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Making ClassiCons Bell Tables

Bell tables Sebastian Herker Bibendum armchairs Eileen Gray ClassiCon Aram Store

Of the many contemporary designs launched each year only a handful will endure the initial excitement and prove consistently popular with customers, interior designers and press alike. Sebastian Herkner’s Bell tables, designed in 2012 for ClassiCon, have joined this coveted group – and we think for good reason.

Bell coffee table Sebastian Herkner ClassiCon Folding Screen Eileen Gray Aram Designs Bell coffee tables by Sebastian Herkner and Folding Screens by Eileen Gray

 

The Bell side table and coffee table both consist of three elements, a black glass top, spun metal upper and hand-blown smoked glass base. Each material meets the next with precision and without disturbing the flow of its sculptural silhouette – a testament to the design skill and craftsmanship ingrained in the piece. Its shape and colour palette are immediately striking, but the Bell table’s appealing secondary feature lies in its contrasting reflections. The flat, black glass table top acts as a mirror reflecting verbatim the world above, whereas the curved ‘bell’ base creates an abstract, fish-eyed view. It’s these subtleties which by adding depth, elevate the design from a face-value aesthetically pleasing item to a piece with staying power.

 

Bell coffee table side table Sebastian Herkner ClassiCon Bibendum armchair Eileen Gray Aram Designs Aram Store Bell side table and coffee table with an Eileen Gray Bibendum armchair

 

Here we’d like to share ClassiCon's behind-the-scenes factory visit which illuminates the work of the glassblowers who make each Bell table base:

ClassiCon's Bell Tables by Sebastian Herkner from Aram Store on Vimeo.

 

ClassiCon's Bell side table and Bell coffee table are available to buy exclusively through Aram Store and Aram Contracts within the UK.