Kahveh
‘Kahveh’ is a coffee table with provision to keep sugar and coffee sachets.
The word “coffee” entered the English language through a circuitous phonetic route by way of the Dutch word koffie, derived from the Italian word caffè, which probably came from the Turkish word kahveh, that has its roots in the Arabic word qahwah—a shortening of the expression qahwat al-bun, roughly translated as “wine of the bean.” This is where any agreement between lexicographers ends. http://www.edibleaustin.com/
Austerity, a willful choice to be content with bare essential still has the potential to be artistically expressive without ornamentation. Austere objects don’t carry the stigma of cheapness or compromise. The product develops through the very same design process of creating luxury goods but approached in a paradigm of essentials. Austere design brings together best of high end and low end products by maximizing production efficiency, minimizing materials, focusing on durability and construction aesthetics, and imparting a humane touch through handicraft.
The form is the resultant of a thought that coffee table requires a surface. To keep the surface horizontal at suitable height, it need at least three points of contacts to the surface and four points of contacts on ground for optimal stability.
The design minimizes effort to convert raw materials to finished product.
