Hasta La Ideas

The first thing I thought of when I saw this trio of tables was of that one terrible Dixie Chicks song, “Wide Open Spaces.” But that pretty much nails it when it comes to this series, titled “TOP Tables,” from Olze & Wilkens. The Berlin & Freiburg-based duo deftly translates the scale of the lightly stained woodgrain to create the winsome scenes. From swimsuit-clad sunbathers on a sparsely populated beach to cabins against a backdrop of fresh snow, it takes just a couple well-placed elements, digitally printed on plywood, to suggest an aerial image on the otherwise unassuming tabletop.

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