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iCoffee Table Stands Tall

11:16 am, December 3rd, 2008, Nicole Martinelli

Back in May, CoM published a phone cam shot of a table that looked like an iPod found in a Milan hotel.

We tracked down the guy who made it, Mirko Ginepro, an industrial designer, graphic artist and photographer.

His iTable is made from Corian (frequently the stuff of kitchen and bathroom counter tops), the “screen” is glass and the necessary add-on to make the original design furniture-worthy, the legs, are steel.

Ginepro built three iTables for an installation at Milan’s design week this year, then sold one to the hotel and another to an art gallery.

“I like to take inspiration from everyday objects and as Mac user, those designs are the ones I see all the time,” Ginepro told Cult of Mac. “The idea was to take an object that didn’t start out as furniture and turn it in into something useful.”

The iTable is about 47 inches long by 29 inches wide (original measurements: 120 x 75 centimeters) and about 13 inches high.

It comes in classic white, black or sunny yellow. Each table is a one-of-a kind, made-to-order piece of art (read: workaround to wrangling a licensing agreement with you-know-who for mass production). More info on availability, cost etc. through his website.

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Nicole Martinelli was born in San Francisco and has lived in Milan and Florence, Italy. Cultish tendencies and love for DIY increased while living on the Old Continent, where tech came late and cost more in Big Mac index terms. She's written for Wired.com, The New York Times and Newsweek, and since 1999 on her site, Zoomata. If you're so inclined, friend her on Facebook.

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11 comments

    [...] His iTable is made from Corian (frequently the stuff of kitchen and bathroom counter tops), the “screen” is glass and the necessary add-on to make the original design furniture-worthy, the legs, are steel. More here [...]

    iCoffee Table Stands Tall | Cult of Mac, on December 3rd, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    This is just awesome. I want one.

    Lonnie Lazar, on December 3rd, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    Hi,
    if anyone is interested in buying it,
    please write to:

    info@ginepro.org

    thanks

    alessandra, on December 4th, 2008 at 1:59 am

    this is very cool!!! great design from Italy….. i want one too

    daelirium, on December 4th, 2008 at 3:01 am

    How much are the tables?

    Manda, on December 4th, 2008 at 6:45 am

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    iTable – Coffee Table Based on the Design of the Original iPod | JazJaz, on December 6th, 2008 at 4:06 am

    great idea im sure too pricy for most people

    but rock on with the great ideas

    scott, on December 19th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

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