# Stratified Stone Furniture The Scrap Marble Tables by John Reeves are Quirky and Polished By Meghan Young | Published 2012-09-18 | Eco Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/scrap-marble-tables References: [contemporist](http://www.contemporist.com/2012/09/18/scrap-marble-tables-by-john-reeves/) & [reevesd](http://www.reevesd.com/) Furniture created out of waste often revolves around typical discarded materials such as wood, but not the Scrap Marble Tables. As stated right in its name, these tables are made out of [scrap marble](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fels-coffee-table). This marble has been carefully and colorfully layered to create stratified supports for the [planks of wood](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/barricane-tables) used as their surface. The Scrap Marble Tables were created by British designer John Reeves. He was inspired to make them when he passed a continually growing pile of rubble along a street in Ho Chi Minh lined with sheet marble and granite tradesmen. With only one stipulation in mind, that no two colors are laid together, he skewered and laminated them along a threaded rod to create his Scrap Marble Tables. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.8/10 - Popularity: 80% | Activity: 56% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Eco](https://www.trendhunter.com/eco) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Sustainable Furniture:** Using discarded materials like marble in furniture creation is a disruptive innovation opportunity in the sustainable furniture industry. - **Layered Design:** The stratified supports created from layered scrap marble offer a unique design element that can disrupt the traditional furniture industry. - **Upcycling:** Transforming waste materials, such as scrap marble, into functional furniture presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the upcycling industry. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Furniture Manufacturing:** The use of scrap marble in creating furniture provides a disruptive innovation opportunity in the furniture manufacturing industry. - **Architectural Design:** The layered design created with scrap marble can disrupt the architectural design industry by offering unique and visually stunning elements. - **Sustainable Materials:** Incorporating discarded materials like marble into products can lead to disruptive innovation opportunities in the sustainable materials industry. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Paper Mable-Made Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bentley-home.md) - [Chic Stone Fragment Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/skrivo-for-miniforms-pinto.md) - [Topographical Recycled Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/two-coffee-tables.md) - [Sculptural Marble Series](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/terra-frammenti.md) - [Artful Stone Table Sets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tom-black.md) - [Rustic Recycled Wood Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/primitive-structures-table-design.md) - [Statuesque Marble Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mawe-low-coffee-table.md) - [Sculpture-Like Geometric Coffee Tables](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/skim-coffee-table.md) - [Upcycled Veneer Furniture Collections](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-george-collection.md)