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This has got to be the most incredible coffee table we have seen in a long time. Mousarris bends reality with wave city coffee table all images courtesy of Mousarris. The 2010 film inception brought viewers into a world where dreams could be manipulated, controlled and coordinated by the dreamer. this scenario allowed characters to build entire cities using their minds, ones which could defy the laws of both gravity and reason. informed by the hit movie, Cyprus based designer Stelios Mousarris has realized the ‘wave city’ coffee table that bends a landscape of buildings in half, using the overlapping surface as the tabletop. made from wood, steel and 3D printing technology, the piece illustrates an urban sidewalk scattered with skyscrapers that seemingly lifts into the air and finally folds back onto itself in a single, continuous curve. a series of meticulously carved buildings add a sense of realism to the otherwise surreal design object, which carefully balances on the low...

These items are often last on the list when furnishing a home, yet comprise two of the most functional and useful elements within a living area. So often people use upholstered ottomans as coffee and side tables until the glass of red wine or the mug of coffee falls over, generally destroying an item of furniture intended for sitting or resting your feet on. When people start looking for coffee and side tables, the first surprise is generally the slight cost difference between the two. The expectation is that the side table will be half the cost of the coffee table, which generally isn't the case, as there is mostly two thirds of the material used in the smaller item. The amount of labour is similar to both and both are relatively expensive to transport, due to their overall volume. Here are some things to bear in mind when selecting this functional piece of furniture. Square / rectangular and round offer the most flexibility, whilst oval tables tend to be space specific and tend t...