For all the people who think designer objects need to make bold statements with attention-grabbing forms and materials, the revered British designer Jasper Morrison has a message: The quieter objects are often the better products.
Some of Morrison’s earliest creations, such as the 1986 Thinking Man’s chair, with its snaking tubular steel armrests, and the 1991 3 sofa deluxe, whose sculpted seat resembles an enormous wave (both produced by the Italian manufacturer Cappellini, one of the planet's preeminent producers of cutting-edge home decor), display the eye-catching moves that were expected among his contemporaries.
At the same, Morrison was clearly searching for a different language. In 1988, just three years after he graduated from London’s Royal College of Art, he stunned many in the design world with “Some New Items for the Home,” an exhibition in Berlin featuring simple plywood furniture he had designed and made himself as a direct rebuke to the over-the-top colors and geometries of the Memphis movement. As Morrison increasingly came to see statement-making design as flawed and wasteful, he began producing the subtler objects that eventually became his greatest hits and inspired a new generation of designers.
Morrison’s Glo-Ball lamps for FLOS, for instance, feature opalescent blown-glass diffusers that resemble ever-so-slightly squished spheres with a striking visual softness. Designed in 1998, the pieces were instantly popular and have remained a best seller for the legendary Italian lighting maker. Morrison’s Cork Family stools for Vitra, designed in 2004, have proved similarly timeless, with simple silhouettes reminiscent of thread spools whose unexpected material — solid cork — makes them particularly alluring.
By 2005, Morrison had befriended another designer working in a similar manner — Japan’s Naoto Fukasawa. That year, Fukasawa introduced his Déjà-vu stool for Magis at the Salone del Mobile in Milan and was dismayed when fairgoers barely noticed it. Crestfallen, Fukasawa talked to Morrison, who saw the scenario differently: The fact that people instinctively used the stool meant that it was successful. To cheer up Fukasawa, Morrison described his design as “super normal.” Morrison and Fukasawa latched onto this phrase as an ideal term for what they were up to.
Launched in 2006, Morrison and Fukasawa’s “Super Normal” — a traveling exhibition and a book that served as a visual manifesto — documented more than 200 utilitarian yet beautiful objects, ranging from a paper clip, a plastic bucket and a ballpoint pen to an Alessi citrus basket, Vitsoe’s 606 universal shelving system by Dieter Rams and Vitra’s Joyn office system by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. That same year, Morrison began playing with extreme simplicity and introduced the Crate, a wooden bedside table for Established & Sons that was modeled on an old wine crate he used for his own bedside table.
Today, Morrison delights in finding the correct balance in his designs, turning out products that seem appealingly natural and precisely what they should be.
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One Legged Table in metal frame and Glass top by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
By Jasper Morrison, Angelo Cappellini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One Legged Table is one of Jasper Morrison’s very first projects, now revised almost forty years after its creation. This console, small in terms of dimensions but great in terms of ...
Metal
Jasper Morrison oak model "Module" series stacking tables for Cappellini Italy
By Jasper Morrison, Cappellini
Located in Skokie, IL
Oak Table Module Design: Jasper Morrison Series of detachable rectangular low tables, superposable and stackable. Tops surface have circular marks to let elements be superposable. To...
Oak
Jasper Morrison HAL Table — Minimalist Design, Maximum Presence
By Vitra, Jasper Morrison
Located in Dronten, NL
Elevated simplicity at its finest. Designed by celebrated British designer Jasper Morrison, the HAL Table exemplifies his “super normal” design philosophy—qu...
Chrome
Simplon coffee Table in Carrara Marble Top by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
By Jasper Morrison, Cappellini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The delicacy of the contours define the Simplon table, designed for Cappellini by Jasper Morrison. The range includes tables and side tables with a base made of anodised aluminium, a...
Aluminum
Simplon Dining Rectangular Table by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
By Cappellini, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The delicacy of the contours define the Simplon table, designed for Cappellini by Jasper Morrison. The range includes tables and side tables with a base made of anodised aluminium, a...
Aluminum
Bac Large Rectangular Table by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
By Cappellini, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bac table, designed by Jasper Morrison, is made of solid ash wood with a bleached, oak-stained, black-stained or Shanghai blue finish. Available in round and rectangular version...
Ash
2022 Jasper Morrison for Cappellini Simplon Rectangular Table in Palisander
By Cappellini, Jasper Morrison
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Listed for sale is a Simplon Rectangular Table made with an aluminum frame. The table was designed by Jasper Morrison and produced by Cappellini in Italy. It dates to circa 2022 and...
