THE CONCEPT IS VERY SIMPLE:
1. BUY A LACK SIDE TABLE FROM IKEA FOR £7.99
2. LET YOUR CREATIVITY RUN WILD AND MODIFY THE TABLE
3. PUT YOUR OWN PRICE ON IT
4. EXHIBIT IT AT THE FESTIVAL
5. SELL YOUR TABLE TO THE PUBLIC
6. WIN £250!
TO SEE MORE ENTRIES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS AND TO FIND OUT MORE PLEASE CHECK OUT THE GRAFIKEA PAGE...
CORQ TABLE: £200.00 o.n.o
JACK PATIENT: 27
FROM THE SYNTHETIC NATURE SERIES. 1 LACK TABLE COVERED IN PLASTIC CORKS.
WOLF IN SHEEPS CLOTHING: £39.99
ST BEDES SCHOOL: 13
BEWARE OF THE TABLE, IT COMES WITH A BITE!
YOU SCREAM, I SCREAM: £35.00
ST BEDES SCHOOL: 13
A NORMAL DAY ON THE BEACH? WE THINK NOT A DESERTED WREAKED BEACH TERRORISED BY A FEARSOME SHARK. NO ONE HAS VISITED THIS BEACH IN YEARS, MAYBE YOU KNOW WHY.
MAPLE CLASS ROCKS!: £20.00
KINGSWESTON SCHOOL, MAPLE CLASS: 13-16
TO REPRESENT THE VARIED MUSICAL TASTES IN OUR CLASS. WE CREATED AN ARENA WITH A DIVERSE CROWD OF ENJOYING LOTS OF MUSIC STYLES, INCLUDING POP,ROCK,DANCE&EVEN OPERA- WE TABLE THE MOTION: MAPLE CLASS ROCKS! CREATED BY: BILLY BUTLER, HAYDEN DEPASS, ALEX MORTELL, DANIELLE DEMPSEY PAULO CHAPMAN AND HARRY JACKSON.
COFFEE (AND BISCUITS) TABLE: £38.00
JACKY PAYNE: OVER 16
A MOSAIC OF BISCUITS SURROUNDING A COFFEE-BEAN CUP MOTIF, ALL COVERED IN WATERPROOF SEALANT FOR DURABILITY.
READY MADE: £75.00
COTHAM TECHNOLOGY: 50+
A COMMONPLACE PREFABRICATED OBJECT, WITH OR WITHOUT ALTERATION, ISOLATED FROM ITS FUNCTIONAL CONTEXT AND ELEVATED TO A WORK OF 'ART' BY THE MERE ACT OF SELECTION. THE TOILET SEAT, RETRIEVED AS AN UNWANTED OBJECT FROM A LOFT, HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR ITS INTENTIONAL FUNCTION.
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TABULL: £30.00
CLAIRE WHETTON & NORMAN GREEN: 24 & 76
THE IKEA LACK SIDE TABLE WAS CUT INTO THREE SECTIONS FROM WHICH THE MIDDLE SECTION FORMED A HEAD, HORNS AND TAIL. AS SIMPLY AS THAT THE TABULL WAS BORN, A PAWING AND GRUNTING HYBRID OF THE TABLE AND THE BULL. IT'S SAFE TO LEAVE YOUR CHINA WITH THIS BULL THOUGH.
PICASSOS PALLET: £45.00
ST BEDES SCHOOL: 13
A PALLET SHAPED TABLE WITH PAINTING EQUIPMENT USED AS LEGS.
MAMMAL MAZE, RAT NOT INCLUDED: £45.00
ST BEDES SCHOOL: 13
MONDRIAN IN MIND: £50.00
ST BEDES SCHOOL: 13
TABLE INSPIRED BY THE ARTWORK OF MONDRIAN. MADE USING ACRYLIC PIECES AND VINYL PLASTIC.
A RATHER SWEET LITTLE TABLE FOR A HUNGRY PERSON: £40.00
KAT PAYNE WARE: 12
LIQUORICE ALLSORTS ARE SPILLED ACROSS MY TABLE AND DOWN THE LEG. (BUT PLEASE NOT THAT THESE SWEETS ARE HEAVILY VARNISHED AND MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR YOUR DIGESTION!)
ZEBRA SPLASH: £40.00
MATT NICHOLLS: 38
THIS ZEBRA SPLASH TABLE IS PART OF A COLLECTION OF WORK WHICH INCORPORATES A LIMITED EDITION PRINTS AND ORIGINAL CANVAS ALONG WITH LIVE PAINTING AT THE UPFEST AND PART OF THE BRISTOL DESIGN FESTIVAL. GRAFFITI STYLE STENCIL WITH HI GLOSS LACKERED TOP AND FREE ZEBRA COCKTAIL GLASS.
