This majestic coffee table is one that only a true Trekkie could appreciate because it’s modeled on the obscure Enterprise-C. Barry Shields (up!) built it to appear in forward motion and suspended in space.

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For a discreet and understated way of expressing class, put Charly Molinelli’s coffee table in your parlor. It looks better than a crushed ’86 Buick Regal in a cardboard box, but only slightly.

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As an art experiment, Julie Kim put a coffee table in a bus stop in Koreatown, Los Angeles, and filmed the results from a distance:

The table—set with a newspaper and a vase of flowers—becomes a hub of interaction for the corner. People not only flock to the table, they end up talking to each other about it. Kim says she was surprised to see so many serendipitous moments in what amounted to only eight minutes of video. "The number and variety of people milling about—workers, kids, the elderly, of every ethnic group—surprised me," she says. "I thought I'd have to shoot for at least an hour to capture anything worthwhile."

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A Webshots user who goes by the name gothamtradingcompany makes high-quality tables with popular themes. He’s made a few Batman tables, one featuring the Scottish lion, and several with the logos of American sports teams. Link -via Walyou

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When is a table not a table? When it’s a Strandbeest-inspired kinetic sculpture, of course. This table designed by William “Alex” Mecker is part clean-line modern and part Theo Jansen contraption. I like it.

The table is constructed of 298 pieces of laser cut Baltic Birch plywood, oak dowels, rubber “o” rings, and conduit that are set into an elegant & complex wave motion with a turn of the hand crank. The clear glass top makes for the perfect window to view the inner workings & measures at 50?x30?, offering plenty of usable space.

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Sandback is a furniture studio in New Hampshire that makes handmade furniture. Among its neater designs is this gorgeous coffee table with an inlaid floral pattern rendered by 5,800 nails driven into the surface. Link | Company Website | Photos: Design Milk

It’s a simple but elegant design. The Woodsman table, by designer Chris Duffy, takes its inspiration from the folktale “Little Red Riding Hood.”

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Love pinball? Then check out this LED pinball coffee table by Ryan McFarland of zieak and go full tilt in making one yourself: Link | Step by Step info at Instructables

Flickr user mattcyborgelt created a coffee table shaped like a NES console. It opens up to reveal a functional controller scaled to size, as well as ports to use for computer and gaming peripherals. Check out the whole Flickr photo set.

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PlayStation Controller Coffee Table
Giant NES Controller Table

Australian student Mark M. made this coffee table as a high school capstone project:

I made the whole controller out of Plywood, MDF and Veneer on Veneer. I used the MDF for the R and L legs and the Veneer on Veneer for the 2 analogue joysticks as the 6mm Bendy Plywood wouldn’t bend around such a small diameter. To bend around the Handles I used 6mm Bendy Plywood. To give the finish of the playstation controller coffee table I used polyurethane full gloss finish. I used White gloss for the whole controller and the Black gloss for the Buttons.

At the link, you can view seven more pictures of the table.

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The Papervore is a truly epic paper shredder that devours the junk mail piles that accumulate on any coffee table. It’s visually appealing, and damn, it looks fun.

This coffee, called The Papervore, table has a hand-cranked paper shredder system that incorporates the shredded bits of your bills and statements into the actual design of the piece of furniture. It’s got a “contact for pricing” remark on Pigeontail’s website, which can only mean that this thing is way too expensive for a lot of folks.

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Theodore Gray has created a rather uncommon table. He has transformed the Periodic Table of Elements into an actual table, a coffee table to be exact. But this table doesn’t just depict element names and numbers, it also stores samples of each.

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From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by whitespace.

iLounge reader Tuan Nguyen, Ken Thomas, and friends created this sweet iPhone coffee table with built-in Apps coasters from corrugated boards. Link – via coated