Our client came to us with a large glass lens, which is supposedly the lens from a WWII search light, and asked us to devise a base for it to allow them to display it as a coffee table. Given the inherent impracticalities of using a concave glass dish as a table top, we decided to embrace form over function and make this table a sculptural centrepiece of our client’s space.

We settled on the idea of a series of 12 reciprocal legs, each leaning on the next for support. The repeating pattern creates this oculus or iris effect in the centre of the table which evokes thoughts of lights or camera lenses, mirroring the lens used for the table top.

The twisting layout of the legs gives the table a continuously changing shape, depending on the angle that you view it from. The glass top enables this visibility from all angles, and draws the viewers focus to the oculus at the centre.