Aluminum
2013 Cappellini Lotus Round Dining Table designed by Jasper Morrison in Laminate
By Jasper Morrison, Cappellini
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a “Lotus" Round Dining Table, designed by Jasper Morrison for Capellini in 2006. This particular example was manufactured in 2013. The piece features a 5-star polished cast-a...
Aluminum
Bac Rectangular Table by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
By Cappellini, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bac table, designed by Jasper Morrison, is made of solid ash wood with a bleached, oak-stained, black-stained or Shanghai blue finish. Available in round and rectangular version...
Ash
Simplon Dining Large Table by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
By Cappellini, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The delicacy of the contours define the Simplon table, designed for Cappellini by Jasper Morrison. The range includes tables and side tables with a base made of anodised aluminium, a...
Aluminum
Simplon Dining Table by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
By Jasper Morrison, Cappellini
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The delicacy of the contours define the Simplon table, designed for Cappellini by Jasper Morrison. The range includes tables and side tables with a base made of anodised aluminium, a...
Aluminum
Simplon Dining Large Table by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
By Cappellini, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The delicacy of the contours define the Simplon table, designed for Cappellini by Jasper Morrison. The range includes tables and side tables with a base made of anodised aluminium, a...
Aluminum
$6,088 / item
Bac Round Table by Jasper Morrison for Cappellini
By Cappellini, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The Bac table, designed by Jasper Morrison, is made of solid ash wood with a bleached, oak-stained, black-stained or Shanghai blue finish. Available in round and rectangular version...
Aluminum
$893Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Round Atlas Low Table A in Anthracite Laminated Top and Lacquered Steel
By Jasper Morrison, Alias
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Atlas Round Low Table A in Anthracite Laminated Top and Lacquered Steel by Jasper Morrison Small table with round base (thickness 8 mm) and leg in conic lacquered steel. To...
Steel
$1,421Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Atlas Small Base Table in Sand Top with Lacquered Aluminium Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Atlas Small Base Table in Sand Top with Lacquered Aluminium Frame by Jasper Morrison Rectangular top in: - full color plywood (thickness 12 ...
Aluminum
$1,236Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Round Small Atlas Low Table M in White Laminited by Jasper Morrison
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Round Small Atlas Low Table M in White Laminited by Jasper Morrison Small table with round base (thickness 8 mm) and leg in conic lacque...
Steel
$1,152Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Square Atlas Low Table O in White Top and Lacquered Steel Frame
By Jasper Morrison, Alias
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Square Atlas Low Table O in White Top and Lacquered Steel Frame by Jasper Morrison Small table with round base (thickness 8 mm) and leg in conic lacquered steel. Top: - Fu...
Steel
$1,196Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Round Small Atlas Low Table M in Natural Maple Top & Lacquered Steel Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Round Small Atlas Low Table M in Natural Maple Top with Lacquered Steel Frame by Jasper Morrison Small table with round base (thickness ...
Steel
$2,653Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias 796 Round Atlas Table in White Laminated Top and Lacquered Aluminum Frame
By Jasper Morrison, Alias
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 796 Round Atlas Table in White Laminated Top and Lacquered Aluminum Frame by Jasper Morrison Round table with 80 mm diameter conic lacqu...
Aluminum
$1,588Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Atlas Large Base Table in Sand Top with Lacquered Aluminium Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Atlas Large Base Table in Sand Top with Lacquered Aluminium Frame by Jasper Morrison Rectangular top in: - full color plywood (thickness 12 mm) -...
Aluminum
$2,332Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias 785 Square Atlas Table in Natural Maple Top with Lacquered Steel Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 785 Square Atlas Table in Natural Maple Top with Lacquered Steel Frame by Jasper Morrison Square table with 80 mm diameter conic lacquered steel leg; 530 mm diameter base in...
Steel
$818Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Square Atlas Low Table N in Black Top and Lacquered Steel Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Square Atlas Low Table N in Black Top and Lacquered Steel Frame Small table with round base (thickness 8 mm) and leg in conic lacquered ...
Steel
$818Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Square Atlas Low Table N in Graphite Grey Top and Lacquered Steel Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Square Atlas Low Table N in Graphite Grey Top and Lacquered Steel Frame Small table with round base (thickness 8 mm) and leg in conic la...
Steel
$1,113Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Square Atlas Low Table E in Natural Maple Top with Lacquered Steel Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Square Atlas Low Table E in Natural Maple Top with Lacquered Steel Frame by Jasper Morrison Small table with round base (thickness 8 mm)...
