Roche Bobois Corail Dining Table

This table (from US$12,205), developed with design duo Antoine Fritsch and Vivien Durisotti, steers bespoke furniture into the future. While most 3D-printed homewares are made from plastic in playful colours cast in modern shapes, the base of Corail is fashioned from ultra-high-performance concrete for an organic-meets-industrial vibe. But its transparent tempered-glass top means it won’t look incongruous in contemporary interiors. Using the company’s online customisation tool, customers first choose the size and shape of the base (they can pick from five sizes, from a round table that seats six up to a rectangular version for 10). Once they’re satisfied with the concrete’s placement and texture, the program generates a 23-digit code to be used at a local printer. (This transfer slashes the carbon footprint by eliminating long-haul shipping and circumvents supplychain woes.) The actual making is magical. Imagine an automated nozzle akin to a giant cake-decorating tip dispensing a curvy, layered ribbon of concrete from the ground up. Manufacturing time is a mere 30 minutes, plus about 10 days to dry.