# Casted Ice Cocktail Tables Steven Haulenbeek's 'Ice Casting' Movable is Made from Bronze and Water By M | Published 2016-05-17 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cocktail-tables References: [designboom](http://www.designboom.com/design/steven-haulenbeek-steven-haulenbeek-new-york-design-week-wanted-05-16-2016/) & [stevenhaulenbeek](http://www.stevenhaulenbeek.com/) Steven Haulenbeek is a talented designer that leverages unconventional methods to put together his cocktail tables. The pieces are made using bronze and ice and a special technique called 'ice-cast bronzing' that gives the metal a warped and grainy texture that makes the material look like it has been stretched and pulled. The end result is a bronzed piece of furniture that looks like liquid suspended in time. Haulenbeek's work is simultaneously both functional furniture and art, offering a sculptural design that gives the cocktail tables an intriguing appearance. The pieces are created using an ice cube with a design etched into the surface. Hot wax is then poured into a mould to capture the design, and render the ice sculpture solid. Photo Credits: [designboom](http://www.designboom.com/design/steven-haulenbeek-steven-haulenbeek-new-york-design-week-wanted-05-16-2016/), [stevenhaulenbeek](http://www.stevenhaulenbeek.com/) ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.4/10 - Popularity: 43% | Activity: 20% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Ice-cast Bronzing Technique:** The ice-cast bronzing technique offers a disruptive innovation opportunity for artists and designers to create unique textures and appearances in metal furniture and sculpture. - **Sculptural Functional Furniture:** The combination of functionality and sculptural design in furniture presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for the home decor industry to create unique and intriguing pieces that blend art and utility. - **Etched Ice Sculpture:** The use of etched ice sculptures as a design element opens up disruptive innovation opportunities in the hospitality and event industries, where unique and memorable experiences are valued. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Art and Design:** The art and design industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities with the ice-cast bronzing technique to push boundaries and create unconventional metal sculptures and furniture. - **Home Decor:** The home decor industry can leverage the trend of sculptural functional furniture to offer consumers unique and eye-catching pieces that enhance both the aesthetics and functionality of their living spaces. - **Hospitality and Events:** The hospitality and events industry can incorporate etched ice sculptures into their offerings to provide guests with immersive and visually stunning experiences, creating a disruptive innovation in the way events are designed and executed. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Frosted Light Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/zen-collection-1.md) - [Wavy Sculptural Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sculptural-coffee-tables.md) - [Raw Cast-Bronze Side Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/corca-side-table.md) - [Geologically Fluid Furniture Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/liquid-geology-table-collection.md) - [Blurred Bold Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/blur-coffee-table.md) - [Glass Geometry Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/glass-collection.md) - [Concrete Sculptural Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ancora.md) - [Structural Blown Glass Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lokum-collection.md) - [Fluid Topographic Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dune-table.md)