Button table and Stool X by Babai
Dezeen Showroom: Ukrainian brand Babai has released a design-forward table and stool for children that aims to fit seamlessly into playrooms and adult living spaces alike.
Designed and handcrafted in Ukraine, the Button table and Stool X are both made from high-grade birch plywood and have a structure that Babai co-founders Vika Moskalenko and Olena Zakaliuk aimed to make both minimal and playful.
Three simple structural elements come together in the design – two base sections and a top – and each of these carries its own colour, which the designers say gives a sense of architectural composition rather than applied decoration.
The pieces are finished with water-based paints and natural oils and can be ordered with optional terrazzo-style reycled plastic tops in the Re:cycled sub-range.
Once children outgrow the items, Babai imagines they can have a second life as side tables and coffee tables elsewhere in the home.
"We wanted to design a child's first table as seriously as an architect designs a building," said Moskalenko and Zakaliuk. "Children deserve real objects — pieces that respect their scale, autonomy and imagination."
Product details:
Product: Button table and Stool X
Designer Vika Moskalenko and Olena Zakaliuk
Brand: Babai
Contact: play@babai.toys
Materials: birch plywood, recycled plastic, metal fasteners
Colours/finishes: Natural, Multicolor, Lollipop, Natural & Terra, Natural & Khaki, Natural & Amber, Re:cycled & Terra, Re:cycled & Sun, Re:cycled & Jungle, Re:cycled & Nature, Re:cycled & olive
Dimensions: 510 x 440 x 570 millimetres (table), 310 x 210 x 240 millimetres (stool)
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