NY CITYSCAPE: £75.00
MATT NICHOLLS: 38
NEW YORK CITYSCAPE CREATED FROM MY 'WORLDWIDE SERIES'. USING GRAPHIC PENS AND SPRAY PAINT ON A 10MM PLEXI GLASS TOP ON LOCATORS TO CREATE A DOUBLE USE SURFACE. A GREAT PLACE TO KEEP YOUR 'FREE' HAND DESIGNED REMOTE CONTROL.
ALIEN LOVE MONSTER: £45.00
ED DAVIS: 24
LITTLE GREY LOVE MONSTER SITS AND WAITS FOR A MESSAGE FROM THE BEACON OF LOVE. WHERE HE COMES FROM NOBODY KNOWS, HOW LONG HE WAITS WE CANNOT DETERMINE. THE ONE THING WE CAN BE SURE OF IS ONCE THE MESSAGE IS RECEIVED HIS SOLE AIM WILL BE TO SHAR THE BEACONS SECRETS...........
TABBLE: £30.00
JONATHAN EMPSON: 22
TABLE + SCRABBLE = TABBLE
LACKSAW: £89.00
GEORGE PICKUP: 19
OAK FINISH LACK COFFEE TABLE WITH FULLY FUNCTIONING 8" TABLE SAW. IDEAL FOR CUTTING CAKE, BREAD AND SKIRTING BOARD.
KEEP CALM: £80.00
BOB WILLATS: 44
CHURCHILL TOLD LORD BEAVERBROOK TO 'KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON' .THIS BECAME THE OFFICIAL POSTER TO INFORM THE NATION WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A NAZI INVASION. THE WORDS CHARACTERISE THE BRITISH SPIRIT & ARE STRANGELY RESONANT TODAY. PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THIS TABLE WILL BE DONATED TO ST PETERS HOSPICE.
EXHIBIT YOURSELF: £30.00
HYWEL VAUGHAN: 20
THIS IS NOT JUST AN EXHIBIT OF A TABLE, IT IS MUCH MORE THAN THAT. IT IS AN EXHIBIT OF YOU/ DANCE, SING, STRIKE A POSE. THIS TABLE GIVES YOU THE CHANCE TO BE THE STAR OF THE FESTIVAL. TAKE THIS LACK TABLE AND ADD TO IT.
SNAKES AND LADDERS: £20.00
KINGSWESTON SCHOOL, ASH CLASS: 11-13
WE LIKE PLAYING SNAKES AND LADDERS SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE A SNAKES AND LADDERS TABLE. WE WANTED IT TO BE MAGNETIC SO WE WOULDN’T LOSE THE PIECES! CREATED BY: GEORGE, ZACHARY, JOE, FARRAH, CONNOR AND & CALEB.
TRAPPED IN CARBONITE: £40.00
MEGAN ALYS VAUGHAN: 17
KEEP HAN SOLO TRAPPED IN CARBONITE IN YOUR VERY OWN GRAFIKEA TABLE. USE HIS HANDS AS SNACK HOLDERS, REST DRINKS ON HIM, ACCESSORISE HIM FOR FESTIVE OCCASIONS…JUST DON’T HAND HIM OVER TO JABBA THE HUT! MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!
TABLES TO DIE FOR: £39.99
ST BEDES SCHOOL: 13
A TABLE WHICH LOOKS LIKE A COMICAL MURDER SCENE.
MEMORY: £95.00
ASHLEY HRIBAR-GREEN: 21
IF WE HAD THE CHANCE TO DO IT ALL AGAIN, WOULD WE...COULD WE? DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME INSET INTO THE TABLE.
PERIODIC TABLE: £40.00
BEN HAMILTON: 29
HEY, YOU LOVE ELEMENTS, RIGHT? SO WHY NOT BUILD YOUR VERY OWN GIGANTIC PERIODIC TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS, FOR ALL YOUR SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION & COFFEE-CUP HOUSING NEEDS? THIS PERIODIC TABLE IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF 117, BUILDING TO COVER EVERYONE'S FAVOURITES, FROM ACTINIUM THROUGH TO ZIRCONIUM.
JIGSAW: £50.00
THE WHITE BALANCE: 24 & 27
A NEW DIMENSION TO FLAT PACK FURNITURE, JIGSAW TABLE OFFERS MANY UNIQUE DESIGN FEATURES. STANDING AS A COFFEE TABLE, A GAME, OR A SIMPLY A CONVERSATIONAL PIECE OF DESIGN- ITS QUIRKY APPEARANCE IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THE JIGSAW HAS ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES IN SIZE&SHAPE. CREATED BY MATT LOUGHRAN & LEANNE PIKE.
