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Ingenuity, elegance and flexibility define this postwar design classic reimagined for modern homes. A single fluid motion transforms a square work table into a round dining table for six. The 1950 B-Table was Marcel Gascoin’s innovative answer to the limitations posed by France’s compact postwar housing. Inspired by space-saving techniques typically found in boat design, Gascoin created two tables in one – a highly functional, yet beautifully refined, all-purpose solution. Streamlined by GUBI for modern homes, the new B-Table is both elegant and flexible – ideal for the multi-tasking nature of our everyday lives, especially when space is limited. Using the clever magnetic mechanism, the shift between work, play and dining is an effortless task for one person. Available in oak or walnut frames, the B-Table is part of a unified Gascoin collection which includes the S-Table, C-Chair and Trèfle Stool. Crafted from wood, their elegant simplicity and limitless configuration allows them to work alongside many interior styles of home or office.
Ingenuity, elegance and flexibility define this postwar design classic reimagined for modern homes. A single fluid motion transforms a square work table into a round dining table for six. The 1950 B-Table was Marcel Gascoin’s innovative answer to the limitations posed by France’s compact postwar housing. Inspired by space-saving techniques typically found in boat design, Gascoin created two tables in one – a highly functional, yet beautifully refined, all-purpose solution.
French designer Marcel Gascoin (1907-1986) was one of the leading furniture designers of the post-war era. He played a vital role in the reconstruction of France after World War II, where his streamlined wooden furniture, focused on clean aesthetics and functionality, became the staple for 1950s French households.
Gascoin worked as an interior architect and designer with the French Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism to design and build homes and the furniture to fill them during the post-war housing crisis in France. Forward-thinking for his time and with a strong social conscience, Gascoin’s democratic design drew lines between art and industry, converging clean aesthetics with rational manufacturing processes.
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Hee Welling x HAY Designer talks. In conversation with Hee Welling
