The Van Marle Coffee Table is the bold, sculptural evolution of its predecessor – the Pill Box Table – conceived through the ongoing collaboration between DHS and artist-designer Dominic McHenry. Larger in scale and deeper in material richness, this piece is a celebration of form, texture, and artisanal precision.
Where the Pill Box explored a dialogue between sharp lines and softened edges, the Van Marle places the language of curves and fluid intersections at its very heart. Monumental, stripy legs – carved with confident curvature – ground the piece with rhythm and visual weight, while heavily spalted joining sections offer a dramatic contrast, revealing nature’s own graphic intricacies through a painterly pattern of grain and tone.
Every element has been carefully considered to celebrate the timber’s natural beauty – from the soft transitions of each radius to the deliberate orientation of the grain, which reveals itself like marquetry in motion. The interplay between the engineered and the organic makes the Van Marle both a functional centrepiece and a collectable object of art.
Despite its sculptural ambition, the rectangular format ensures it remains deeply usable in both residential and hospitality environments, bringing with it a quiet opulence and grounding energy. It invites touch, observation, and conversation – and, like all DHS works, exists at the intersection of design, sculpture, and necraftsmanship.
150 × 60 × 40cm
The Van Marle Coffee Table is the bold, sculptural evolution of its predecessor – the Pill Box Table – conceived through the ongoing collaboration between DHS and artist-designer Dominic McHenry. Larger in scale and deeper in material richness, this piece is a celebration of form, texture, and artisanal precision.
Where the Pill Box explored a dialogue between sharp lines and softened edges, the Van Marle places the language of curves and fluid intersections at its very heart. Monumental, stripy legs – carved with confident curvature – ground the piece with rhythm and visual weight, while heavily spalted joining sections offer a dramatic contrast, revealing nature’s own graphic intricacies through a painterly pattern of grain and tone.
Every element has been carefully considered to celebrate the timber’s natural beauty – from the soft transitions of each radius to the deliberate orientation of the grain, which reveals itself like marquetry in motion. The interplay between the engineered and the organic makes the Van Marle both a functional centrepiece and a collectable object of art.
Despite its sculptural ambition, the rectangular format ensures it remains deeply usable in both residential and hospitality environments, bringing with it a quiet opulence and grounding energy. It invites touch, observation, and conversation – and, like all DHS works, exists at the intersection of design, sculpture, and necraftsmanship.
150 × 60 × 40cm
