Dezeen promotion: Brooklyn furniture brand Akron Street has launched a wooden coffee table held together by joints that require no metal hardware to assemble.
Using a centuries-old woodworking technique, the solid white oak parts that comprise the Tenon Table easily slot together and hold firmly in place.
The Tenon Table's structure relies on the strength of mortise and tenon joints
Designed by Akron Street founders Hans Yunez and Lulu Li as part of a collection of hardwood furniture, the table's structure is based around the strength of mortise and tenon joints.
To assemble, the tenons ? the protruding ends of the legs ? are inserted into the corresponding mortises ? holes ? in the table top.
The legs are joined to the table tops by driving wedges into the exposed tenons With force from a small oak mallet, small wedges are driven into the exposed tenons, causing the wood to expand and lock the connecting elements together.
Precise manufacturing ensures that the wedges sit flush with the table surface while remaining clearly visible through a difference in colour and grain direction.
Wedges and tenons are highlighted on the table top thanks to a contrast in colour and wood grain
Each of the legs has a different cross-section, ranging from cylindrical to plank-like. They support a sturdy table top with an informal round shape.
"The freeform shape feels incidental and found, but belies a deliberate intent in the arrangement of its disparate components ? a composition tha...