SEXY PVC: £75.00
TEDDY GIRL: 26
THIS IMAGE IS TAKEN FROM MY SOLD OUT AMSTERDAM SHOW IN 2008 "SEXY NOT SLEAZY", INCORPORATING THE SEXY PVC IMAGE CUT IN VINYL ON A PLASTIC GLASS WITH POLISHED EDGES AND HAND FINISHED WHITE GRAFFITI PAINT BASE OVER THE RED TO CREATE A STRIKING TABLE.
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ENTOMOLOGY TABLE: £250.00
HELEN WARD: 30
THE INSECTS AND BUTTERFLIES CONTAINED IN THIS TABLE HAVE BEEN HAND CUT FROM VINTAGE HAND-MARBLED PAPERS DATING BACK TO THE LATE 1800S. THE PAPER WITH HANDWRITING COMES FROM OLD LETTERS FROM THE 1880S. MATERIALS: LACK TABLE, FOAM CORE, STEEL PINS, PAPER AND GLASS.
PRODUCTION LINE ERROR: £95.00
DAVE STANNARD: 27
OOPS! THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A MIX-UP ON THE IKEA PRODUCTION LINE. SOMEHOW, A LACK TABLE HAS BEEN COMBINED WITH A WINDSOR CHAIR, CREATING THE STRANGELY UNIQUE FURNITURE YOU SEE BEFORE YOU. ENCOMPASSING THE STRONG FUNCTIONALITY OF THE TABLE & COMFORT OF THE CHAIR, THIS FACTORY REJECT NEEDS TO FIND A HOME.
DELECTABLE: £20.00
KINGSWESTON SPECIAL SCHOOL: 11-13
THIS CREATION SHOWS OUR FAVOURITE SWEETS. DELECTABLE CONSTRUCTION IS MADE OF MOUTHWATERING, LIPSMAKING GOODNESS. IT IS MADE OF ALLSORTS. YOU ALMOST TASTE THE RAINBOW. WE HOPE YOU DIGEST THIS DESIGN CONCEPT, WITH ITS DELICIOUS & STYLISH TASTE…BUDS. CREATED BY: JOE, ALEX, ABIGAIL, PETER, GEORGE, DAMIEN AND AIDEN.
LION SUSHI BANQUETTE: £45.00
COTHAM BROTHERS: 50+
A VIEW FROM THE ROAD TO THE SKY. THE STUFFED LION LAYS
ABANDONED ON THE ROADSIDE: A SINGLE TYRE TRACK MARKS HIS DEMISE. SUSHI BECAUSE HE IS RAW. BANQUETTE BECAUSE HE IS AT REST. IT IS A PLAY ON DESIGN NAMES, BUT WE DO NOT THINK THIS ONE INFRINGES COPYRIGHT.
SNAIL TRAIL: £180.00
KIRK SMITH & ARRAN SMITH: 23 & 26
THIS TABLE WAS INSPIRED BY WAKING UP ONE MORNING TO FIND A ROUGE SNAIL HAD CHEEKILY SLITHERED ALL OVER OUR FURNITURE. SILVER TRAIL SHIMMERED IN THE LIGHT,THE CONTRAST OF RANDOM LINES ACROSS THE HARD UNIFORMED LINES IN THE FURNITURE CREATING A THING OF BEAUTY.
BRISTOLOPOLY: £20.00
KINGSWESTON SCHOOL, BEECH CLASS: 11-13
THE STUDENTS WANTED TO INCORPORATE THE BOARDGAME MONOPOLY INTO THE TABLE DESIGN. THEY ALSO WANTED TO TIE IN THE CITY THAT THEY ARE FROM AND SO CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF 'BRISTOLOPOLY'. THE STUDENTS DID THE DESIGN WORK AND DRAWINGS THEMSELVES.
PACMAN: £30.00
KINGSWESTON SCHOOL, YEW CLASS: 14-16
THE TABLE IS DESIGNED WITH A PACMAN THEME. IT IS BUILT UP WITH WOOD TO MAKE THE MAZE. THE HOLES WERE DRILLED IN AND FAIRY LIGHTS WERE PUT THROUGH TO ADD TO THE TABLES REALISTIC REPRESENTATION OF A PACMAN GAME. THE STUDENTS DID ALL THE WORK THEMSELVES.
