The cubic table
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Erich Brendel (1898–1987) was an apprentice carpenter at Bauhaus Weimar and later a renowned architect. His furniture designs were inspired by the cubic shapes of Walter Gropius’ director‘s room. Since 1981, Tecta has been manufacturing the table as a re-edition of the M10 true to the original. The idea also inspired a coffee table, the K10.
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Sketch of the M10 table, 1924 – Brendel designed a rolling tea table that folds out to become a dining table.
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Letter from MoMA New York, 1968 – Sculptor Karla Luz-Ruland owned the unique M10, but rejected this request and left it to the Tecta Kragstuhlmuseum.
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It is the very epitome of smart, space-saving furniture and as up-to-date as ever: the M10 table. Erich Brendel designed it in 1924 in the early days of Bauhaus Weimar. As an apprentice carpenter and Bauhaus student, he was inspired by the distinctive cubic structures of Walter Gropius’ director’s room. Brendel then designed a mobile piece of furniture, which he called a tea table. When folded out, it becomes a veritable dining table taking inspiration from an ancient symbol: the Greek cross with four arms of equal length that are perpendicular to each other. View product
