Merhaba Table Deck

merhaba table Refuge Coffee | Clarkston, Georgia

A DESIRE TO CREATE UNITY WITHIN DIVERSITY And to create this refuge in Clarkston, Georgia. That desire grew into an even bigger goal to create a place for all stories, all conversations, and all people. Refuge Coffee Company is already that space, but now there is a set of tables that represent this desire too.

UNITY WITHIN DIVERSITY Three elements were requested of the table form: 1. Bringing unity to the form was paramount to the design of the table and telling that story.

2. The table need to store easily and compactly.

3. A wide culturally diverse audience will use the table and therefore the table needed to function at both a western and eastern height.

Language is the currency of conversation and of every person with a story.

welcome

1

The letterforms and their semicircle shapes fulfilled 
 the element of diversity and arranging them into 
 a complete circle perfectly demonstrated the idea 
 of unity within diversity.

2

The table is designed to store flat or stacked. Each table is 
 12 feet long and two and a half feet wide when stored flat. 
 The tables can be stored flat or stacked at the eastern height.

3

Each table functions at two different heights by they length at which the legs are extended.

The eastern height also has the ability to be a sitting surface should the occasion arise.

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The number seven is intentional as it represents the most complete and purest number across nearly all religions and cultures.

Using seven tables also allowed us to create another level of unity among diversity.