REK coffee table

designer: Reinier de Jong

The REK table is constructed as a sliding system in which shape and dimensions are not fixed, but emerge from use.

The table consists of three parts that can move independently of each other in two directions. These shifts create a continuously varying configuration: compact or extended, linear or perpendicular. The geometry is not predetermined, but develops within the boundaries of the system.

The resulting intermediate spaces do not function as residual form, but as an integral part of the design—openings that are utilized both spatially and functionally.

The construction has been reduced to a clear stacking of planes. The fixed part forms the stable reference point; the movable parts introduce change and variation. Stops limit the movement and define the range of possible configurations.

Materials have been chosen to support this logic: a closed, homogeneous surface combined with solid wood edges that make the layers legible and add tactile precision.

The REK table is not an object with a single fixed form, but a system that adapts to use—a piece of furniture in which order and variation are simultaneously present.