Folding Meja Sampiang by Max Niemiec is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award Basi in Desain Parabot Competition Category.

BasiParabot· 2026

Folding Meja Sampiang

by Max Niemiec

Client: Paul Maxwell

A' Design Award Basi Winner in Parabot Category

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The Design

About Folding Meja Sampiang

Folding adolah meja sampiang nan juo bafungsi sabagai patuang geometrik nan dimukasuik untuak diliek dari sadonyo sisi. Meja ko dibuek dari sabuah papan kayu kareh laminasi tunggal, dipotong manjadi ampek bagian dan disambuang baliak manuruik suduik lancip jo suduik tumpul, sahinggo bantuaknyo nampak saolah-olah alah dilipek. Chamfer panjang nan maruncing mampahaluih tapi-tapi nan bafaset. Sambungan dowel, jig patukangan kayu, dan metode panjapik khusus digunoan untuak parakitannyo. Papan tu dilipek tigo kali, dan satiok dari ampek sisinyo mampaliekan pandangan nan babeda. Satiok dimensi baukuran 483 mm.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Basi

Folding Meja Sampiang adolah pamenang A' Design Award Basi, sabuah pangakuan nan bapresti nan dibarikan ka rancangan nan elok nan mamanuhi kaparluan profesional jo industri nan dipaokan dari ciptaan nan dirancang jo elok. Pamenang Basi mamparlihatkan kamahiran nan gadang, spesialisasi nan tinggi, pamahaman pakar jo kapasitas kreatif panciptanyo. Folding Meja Sampiang dipaokan manjadi ciptaan nan sangaik dihormati, dikagumi jo disayangi, nan praktis jo inovatif. Rancangan nan manang Basi iko mamasukkan praktik tabaik industri jo punyo ciri teknis nan cakap nan bapautan jo ilimu jo bakaik. Folding Meja Sampiang dihormati karano katalitiannyo jo dirancang untuak maningkekkan kualitas hiduik jo mambantu manjadikan dunia tampek nan labiah elok.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This side table design is a geometric sculpture meant to be enjoyed from all sides. It is made from one laminated slab, cut and joined back together on acute and obtuse angles, to give the impression that it has been folded into a table-like form.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 483 mm x Depth 483 mm x Height 483 mm
Tags: folding, table, geometric, sculptural, side table, origami, taper, facet
Production Technology: The first step in the process is to make a laminated hardwood slab. Then the slab is cut into four pieces. The use of woodworking jigs and fixtures is necessary to cut the unusual angles and tapered chamfers. Dowel-type joinery and special clamping methods are used for the final assembly
Design Challenge: In minimalist designs a recurring challenge is finding the sweet spot between simplicity and complexity. Based on the initial design concept it was clear that the base and top of the table needed to be parallel planes. Two folds would have been the minimum to accomplish this but would have also been too simple to be interesting. Four folds would have been too complex and less structurally sound. The conclusion that this design required the slab to be folded three times provided the constraints and scope for the remainder of the design work.
Research: For this design the portion of the effort that was mathematical was far grater than in most other design projects. Although at first sight the folding table may appear elegantly simple, transforming this concept into reality was a highly complex trigonometric challenge. Each adjustment to the aesthetics required a long series of recalculations
Inspiration: The objective in this design was to create something that is both simple and radically new. The design process began with experiments folding a rectangular strip of paper. After transitioning from working with the flat plane of the paper to the thick wooden slab, the incorporation of the long tapered chamfers became aesthetically necessary - one of the most delightful elements of the design.
Project Duration: February 2025 - September 2025
Operation Flow: The folding table is best suited for use as a side table in an open space that provides as many unobstructed views as possible. Since it appears different from each of it's four sides, the front of the table depends on the preference of the viewer.
Patents: Application No. 30/046,172
Filed: February 3, 2026
Team Members: Max Niemiec
Image Credits: Brian Shumway