Folding Table

  • Prize
    Honorable Mention in Furniture Design
  • Company/Firm
    Paul Maxwell
  • Designer
    Max Niemiec
  • Photo Credit
    Brian Shumway, Mike Roberts
  • Location
    Dallas, Texas, USA
  • Project Date
    September 2025

Folding Table is both a piece of furniture and a geometric sculpture meant to be enjoyed from all sides. It is made from one laminated slab, cut and joined back together on acute and obtuse angles, to give the impression that it has been folded into a table-like form. Although this design project began with a vision while folding of a strip of paper, it progressed into a feat of trigonometry to transform the concept into reality. The result is an equally delightful and confusing piece that succeeds in being both simple and radically new.

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
2025, Winner in Console Table, SIT Design Award 2025, Iron A' Design Award 2024, Best Contemporary Style, Texas Furniture Makers Show 2023, Ridge Carbide Award, Texas Furniture Makers Show