Fly Series Coffee Table: SC5

Perhaps as a counterweight to the languorous pillow-strewn seating of &Tradition's Fly collection, this impressive coffee table provides both a visual anchor and pleasing heft of materials. Ambiance is a prime motivator for designers Signe Bindslev Henriksen and Per Bundgaard Rutzov, who together form Space Copenhagen. The choice in black or white definitely creates starkly different moods. Consider a white-pigmented oiled oak frame topped with honed Bianco Carrera marble, or the smoked-oil finish paired with inky polished Nero Marquina marble. Either version hews to the international style the duo favors as a result of their continued travels. Though highly lauded in their native Denmark, they are not constrained by its aesthetic borders. "We're not wearing our Scandinavian glasses as such," the pair say as one voice. "Our heritage consists of a set of values founded deep inside us.