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Mountain Cloud Tea Table

Entrant: Shanghai VARIO Furniture Co., Ltd

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2024

Silver

CategoryFurniture
Class / SubcategoryTable & Desks Furniture
Desk
Country / RegionChina

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Project description.

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The Mountainous Cloud Tea Table is a unique product that integrates traditional tea culture and terrace landscape into its design. Its purpose is to create a tranquil tea-tasting environment while conveying the brand's recognition and respect for traditional culture.

This tea table employs a wired acrylic process, with Yunnan handmade weaving artwork embedded in the table plate. The result is a stunning visual aesthetic, evocative of clouds and mist-covered terraces, that imbues the tea table with a unique cultural value. The legs of the table are constructed using a stainless steel hot bending process, resulting in an undulating curved surface. The transparent acrylic plate reveals its cross-section on the tabletop, resembling the winding paths found in terraces. This further strengthens the emotional connection between the tea table and the user, making it feel as though one is savouring tea amidst misty mountain terraces.

Tea is an essential aspect of traditional Chinese culture, yet it seldom features prominently in furniture product design. This tea table is visually striking and highly functional. Its height of 700mm is designed to accommodate Eastern people's sitting habits when making and tasting tea, reflecting the brand's deep insights and research into contemporary Eastern lifestyles.

The Mountainous Cloud Tea Table's innovative and aesthetically pleasing design showcases the unique charm of tea culture and promotes cultural dissemination and design innovation in related industries

Furthermore, all the materials used in this product are recyclable, reflecting the brand's commitment to promoting green environmental protection.

Project credits.

Huang Lin

Design Director

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