Steel
$1,016Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Round Large Atlas Low Table I in Canaletto Walnut Oak Top & White Frame
By Jasper Morrison, Alias
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Round Large Atlas Low Table I in Canaletto Walnut Oak Top & White Frame by Jasper Morrison Small table with round base (thickness 8 mm) and leg in conic lacquered steel. To...
Steel
$1,219Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Round Atlas Low Table H in Black Top and Grey Lacquered Steel Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Round Atlas Low Table H in Black Top and Grey Lacquered Steel Frame Small table with round base (thickness 8 mm) and leg in conic lacque...
Steel
$1,219Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias Round Large Atlas Low Table H in Natural Maple Top & Lacquered Steel Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias Round Large Atlas Low Table H in Natural Maple Top with Lacquered Steel Frame by Jasper Morrison Small table with round base (thickness 8 mm) and leg in conic lacquered stee...
Steel
$2,552Sale Price / item|20% Off
Alias 796 Round Atlas Table in White Top with Lacquered Aluminum Frame
By Alias, Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Alias 796 Round Atlas Table in White Top with Lacquered Aluminum Frame by Jasper Morrison Round table with 80 mm diameter conic lacquered steel leg; 530 mm diameter base in lacque...
Aluminum
$3,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.6 in W 31.5 in D 17.72 in
Folio Rectangle Table in Carrara Marble by Daniel Fintzi for Formar
Located in 中西區, HK
Marble is commonly perceived as heavy and inflexible Folio turns this notion of marble on it’s head - cut from a solid block yet thin as paper. Slim 10mm silhouette running along the edge of this dynamic...
Marble, Carrara Marble
$1,620 / item
H 24 in W 18 in D 18 in
Stool / Table in Carbon Dyed Cedar with Carrara Marble Top by Hinterland Design
By Hinterland Design
Located in Vancouver, BC
Cast-off cedar logs are given second life as a crystalline form. Named Little Gem, the natural beauty of reclaimed wood is harnessed in this side table and sculpture piece where nature informs design. Each Little Gem is hand-shaped and faceted based on the different characteristics of the log used, and variations in wood grain. Top surface and finish further ensure that no two are alike. Stool is sold as an individual piece. Shown in main image is carbon-dyed Western red cedar...
Stone, Marble, Carrara Marble, Metal
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 16.54 in W 20.08 in D 20.08 in
Carv Occasional Table in Carrara Marble by Daniel Fintzi for Formar
Located in 中西區, HK
Carv occasional table is Cut from a single block of Italian Carrara marble. Essential and organic design, naturally creating a flat tabletop flowing to a Y - shaped foot, revealing t...
Marble, Carrara Marble
Minimalist Outdoor Dining Table
By SIMONINI
Located in Vila Cordeiro, São Paulo
This outdoor dining table is made in hardwood and metal in a minimalist design. It is a table that combines thin solid wood thickness with a hea...
Metal
"Teoca" Coffee Side Table with Marble Top
By ADN Studio
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
The "Teoca" coffee side table is part of ADN Studio´s Volcan collection. This collection seeks to go back to basics. It is a subtle and refined interpretation of the archytypical mod...
Hardwood
$14,835 / item
H 11.82 in Dm 33.08 in
Doris Multifaceted Coffee Table in White Carrara Marble by Fred&Juul
By Fred&Juul
Located in Fiesole, Florence
Inspired by Doric columns in archaic architecture, this extruded multi-point star coffee table is carved in white Carrara marble. Similar to gears, two or more of these tables, possi...
Limestone, Marble, Belgian Black Marble, Breccia Marble, Carrara Marble,...
Carv Tall Table in Carrara Marble by Daniel Fintzi for Formar
By Daniel Fintzi
Located in 中西區, HK
Carv occasional table is Cut from a single block of Italian Orobico marble. Essential and organic design, naturally creating a flat tabletop flowing to a Y - shaped foot, revealing...
Marble, Carrara Marble
$7,500
H 29.25 in W 60.13 in D 19.19 in
Paul McCobb for Calvin Console Table with White Vitrolite Top and Brass Frame
By Calvin Furniture, Paul McCobb
Located in St. Louis, MO
Mid-Century Modern console table or server designed by Paul McCobb for Calvin Furniture, part of his Irwin collection. Console has two drawers and two lower shelves in mahogany that ...
Brass
$1,600Sale Price|36% Off
H 26.25 in W 58 in D 20 in
Glass Top Rectangular Travertine and Chrome Console Table by Artedi
By Artedi
Located in Miami, FL
Rectangular travertine console table base with beveled glass top supported by chrome bars manufactured by Artedi, 1980s.
