Japanese architect Yo Shimada of Tato Architects has designed a table intended to be made at home by consumers using standard materials bought from any DIY store.
Called Utsuri, the small multi-layered coffee table design was commissioned by German DIY warehouse Hornbach.
The table is not available to buy assembled. Instead customers need to make it themselves using a set of instructions published in a book sold by Hornbach.

All of the necessary materials to build the table are available to buy from the store and should cost no more than 150 euros. The simple materials are also readily available from other hardware shops.
The Utsuri table is a multifunctional design that Shimada created as a storage solution for small living spaces. Mounted on dowel legs and set at various different levels, the table's three white-painted birch plywood tops are the shape of multiple overlaid squares.
The result is a cluster of three interconnecting tables that can be rotated around their shared legs to create different configurations.
The table tops also feature neon spray-painted undersides that create a warm glow of colour onto the white table surface below - the intensity of the glow varies depending on the time of day.

Shimada said that the concept is inspired by the Japanese chabudai table ? a traditional low-lying table with four collapsible legs that is set up in the middle of a tatami room.
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