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Meltingpot Round 125 Coffee Table by Dirk van der Kooij

10-16 Weeks

The Meltingpot table offers a third life to recycled plastic prototypes and colour tests from the Kooij studio. Daily, their in-house colourist composes a table from precious, fleeting resources. As such, each piece is a one-off interaction between intuition, material, and chance. Pressed from studio prototypes and colour tests, the tables are completely solid—with patterning enveloping the top, edges and underside of the table.

Generously proportioned, the Ø125 coffee table accommodates immersive, varied compositions. The assembly of a Meltingpot sheet requires broad, strong movements: as their colourist uses their whole body to toss together Kooij prototypes. Here, the full width of the body’s movements can be observed and appreciated.

Every Meltingpot pattern is completely unique.

Please note that other colour variants shown may not be available at time of purchase. Please reach out to us directly for current colour availabilities and lead time.

Data Sheet

Ø125xH30cm | 45kg
Ø49 1⁄4xH11 3⁄4in | 99lbs

Recycled plastic, pigment, stainless steel fixtures

The Netherlands

In 2009, Dirk van der Kooij founded this studio in the basement of the Design Academy, Eindhoven. His guiding question was seemingly simple: could plastic be an honest, durable material? Six pizza ovens welded together proved that yes, it could. The resulting Elephant Skin series saw recycled plastic wrinkle and contract as it cooled outside of a mould, conjuring a rich, living tactility. The ultimate imitator had finally found an identity of its own.

A decade since this adventure began, Dirk produces a tightly curated range of forever furniture in his Amsterdam-based factory. Select pieces have joined the permanent collections of the Stedelijk museum, MoMA New York, MoMA San Francisco, Vitra Design Museum, Design Museum London, and the National Museum in Oslo.

Condition: New