De Tafelwip (2011) by Marleen Jansen
Exhibited during Dutch Design Week 2011
Photography by Wim de LeeuwA project, developed after Marleen’s dissertation entitled ‘Being Forced Voluntarily’ on the subject of table manners. How to steer the user of my product? How to prevent people from walking away from the table whilst having dinner? Well, to solve this problem, she created this table with see-saw seating. If one leaves the table, the other diner ends up on the floor.
“Let us read and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” Voltaire, hand-lettered by Lisa Congdon, who does that sort of thing with like no other.






