Gold Kitchen Furniture, Equipment and Fixtures Design · 2025
Trustlucent Connected Dining Table
by Sadra Boushehri Design Studio
- A' Design Award 2025 Gold Winner in Kitchen Furniture, Equipment and Fixtures Design
- Awarded April 15, 2025
- CLIENT: Sadra Boushehri Design Studio
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 69,035
- Verification code A60139DFDF · Verify this award
About Trustlucent Connected Dining Table
Trustlucent is a dining table designed to attach to a kitchen island or a wall. The tabletop has thin reinforced beech wood edges and a 2mm oak veneer surface that resists moisture and scratches. A 16mm tempered glass base in the form of an inverted pyramid supports the top and lets light pass beneath. Hidden connections and a U-shaped aluminium profile fixed to the floor hold the glass in place without stress. The table serves dining, study and gathering while keeping the view through a window open.
Within the evolving discourse of contemporary furniture design, Sadra Boushehri's Trustlucent Connected Dining Table emerges as a compelling meditation on the dialogue between gravity and lightness, solidity and transparency, tradition and technological innovation. The work appears to engage with longstanding conversations in design history concerning the dematerialization of structure, recalling the aspirations of early modernists who sought to liberate furniture from visual heaviness while simultaneously honoring the warmth and tactility of natural materials. The tabletop's dramatic angular faceting, executed in what appears to be darkened wood with visible grain patterns suggesting oak or walnut treated with an ebonizing process, creates a crystalline form that evokes both geological formations and the precision of contemporary digital fabrication. This geometric complexity demonstrates considerable technical accomplishment in joinery and finishing, with each planar intersection resolved with meticulous attention to seamless transitions. The transparent glass support system represents a masterful engineering achievement, with two planar glass elements of substantial dimension supporting the cantilevered mass while maintaining visual weightlessness, a solution that speaks to advances in tempered glass technology and structural adhesive systems. The designer seems to explore themes of trust and transparency, as the work's title suggests, inviting contemplation of how we depend upon materials that reveal rather than conceal their structural logic. The integration of the table with the kitchen island behind it creates a functional and visual continuity that extends the work's presence into the broader architectural environment, suggesting a holistic approach to interior design where furniture becomes inseparable from space. The surrounding context of polished surfaces, dramatic marble veining, and carefully placed botanical accents positions the work within a refined domestic setting that honors its sculptural aspirations. What might viewers discover when they observe how light transforms through and around these transparent supports at different times of day?
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- Unique Properties
- Thin, reinforced beech wood edges ensure durability. The 2mm oak veneer surface resists moisture and scratches. A 16mm tempered glass base provides stability while allowing light to pass through. Hidden connections enhance the floating effect, and the inverted pyramid form adds both structural strength and visual intrigue. this element could be attached to any kitchen island or wall for study, gathering or dining.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions: 1400L x 700W x 750H mm
Weight: 60 kg
Dimensions could be Variable upon request. - Tags
- natural oak wood, thin table, floating table, transparent, stable, floating upside-down pyramid, Egyptian inspiration
- Production Technology
- A special system connects glass and wood without creating stress. The pyramid-shaped base reinforces this bond. The 16mm tempered glass offers durability, while a U-shaped aluminum profile secures it to the floor, preventing movement and absorbing potential forces. This combination ensures long-term stability and structural integrity.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was securing the glass without stress. By reinforcing the cross-section and placing the glass between two wooden layers, we prevented lateral or vertical pressure. Achieving a uniform tabletop surface required precise color selection. Finally, stabilizing the glass was solved with a strong aluminum floor connection.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2023 in Tehran and finished in October 2023 in Tehran.
- Operation Flow
- The table occupies minimal space while maintaining strength. Light moves freely beneath it, creating an airy feel. The soft oak veneer is warm to the touch, while the nearly invisible base enhances the floating illusion. Observing from a distance, the inverted pyramid structure emerges, surprising and engaging the viewer.
- Research
- Due to the glass base, structural analysis was conducted with three engineers to assess stress, shear forces, and glass resistance. They emphasized eliminating all tension, calling the risk glass suicide. The strictest safety measures were applied. Various woods were studied to refine the thin edges, and beech wood was chosen for its strength and elegance, ensuring both durability and aesthetic precision.
- Inspiration
- The journey began with a client’s request not to cover the window with furniture. Even though Trustlucent is furniture, its design is inspired by trustable, Lucent, and in one word, safe friends, those who support without seeking attention. Strong and reliable yet invisible, they improve life without disruption. The design follows the same philosophy: minimalist, stable, and always ready. Light flows beneath, and its floating presence blends seamlessly, balancing function and elegance.
- Image Credits
- Sadra Boushehri Design Studio
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