The Bas van der Veer Paper Table is a small coffee table made from folded paper and covered by a sheet of glass. The small paper modules are folded in such a way as to give the table base enough strength to support the glass and any small objects that might rest it. The base resembles a series of three-dimensional alpha-helices.
The Paper Table was based on a project aimed at demonstrating the strength of paper in combination with mathematical models. The yellow fold demonstrates the size of the individual paper shapes.
Mathematical Coffee Tables
The Bas Van Der Veer Paper Table Mixes Numbers with Design
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