Platinum A' Design Award Winner 2022
Richly figured walnut dominates the visual field in Yeak design's Lake Tea Table, its warm umber and sienna tones creating an organic presence against an ethereal architectural backdrop of undulating ivory forms that cascade like frozen waves or geological striations across the upper register. The table itself commands the lower third of the composition, positioned slightly right of center and oriented along a gentle diagonal that activates the otherwise meditative stillness of the space. Its form suggests a vessel hewn from living wood, the broad elliptical body tapering gracefully toward each end where sculptural legs emerge as continuous extensions of the mass rather than applied appendages, the negative space beneath forming an elegant parabolic arch that echoes the vaulted apertures of the surrounding architecture. The wood grain patterns speak of careful material selection, with cathedral figures and flowing lines that reinforce the organic fluidity of the silhouette, while the surface finish appears satiny and hand-polished, absorbing and releasing light with the quiet dignity of aged timber. Illumination enters from the left through a luminous portal of soft diffused daylight, creating a gentle tonal gradient across the table's surface that transitions from deep chocolate shadows on the right to warm honey highlights where the form curves toward the light source. The architectural environment functions as a sculptural envelope, its biomorphic white surfaces suggesting either digitally rendered space or parametrically designed interior volume, the flowing ceiling forms creating visual rhymes with the table's curved profile. Spatial depth operates through atmospheric graduation and scale relationship, the massive organic ceiling undulations establishing distance while the concrete-toned floor provides grounding horizontal stability. The compositional balance achieves asymmetrical harmony through the interplay of the concentrated wooden mass against expansive negative space, warm chromatic presence against cool neutral envelope, horizontal furniture orientation against vertical architectural aspiration, creating a contemplative tableau that invites sustained visual meditation on the dialogue between crafted object and enveloping space.
Lake is a coffee table with motion tendency specially designed for the modern home environment. Lending wood a brand new 3D style of a curved surface, this product comfortably balance motion and stillness, and harmoniously integrates aesthetic elements and functions. The visual flow adds an ethereal feeling to modern home space and conveys a chic and vibrant sense to users.