Counterweight Console

  • Prize
    Winner in Console Table
  • Company/Firm
    Paul Maxwell
  • Designer
    Max Niemiec
  • Photo Credit
    Cai Chen
  • Location
    Dallas, TX
  • Project Date
    October 2024

This console table design is an attempt to take minimalism to an extreme and still inspire intrigue. As is the case with many minimalist pieces, the materials of construction are one of the most critical design elements: consisting of dissimilar hardwoods, smooth on some facades and carved on others to yield interesting contrasts of grains and textures. The use of a hidden internal mechanism and counterweight allows for disassembly and enables the piece's dramatic asymmetry. Although this design is extremely simple - consisting of only two rectangular prism shapes - many iterations were required before arriving at a final set of dimensions and aesthetics that feel perfectly satisfying.

Bio
Max is a native of Texas who spent his childhood in Italy. This broad range of exposure highlighted how vast the realm of possibilities truly is. He possesses a unique style of design influenced by a passion for the aesthetics of brutalism and the methodologies of timber framing. Max is simply an individual driven by a love for design - a process filled with dreams and discoveries similar to the adventure of life itself.

Other prizes
Best Contemporary Style, 2024 Texas Furniture Makers Show Ridge Carbide Award, 2023 Texas Furniture Makers Show


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