By the time he celebrated his 40th birthday, Virgil Abloh had, seemingly, triumphed in every corner of the fashion and home design worlds.
In 2013, having already worked for Fendi and partnered with Kanye West, he founded the Milan-based streetwear house Off-White. Four years later, he released the first Off-White furniture line, Grey Area. In 2018, he became the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear division, making him one of the first Black designers to head a French luxury fashion house.
Yet even with the Off-White and LV jobs, Abloh had time for a seemingly endless list of collaborations: designing shoes for Nike and Jimmy Choo, making furniture for Vitra and Ikea (“a super-dream project”), creating art with Takashi Murakami and Jenny Holzer, dressing Serena Williams and Beyoncé, co-branding with Levi’s and Evian, deejaying at Coachella and Lollapalooza.
Abloh's process was incredibly innovative — he explained that if he was inspired by an object, he didn’t want to alter it any more than necessary. “I’m only interested in editing an idea or a concept by three percent,” he said. Not surprisingly, he flirted with the limits of permissible appropriation. His first clothing line consisted of flannel Ralph Lauren shirts on which he printed the word “Pyrex.”
And his collaboration with Vitra included a version of Jean Prouvé’s Antony chair that has Plexiglass where Prouvé used plywood. In 2017, the Belgian designer Raf Simons told GQ that Abloh’s work was unoriginal. A month later, Abloh presented an Off-White collection cheekily titled Nothing New.
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Virgil Abloh Modular Imagination Table For Cassina
By Virgil Abloh
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Virgil Abloh Modular Imagination Table For Cassina Virgil Abloh and Cassina design a project that explores the implications of modularity in contemporary interior design. Blocks in ...
Wood
Virgil Abloh Double Modular Imagination Table For Cassina
By Virgil Abloh
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Virgil Abloh Double Modular Imagination Table For Cassina Virgil Abloh and Cassina design a project that explores the implications of modularity in contemporary interior design. Blo...
Wood
Gianfranco Frattini coffee table for Bernini, 1960
By Gianfranco Frattini
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Gianfranco Frattini coffee table for Bernini, 1960. Elegant example of Italian design from the 60s, characterized by clean lines, balanced proportions and refined woodwork. Among the...
Wood
Barbara Barry 1990’s Tulip Form Center Table For Baker
By Barbara Barry
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A later design by Barbara Barry for Baker Furniture. Dark Mahogany with handsome graining in a Tulip form reminiscent of the great Art Deco Era. Refined simplicity of form adds style...
Mahogany
Double X Base Glass Top Rectangular Coffee Table on Wheels
By John Widdicomb, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid Century Modern double X-base design coffee table from c.1970's.
Brass
Wormley Game Table for Dunbar, Solid Walnut & Olive Burlwood
By Edward Wormley, Dunbar Furniture
Located in Dallas, TX
Edward Wormley Game Table for Dunbar, Solid Walnut & Olive Burlwood Gorgeous Dunbar table with a four-panel bookmatched olive burl wood top and a solid...
Walnut, Burl
$3,850Sale Price|30% Off
H 29.5 in W 36 in D 36 in
Althorp George III Style Crotch Mahogany Double-Drawer Rolling Center Table
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pristine Althorp Collection George III Style Crotch Mahogany Double-Drawer Rolling Center Table by Theodore Alexander. Two large drawers with two handle each and cast brass wheels....
Mahogany
$1,427
H 21.66 in W 31.89 in D 48.04 in
Folke Ohlsson Scandinavian Coffee Table "Frisco" for Brabohag Tingstroms Danish
By Folke Ohlsson
Located in Ternay, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Teak Scandinavian 1960s coffee table.
Rattan, Teak
Coffee Table by Carlo Hauner for Forma, 1960s
By Carlo Hauner
Located in Correggio, IT
Elegant Coffee Table designed by Carlo Hauner for Forma, Italy 1960s. The patina of the wood is gorgeous and vibrant. The coffee table consists of 4 compartments, one of which is an ...
Plastic, Wood
$2,085 / item
H 13.78 in Dm 39.38 in
Handmade Colorful Yellow Tiles Table top Round Centre Table Caldas for Outdoors
By Mambo Unlimited Ideas
Located in Lisbon, PT
Well-known for its ceramics tradition, Portuguese tiles production dates back to XVI century. Inheriting this rich crafts knowledge, the table tops of Caldas tables are made with handmade ceramic tiles...
Metal
$2,664Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.6 in W 33.47 in D 33.47 in
Square glass coffee table G. Ausenda for NY Form 1970's
By Giovanni Ausenda, Ny Form
Located in Milano, MI
Square coffee table model 'Shilling' designed in the 1970s by Giovanni Ausenda, Guido Baldo Grossi & Gianni Gavioli for NY Form. Gold-colored table with green mirror top divided into...
Glass, Wood
Gio Ponti for Isa Bergamo Hexagonal Coffee Table, Italy 1950s
By Gio Ponti, ISA Bergamo
Located in Naples, IT
Hexagonal-shaped wooden coffee table with a wooden top and fitted with triangular black-painted metal legs designed by Gio' Ponti in the 1950s for the Italian firm ISA Bergamo. It pr...
Metal
Paul Mccobb Maple Centre Table for Planner Group, circa 1965
By Paul McCobb
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an iconic Planner Group table by Paul McCobb. This solid maple table has been professionally refinished.
Maple
Double Lucite Pedestal Oval Glass Top Coffee Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Mid-Century Modern Lucite and machined brass "gills" form pedestal bases oval glass top coffee table.
Brass