Deconstruction: Tables by John Beck Steel

January 26th, 2010 admin

We’ve featured John Beck before on Design Milk , and we think his handiwork is quite impressive. We asked him to show us some parts of the process in creating one of his one-of-a-kind tables. The tables shown are coffee tables (48″ x 48″ x 16″) that are all steel, with a very new exception. The interior supports are made from all reclaimed lumber. The first 10 that I build will be numbered like the Limited Edition Work Tables, and here is…


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