by Luca Nichetto
The recent changes in modern lives have resulted in the outdoors becoming a hub for activities, ranging from retreats for relaxation to temporary offices for remote working or shared spaces for coworking. Onde is a collection of outdoor furniture by Swedish designer Luca Nichetto that responds to these needs through geometric design that epitomises versatility and comfort. The Onde Dining Table is an extension of the studio's effort to realise contemporary environments’ need for adaptability in spaces for working, living, hobbies and much more. “When I was designing Onde, I thought a lot about how conventional offices are already obsolete. Nowadays, there are many jobs that can be developed in different spaces thanks to their flexibility,” shares Luca Nichetto.
7. Sculptural Dining Table by Casey McCafferty
Invite the wonder of mythology into your home with the Sculptural Dining Table. New Jersey-based artist and sculptor Casey McCafferty intends to revive admiration for mythology in his latest body of work dubbed Transcendence. The body of work surpasses the ordinary owing to the intellectual storylines that are reflected in the larger-than-life gestures that the forms symbolise. The paths deeply set in the dining table design and organic contours of the silhouettes are informed by the story McCafferty wishes to narrate. The journey of the design’s realisation is a seamless blend of the physical, the mental and the spiritual. “My work has always been about passion. It started with old hand tools to learn and feel the wood and led to carving abstract shapes from the depths of my soul,” says the furniture designer.
8. Link by Teixeira Design Studio
The Link dining table by Portugal-based Teixeira Design Studio is an example of how a sturdy structure is achieved through mindful positioning of sleek components. The dining table design is strong, light and balanced. Narrow wooden legs are crossed against each other at 90 degrees and seamlessly support the elegant and simplistic wooden furniture. “The existing gaps create different levels and this really adds a nice touch to the table’s language, which becomes less boring,” says João Teixeira, product designer and founder of the design studio. Despite how the tabletop and legs appear disconnected and disjointed, the table comes together as a whole through joints or sturdy 'links.'
9. The Secret Garden Table by Roberto Lazzeroni x Poltrona Frau
Practicality joins forces with craftsmanship in this dining table design by Italian brand Poltrona Frau. The outdoor collection of The Secret Garden, designed by Roberto Lazzeroni, completes the Poltrona Frau Boundless Living Outdoor Collections. The Secret Garden Table, a teak wood outdoor dining table donned in a natural finish, furnishes areas that border—indoors and outdoors, such as patios and verandas, and open air settings such as gardens, terraces, and decks, in both residential and contract settings. The table features generous dimensions and narrow organic sections. The top constitutes two-tone panels in dual colour combinations of handcrafted glazed stoneware, a material typical to Mediterranean design and tradition, one that is highly resistant to extreme weather conditions.
10. Pebbles by Francesco Perini for Gallery Fumi
This creation by Italian craftsman Francesco Perini draws inspiration from nature, similar to his other works or ‘creatures,’ that he likes defining by applying his marquetry skills. Living in the Tuscan countryside and observing the surrounding landscape, Perini’s work celebrates the simplest natural elements such as leaves, trees or water. For this dining table design dubbed Pebbles, his attention was drawn towards pebbles, especially rock cairns. Perini channels his inspiration in the design process and materialises a monumental dining table for Gallery FUMI. The oak structure with concrete inlays bears semblance to three pebbles balancing on each other, challenging the force of gravity. The intriguing assemblage introduces nature into domestic life through raw design expression.
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