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Brian Thoreen Tables

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Is it art? Is it furniture? Is there a distinction? These are questions designer Brian Thoreen answers in his provocative work, which ranges from curved glass tables, weighed down by cast bronze blocks, to blown glass “melted” over angular handcrafted metalwork. Sometimes his designs are obviously quite functional and categorical, other times artistic merit outweighs function. Either way, his works highlight and draw on the power inherent in his chosen materials, and Thoreen thrives in the spaces in between

Thoreen had explored a range of disciplines and mediums before committing to furniture design. He filled his 20s with experimentation with painting, fabrication, building, welding, architecture and fashion — but he always came back to making furniture. Thoreen studied painting in community college, though much of his talent in design is a culmination of experience he amassed through jobs along the way. He worked as an art installer at Kayne Griffin Gallery, a carpenter at Southern California architecture firm Marmol Radziner and also founded his own gallery MASA and experimental glassmaking collective, VISSIO.

While Thoreen has found a renewed vigor since relocating to Mexico in 2017, the 1960s and '70s Los Angeles art scene informs much of his work. Thoreen learned firsthand from many artists of the era including James Turrell, Ed Ruscha, Larry Bell and Robert Irwin. These visual artists, who were associated with the period's Light and Space movement, explored light in relation to geometric abstraction and minimalism, which resurface as themes in Thoreen’s furniture. 

Thoreen’s Cantilever tables and Reaching Console in his sculptural Unsettled collection, which was exhibited at Patrick Parrish’s gallery in New York City in 2017, feature a sublime marriage of marble, smoked glass and cast bronze, and the components are not held together by the typical hardware associated with these kinds of structures — none of the pieces use fasteners of any kind.

With his prioritization of minimalism and the honesty of the materials, Thoreen endeavored to ensure that his pieces wouldn’t need any fasteners secured by screws to stand on their own, relying instead on what he knew about mass and space (a set of bronze counterweights is doing the heavy lifting on the collection's Console). As such, like each of the designer’s works, they’re striking statement pieces in any space — “unsettled” or not. 

On 1stDibs, find a collection of Brian Thoreen decorative objects, storage case pieces and lighting.

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Creator: Brian Thoreen
Brian Thoreen Block Table
By Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Side table by Los Angeles based designer Brian Thoreen. Made of curved grey glass and weighted upright by a cast bronze block. Also available in bronze glass. Edition of 8 + II AP.
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2010s American Brian Thoreen Tables

Materials

Bronze

Brian Thoreen Vessel 1
By Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of three vessels developed as the material maquette's for Brian Thoreen's larger works. Comprised of a cast bronze bowl, red marble top and bronze glass base. The height of a sma...
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2010s American Brian Thoreen Tables

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Brian Thoreen Cantilever Tables
By Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cantilever tables by Los Angeles based designer Brian Thoreen. Made of marble, bronze glass, cast bronze. Custom material combinations available - inc...
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2010s American Brian Thoreen Tables

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Shift Coffee Table by Brian Thoreen
By Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Shift coffee table by Los Angeles based designer Brian Thoreen. Made of brown marble and bronze glass. Custom material combinations available, including grey glass and red and grey m...
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2010s American Brian Thoreen Tables

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Marble

"Reaching Console" by Brian Thoreen
By Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Smoked glass and brass console table comprised of two separate tables reaching towards each other by Los Angeles designer Brian Thoreen. Cantilevered by a brass column, the glass ele...
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2010s American Brian Thoreen Tables

Materials

Brass

Brian Thoreen Green Mixed Marble and Brass Coffee Table
By Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Geometric coffee table in mixed marble, brass, steel and wood by LA-based designer Brian Thoreen. This version, in green marble, was designed exclusively for Design Miami 2015. Other...
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2010s American Modern Brian Thoreen Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass, Steel

Brian Thoreen Bronze Growth Side Table
By Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Cast bronze and brass table by LA-based designer Brian Thoreen. Custom sizes and finishes are available.
Category

2010s American Modern Brian Thoreen Tables

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Brian Thoreen Modernist Brass Dining Table
By Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Amazing solid brass and steel dining table by LA-based designer Brian Thoreen. Custom sizes and finishes are available.
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2010s American Modern Brian Thoreen Tables

Materials

Brass, Steel

Brian Thoreen Black Mixed Marble and Brass Coffee Table
By Brian Thoreen
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Geometric coffee table in mixed marble, brass, steel and wood by LA-based designer Brian Thoreen. This black version is an open edition. The green version is an edition of 8 + 2 AP t...
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2010s American Modern Brian Thoreen Tables

Materials

Marble, Brass, Steel

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Brian Thoreen tables for sale on 1stDibs.

Brian Thoreen tables are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Brian Thoreen tables, although gold editions of this piece are particularly popular. Many of the original tables by Brian Thoreen were created in the modern style in united states during the 21st century and contemporary. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider tables by LAUN, Klein Agency, and Vedat Ulgen. Prices for Brian Thoreen tables can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $1 and can go as high as $24,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $8,001.

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