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Abachus – Ceci n’est pas une table

Sitting down and standing up at the same time

Look around you at a party or a reception and you will very often see guests grabbing a chair to sit down or to just lean against its backrest. So if you combine an ordinary cocktail table and this desire for support, you end up with the blueprint for Abachus: a high-top table with a real bonus. Six arms to be precise, against which you can lean comfortably. No more lugging chairs, which end up standing in the way anyway, but the ideal tool to enjoy a get-together with relatives, friends, or acquaintances having a drink in honour of Bacchus.

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Equipped with the optional integrated ashtray, Abachus is also ideally suited as smokers’ meeting point, ensuring that the local area remains free from cigarette butts.

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Facts & figures

  • Abachus combines perfectly with the 2.5-meter diameter Inumbrina parasol.
  • With the optional ground anchor kit, Abachus can also be used as street furniture.
  • The (2 or 6-liter) ashtrays are optional and are mainly intended to be used in pubs, restaurants, office buildings, exhibition centres, or public spaces requiring a smoking area.
  • The materials used are FSC labelled hardwood (Iroko), which has the advantage that each tabletop segment can be made from a single piece of wood, stainless steel for the tabletop centre, and galvanized steel for the frame.
  • As is the case with many other Extremis creations, Abachus is compactly transportable.

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© design by Dirk Wynants, 2009

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