OBJ/DTWT is the first in a series of objects by Khaled Al Awadhi from fortytwelve, a boutique architecture and interior design practice in Kuwait. The series carries the studio's interest in clarity, function and material detail out of interiors and into pieces that can be built and used on their own. 

The table is a solid walnut top on two blade legs, 2 m by 1 m. Along the near edge the top opens into steel: three stainless steel drawers, 50 mm deep, and a well, covered by a frosted glass lid. Closed, it is a dining table. Open, it is where the work is.

Cutlery is kept where it is used, at the edge of the table rather than across the room. The glass sits over the drawers so the surface stays one plane whether they are full or empty; frosted, it gives back only the outline of what is inside. The well takes what the hour asks for: ice for bottles, storage, or a sunken area for display.

Nothing is applied to the surface. Every part of it either carries the top, stores something, or closes over what is stored.

Design · fortytwelve

Dimensions · 2000 × 1000 × 750 mm

Materials · Solid walnut · Stainless steel · Frosted glass

Reference · 01.OBJ/DTWT