Travertine, Chrome
$2,800
H 21 in Dm 22.5 in
Eero Saarinen for Knoll “Tulip” Side Table, c.1960 – Early Carrara Marble Top
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Chicago, IL
Eero Saarinen for Knoll “Tulip” Side Table, c.1960 – Early Cast-Iron Base & Carrara Marble Top A highly sought-after early cast-iron–based Tulip side table by Eero Saarinen for Knol...
Carrara Marble, Iron
$4,109
H 14.77 in Dm 36.23 in
Early Carrara Marble Coffee Table by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Iconic early Tulip coffee table, designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll International in the 1950s. This early example (end 50's) features a round white Carrara marble top with refined...
Carrara Marble, Metal
Small All for One White Carrara Marble Table by OxDenmarq
Located in Geneve, CH
Small all for one white Carrara marble table by OxDenmarq Dimensions: D 40 x H 48 cm Materials: Steel, white Carrara marble Also Available: Different marble options available. ...
Carrara Marble, Steel
Vitra Model B Cork Stool by Jasper Morrison
By Jasper Morrison
Located in Dronten, NL
Stabile and robust, this stool or side table of the Cork Family by Jasper Morrison exploit the advantageous natural properties of cork: it is comparatively lightweight and extremely ...
Cork
Side table, model Nestable by Jasper Morrison
By Jasper Morrison
Located in VILLEURBANNE, FR
Nestable table by Jasper Morrison, a renowned British industrial designer known for his minimalist and functional approach. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, he has c...
Metal
Set Alessi OP-LA Table/Tray, Petrol Blue by Jasper Morrison
By Jasper Morrison, Alessi
Located in Den Haag, NL
Set of 2 Alessi serving tables. Aluminum feet, comes with loose trays. Alessi OP-LA Table/Tray - Petrol Blue by Jasper Morrison A very useful - Table / tray - designed by Jasper...
Aluminum
Vitra Model a Cork Stool by Jasper Morrison
By Jasper Morrison
Located in Dronten, NL
Stabile and robust, this stool or side table of the Cork Family by Jasper Morrison exploit the advantageous natural properties of cork: it is comparatively lightweight and extremely ...
Cork
Jasper Morrison for Vitra Cork Stool Mod. C, Italy 2004
By Vitra, Jasper Morrison
Located in Naples, IT
Stool Mod. "C Family Cork" in cork designed by Jasper Morrison and produced by Vitra in 2004.
Cork
Jasper Morrison for Vitra White NesTable
By Vitra, Jasper Morrison
Located in Basildon, London
Originally designed by Jasper Morrison in 2007, the NesTable is the perfect combination of sleek design and modern practicality. The NesTable is a versatile piece which allows wor...
Steel
Vitra Model A Cork Stool by Jasper Morrison
By Jasper Morrison
Located in Dronten, NL
Stabile and robust, this stool or side table of the Cork Family by Jasper Morrison exploit the advantageous natural properties of cork: it is comparatively lightweight and extremely ...
Cork
Sold
H 19.88 in Dm 13.75 in
Postmodern Italian Alessi Side Drinks Table by Designer Jasper Morrison, 1998
By Jasper Morrison, Alessi
Located in New York, NY
An Alessi Postmodern Italian side or drinks table by designer Jasper Morrison, 1998. Table has a round blue resin/composite top and brush metal base. With maker's mark underneath as ...
Composition, Metal
Jasper Morrison Set of Two Cork Stools by Moooi, circa 2002
By Jasper Morrison
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of two stools turned from agglomerate cork. Can be used as a small side table, a stool, or ottoman. Designed by Jasper Morrison in 2002 and manufactured by Moooi, Netherlands. In...
Cork
Vitra Model C Cork Stool by Jasper Morrison
By Jasper Morrison
Located in Dronten, NL
Stabile and robust, this stool or side table of the Cork Family by Jasper Morrison exploit the advantageous natural properties of cork: it is comparatively...
Cork
Jasper Morrison ‘Vega’ Table for Artifort
By Artifort, Jasper Morrison
Located in Voorburg, NL
Sophisticated ‘Vega’ side table or center table designed by Jasper Morrison for Artifort furniture in the Netherlands. With a high pressure laminate top in white and a metal chrome f...
Chrome
White Modern Minimal Carrara Marble Round Dining Table Jasper Morrison Marsotto
By Marsotto Edizioni , Jasper Morrison
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous design by Jasper Morrison for Marsotto Edizioni, 2012. White Carrara marble round-top table with columnar pedestal with elegant circular base. Marsotto produces this design ...
Carrara Marble