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Bertjan Pot

Bertjan Pot, Dutch designer, in a black-and-white portrait.

Bertjan Pot

Bertjan Pot is a designer fascinated by materials and production processes. The Random Light (1999) is one of his best known designs. This is where the spark and his love for materials begun. A fascination for techniques, structures and patterns which can be found back in the Beefeater table.

The curiosity of how things work and how objects are put together pose as an interesting challenge, exploring the boundaries of both design and function.

Bertjan Pot designed the Beefeater table for Lensvelt. An ingenious table with a shape that does not seem quite right. The table is asymmetric with a base that can be assembled such as a 3D puzzle.

Check out the Beefeater here
The Beefeater table by Bertjan Pot shown in round, oval and elongated versions in bent plywood.
Beefeater table by Bertjan Pot, an oval birch plywood top resting on three curved bent-ply legs

Beefeater

A table where it is intended to share a good piece of meat with friends and family. Although it seems like a simple Scandinavian design the oval table is multiplex and constructed like a 3D puzzle.

The Beefeater is entirely milled from thin sheets of wood where the legs also form ‘the rib’ supporting and upholding the tabletop. The twist in the base of the table make it asymmetric, creating the effect of an interesting object to look at from every angle.

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Dimensioned drawing of the Beefeater by Bertjan Pot above the table in an office with a grey shell chair

Beefeater_ as presented at Milan Design Week 2015

Beefeater tables by Bertjan Pot in four sizes, round and oval birch tops paired with black woven chairs

Beefeater_ available in four different sizes
Beefeater Large by Bertjan Pot laid for dinner with plates and glassware, ringed by black woven chairs

Beefeater_ Large, sits 8 persons easily

Oval Beefeater tables set with glassware and plates, surrounded by black wire-frame chairs in a white room.
Beefeater table by Bertjan Pot on a deep red exhibition plinth, his name on the backdrop, woven chair alongside

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Beefeater by Bertjan Pot on a pink exhibition plinth, the designer name printed large across the backdrop

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