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Mother/Child Dining Table

motherchild-table-1.jpgIs it the world's largest highchair or the most obvious invention, ever? The Mother/Child dining table brings mother (or father or special guest or imaginary friend) and child together for meals by combining the functionality of a highchair and the intimate nature of dinner at a cozy table.

motherchildtable-2.jpgProduced by Studio Maartje Steenkamp, who also created the Highchair, the Mother/Child table is made from MDF and comes in glossy white.

What do you think? Is it a conversation piece, or common sense piece?

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I would have to say this is rather interesting..... It is a beautiful piece of furniture, but I don't know if it would be practical for everyday use.

posted by CClancy on 2008-06-19 11:35:10
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Ouch. Those are some sharp corners right at toddler eye level.

posted by Fatica on 2008-06-19 12:06:16
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It's lovely as a work of art, but what do you do with it when the child grows too old for that seat?

posted by Comicgeek on 2008-06-19 12:19:55
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we're a family of 4, and eat most meals together -- this implies the baby eats by him- or herself, apart from the family. Beautiful, but not very socially-inclusive or practical.

posted by monika1 on 2008-06-19 16:53:42
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It's interesting but I don't think it's very useful. It also looks dangerous with all those hard edges.

posted by Dariela on 2008-06-19 18:05:15
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Umm... what about left handed people?

posted by jubgulia on 2008-06-19 19:39:28
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that's what I was thinking, jubjulia. Nothing ever works for us. Brings me back to elementary school with those little desks with the arm piece for the righties. And yeah, there was a left handed chair, but it always had three legs and was either waaay to big or waaay to small and the 5 of us lefties had to fight over it. I'm not a fighter....so that's why I "write like that" with my arm all twisted.

Too much information? haha

The piece is cute as art, but not practical whatsoever. Good design CAN be practical.

posted by kav122 on 2008-06-20 09:02:44
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Oooo, Jubgulia, good point! My son is a leftie so I'm always bummed when things that are out there don't "work" for him. As a rightie, there are so many things I take for granted. Just the other day we were working on a craft and he said the scissors weren't good for him and he was right. We went to the store and bought left-handed scissors.

Kav122 - I think all good design should be practical, right? Too bad most of the time, that's not the case.

posted by Alex on 2008-06-20 09:13:53
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Gulag sheik. Looks about as comfortable as a bed of nails.

posted by Oven Mitzie on 2008-06-20 13:15:03
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