Talking Tables from Reinier Bosch

talking tables reinier bosch

Oh how we love typographic furniture. So it’s no surprise that we are drawn to the coffee tables and consoles in the Reinier Bosch Letter Series.

Reinier Bosch Letter Series

For his ‘Letter’ series of conceptual furniture, Dutch designer Reinier Bosch took his inspiration from luminous street advertisements and famous pop-art paintings of comic book panels by Lichtenstein. In the ‘Letters’ series, the designs of functional tables, cabinets and consoles each piece refers to a different emotion, usually in the form of onomatopoeia.

Reinier Bosch Letter Series
The collection at Design Miami, photo: Ian Scigliuzzi

Playing with both an idea of excessiveness and mystery, Reinier Bosch uses neon letters to express himself but also to attract and persuade people. He captures these giant letters, that are synonymous with size and a certain idea of contemporary globalization, and brings them into domestic life.

The Letter series is a series of furniture made from letters in steel and plexiglass.

Composition 1, 2013
composition table

pop art furniture

Glass, stainless steel, Plexiglas
13 4/5 × 51 1/5 × 51 1/5 in
35 × 130 × 130 cm
Edition of 3 + 2AP + 1P
$8000

The famous pop-art paintings of comic book panels by Lichtenstein were used as a source of inspiration to create the following three tables.

The Whaam! Table
wham! coffee table

whaam table

WHAAM!, 2013
Glass, RVS bronze mirror, plexiglas, LED lighting
51 1/5 × 51 1/5 × 15 in
130 × 130 × 38 cm
Edition of 3 + 1P + 2AP
(SOLD)

The Varoom Table
varoom table

reinier bosch coffee table

VAROOM, 2014
Glass, Stainless steel, Plexiglass
15 7/10 × 63 × 41 3/10 in
40 × 160 × 105 cm
Editions 2, 3, 1AP, 2AP, 1P of 3 + 1P + 2AP
$17,500

The BANG Table
Bang table

pop art furniture

Bang*, 2014
Glass, Stainless steel, plexiglass
15 7/10 × 59 1/10 × 43 3/10 in
40 × 150 × 110 cm
Editions 2, 3, 1P, 2AP of 3 + 1P + 2AP
$15,000

The X Console and The W Console are large polished steel letter-shaped console tables topped with glass and illuminated with LED lights. Along with emotion, the consoles are also a play on language. The letters have a literal meaning to them, but are also aesthetic objects.

The X Console
X-console

X Console, X-Console, 2014
Glass, plastic, stainless-steel
39 2/5 × 45 7/10 × 11 4/5 in
100 × 116 × 30 cm
Editions 2, 3, 1-2AP, 1P of 3 + 1P + 2AP
$11,000

The W Console

W-console, 2014
Glass, mirror-polished stainless steel
39 2/5 × 45 7/10 × 11 4/5 in
100 × 116 × 30 cm
Editions 1, 3, 1AP, 1P of 3 + 1P + 2AP
Contact Gallery for Price.

www.reinierbosch.com


You can purchase the letter series tables and consoles by Reinier Bosch at the Netherlands Gallery Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design

Thanks to photographers Ian Scigliuzzi, Rachel Nieborg and gallery Priveekollektie Contemporary Art | Design for the images and information

See our other great posts about Typographic furniture:
• TABISSO Typographia’s letter lounge chairs
• Fontables Tables
• The Letter Furniture from Set 26
• Saporiti’s Letter Bookcases,
• The Alphabet Chest,
• Letter Lights
• ABC lamps