Ceramic in the spotlight
VIVID CALIFORNIAN COLOR AND ENERGY
Inspired by OEO Studio’s travels on the Pacific Coast, the new Carmel Table Collection introduces a new material to GUBI – ceramic – and a burst of vivid Californian color and energy to homes and gardens. With particular reference to the carefree, easygoing and unconventional lifestyle of the famously bohemian and artistic resort town of Carmel-by-the-Sea, OEO has developed a collection of coffee tables in different heights and sizes, full of color and personality.
PLAYFUL CHARACTER
Playful in character, exemplary in craftsmanship, the Carmel Table Collection is the first OEO Studio furniture project to incorporate ceramic, making this a bold new material direction for both OEO and GUBI, and a testament to their shared curiosity and drive to explore.
THREE SIZES IN FOUR COLORS
Three sizes are available, with four vibrant, richly saturated color options. Each size has a characterfully rounded shape, giving the table a pebble-like silhouette, a unique, crafted look, and a strong sense of individuality. The smallest coffee table comes in either Rock Red or Pacific Blue; the medium is in Clam White, and the largest and lowest in Midnight Black.
THREE SIZES IN FOUR COLORS
Three sizes are available, with four vibrant, richly saturated color options. Each size has a characterfully rounded shape, giving the table a pebble-like silhouette, a unique, crafted look, and a strong sense of individuality. The smallest coffee table comes in either Rock Red or Pacific Blue; the medium is in Clam White, and the largest and lowest in Midnight Black.
HIGH-SHINE GLAZE
To create the finish, while the ceramic is still in a semi-dry state, a specially developed glaze is spray-painted onto the surface by hand, before the tabletop is fired for several hours in ovens reaching to up to 1,250°C. This extreme heat bonds the mineral mix, strengthening the ceramic and enabling it to form large surfaces without needing further reinforcement.
OEO STUDIO
OEO Studio’s Head of Design and Founding Partner, Thomas Lykke (b. 1971) trained as a fashion designer in Copenhagen and San Francisco before moving into the design industry as Interiors Editor at Wallpaper* Magazine 2000–2003. He established OEO Studio with Managing Partner Anne-Marie Buemann in Copenhagen in 2003, and the pair subsequently opened a project office in Tokyo, Japan. Inspired by OEO Studio’s travels on the Pacific Coast, the Carmel Collection references the carefree, easygoing and unconventional lifestyle of the famously bohemian and artistic resort town of Carmel by the Sea.
CARMEL TABLE COLLECTION
OUTDOOR COLLECTION
GUBI’s Alfresco embodies this bohemian spirit, celebrating a lifestyle that cherishes creativity, freedom, and the simple pleasures of the outdoors. It is an invitation to embrace a free and fresh way of living, where convention is cast aside, spontaneity thrives, and nature is woven into the fabric of everyday life.