(Coffee Table, Coffee Books)

(2025)

The project is an art work created from 100% recycled coffee table books. In collaboration with Hans Augustenborg, we shredded 47 coffee books - books originally produced to embellish interiors - and repurposed them into a functional coffee table.



The work critically examines themes of consumer guilt and the paradoxes of post-consumerist culture. Coffee table books are emblematic of aestheticized excess; they invite desire—desire for objects, experiences, and lifestyles. By transforming these objects into a single utilitarian form, the work reflects on the cultural speed of consumption and its aesthetic byproducts; invites the viewers to rethink not only what we consume, but how, why, and at what cost.

In an era when sustainability has become a marketing tool, and recycled materials a badge of virtue, the project questions whether the proliferation of "eco-conscious" goods represents genuine responsibility - or a new form of collective self-deception.

The project positions itself within a broader ecosystem of urban imaginaries, challenging the logic of surface and spectacle that dominates our urban environments. It gestures toward a slower infrastructure of attention—where objects are not just meant to be looked at, but looked through. It asks: how can slowing down include not just pace, but purpose? Can we build a culture that values endurance over allure, depth over surface?

(Collaborator) Hans Augustenborg
(Material)
100% recycled coffee table books
(Mould) 3D Printed PLA