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Dutch designer Marleen Jansen has brought play-time to the dining room with her re-invention of the quintessential playground toy – the see-saw. The De Tafelwip project is a fun and fanciful table that encourages excellent table manners by suspending diners in the air with the hanging possibility of a woeful outcome – if one person leaves, the other will fall!
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Developed from her dissertation ‘Being Forced Voluntarily’ (Ongedwongen moeten), Jansen explores table rules and the unspoken deal we make when sharing a meal.
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The De Tafelwip project is an interesting and playful table, encouraging excellent table manners as if one person leaves the other will fall.
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Dutch designer Marleen Jansen has brought play-time to the dining room with her re-invention of the ultimate test for playground friendships, the see-saw.
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The see-saw table prevents one person from leaving before the other has finished,
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Highlighting meal-time etiquette and generating a fun edge of uncertainty the see-saw table shows that one wrong move and you’ll go crashing to the floor!
Developed from Jansen’s dissertation ‘Being Forced Voluntarily’ (Ongedwongen moeten), the table explores the unspoken rules of sharing a meal. The see-saw table prevents one person from leaving before the other has finished, highlighting meal-time etiquette and generating a fun edge of uncertainty. One wrong move and you could go crashing to the floor!
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Images courtesy of Marleen Jansen
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Developed from her dissertation ‘Being Forced Voluntarily’ (Ongedwongen moeten), Jansen explores table rules and the unspoken deal we make when sharing a meal.
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The De Tafelwip project is an interesting and playful table, encouraging excellent table manners as if one person leaves the other will fall.
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Dutch designer Marleen Jansen has brought play-time to the dining room with her re-invention of the ultimate test for playground friendships, the see-saw.
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The see-saw table prevents one person from leaving before the other has finished,
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Highlighting meal-time etiquette and generating a fun edge of uncertainty the see-saw table shows that one wrong move and you’ll go crashing to the floor!
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