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Objects of Design #295: Flip Around Chair

flip around chair by norm architects from madeinedesign.co.uk
flip around chair by norm architects costs £200 from madeinedesign.co.uk 

Suddenly everywhere I look, I’m finding great tray tables. This is the last of the three and, at £200, is the most affordable and, possibly, the cleverest. It is, as you can see, very different in style from the other two.

flip around chair by norm architects
flip around chair by norm architects

This is a perfect example of Danish design: form and function are perfectly equal. In the left hand picture, it’s a small table, or a stool. But, pick up the top, flip it over the other way, reinsert and it’s a table that doubles up as a tray. Brilliant.

flip around chair as a tray by norm architects
flip around chair as a tray by norm architects

Isn’t that clever? It comes in either black or white and costs £200 which, when you think of the number of different functions, and compare with the other two tray tables, is pretty darn reasonable.

I want one.

 

Kate Watson-Smyth

The author Kate Watson-Smyth

I’m a journalist who writes about interiors mainly for The Financial Times but I have also written regularly for The Independent and The Daily Mail. My house has been in Living Etc, HeartHome and featured in The Wall Street Journal & Corriere della Sera. I also run an interior styling consultancy Mad About Your House. Welcome to my Mad House.