PINK TEDDY TABLE: £30.00
TEDDY GIRL: 26
GRAFFITI STYLE IN 9 COLOURS WITH MY ICONIC LOGO STICKER AND CLEAR LACKERED FINISH, DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE TOO…
KNOT TOO HOT TABLE: £47.82
LUCY DIXON: 23
THIS TABLE GOT COLD SO I MADE IT SOME LEG WARMERS. THEN THE TOP LOOKED BARE SO I MADE THIS THING TO GO ON IT AND TIED A KNOT COS IT LOOKED BETTER LIKE THAT. IT IS MADE FROM 100% RECYCLED SILK, COTTON, HEMP, DENIM AND HAND-PRINTED FABRIC LEFT OVERS.
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THE TIMES TABLE: £195.00
SARAH-JANE VAN DER WESTUIZEN: 59
THE WORKINGS OF A LARGE MANTLE CLOCK ADORN THE CENTRE OF THE TABLETOP, EVERY OTHER PART OF THE TABLE IS COVERED IN A COLLAGE OF WORDS/PHRASES/ PHOTOGRAPHS AND CHARTS TO DO WITH "TIME" OR "TIMES TABLES". A MOUSE RUNS DOWN THE LEG WHICH HAS THE NURSERY RHYME "HICKORY, DICKORY, DOCK".
TABLEGO: £150.00
THE WHITE BALANCE: 24 & 27
3548 LEGO PIECES, 1753 ML OF SUPER GLUE, 637 PHOTOGRAPHS, 182 ITUNES TRACKS, 11 HOURS, 2 DESIGNERS, 1 LACK IKEA TABLE = TABLEGO. CREATED BY MATT LOUGHRAN & LEANNE PIKE.
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MARBLE TABLE: £60.00
CAT POWELL: 29
A SHALLOW TRAY SET INTO THE SURFACE OF THE TABLE COVERED WITH A TRANSPARENT SURFACE. IT IS FILLED WITH MARBLING PAINTS AND HAS MAGNETS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE COVER, HIDDEN ON THE TOP BY COASTERS. THE COASTERS CAN BE MOVED TO CREATE DIFFERENT PATTERNS.
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SHADOWS OF THE TABLE: £500.00
TONY MILLER & TOM HOUGHTON: 23 & 24
THE TABLE IS MADE FROM IKEA LACK SIDE TABLE, TAPE, CANDLE WAX, MOSS, BARK, PLASTER, SPRAY PAINT, DRIFT WOOD, ROPE AND POLYSTYRENE. WE WANTED THIS SMALL, HUMBLE TABLE TO BECOME SOMETHING EPIC! ONE DAY, WE WILL ALL HAVE ONE OF THESE IN OUR LIVING ROOMS…
FIREWORKS BEER TABLE: £150.00
ARTHUR CHAN: 21
IDEAL FOR HAVING DRINKS WITH A FEW FRIENDS AT HOME OR USE OUTDOORS WITH A BBQ IN THE SUMMER!
GROW GRASS: £35.00
DEBS ELSAESSER: 23
BRING THE OUTDOORS IN WITH THIS MINIMAL GRASS TABLE. THE TABLE COMES WITH AN INTEGRATED GROW AND WATER TRAY, FOR DRAINAGE. GROWING NOW IS WHEATGRASS PERFECT FOR JUICING, BUT YOU CAN GROW ANYTHING!
SPECIMEN TABLE: £35.00
JESS SELLERS: 21
THE TEST TUBES CAN BE USED TO DISPLAY INDIVIDUAL PLANTS OR FLOWERS. MORE THAN ONE OF THE TABLES CAN BE ARRANGED TO CREATE PATTERNS, ALTERNATIVELY THE TEST TUBES CAN BE USED TO HOLD PENS AND PAINTBRUSHES.
LAST MINUTE: £50.00
VERONIQUE SEGURA: 28
THIS TABLE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED AT THE LAST MINUTE. RIGHT NOW AS I AM WRITING I HAVE NO IDEA OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE. DOES SPONTANEITY GIVE GOOD RESULTS?
L-LACK-01: £150.00
ALEX PRICE: 20
THE L-LACK-01 IS A TABLE INSPIRED BY THE MATERIAL ALUMINIUM AND TAKES REFERENCE FROM MY FAVOURITE PIECES OF DESIGN. IN A TIME WHERE OFTEN FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION, I BELIEVE ITS FITTING FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE HOPE AND SOMETHING PRECIOUS TO KEEP HOLD OF.
RED STIXX AND BLUE STIXX CHAIR: £55.00
SIMON MARR & ALICE LEWIS: 15
WE USED OUR STIXX MACHINE (INVENTED BY DARCY TURNER) TO MAKE STIXX FROM OLD NEWSPAPERS. THE STIXX WERE USED TO EXTEND THE LEGS AND TO MAKE THE BACK AND SIDE OF THE CHAIR. THE RECYCLED THEME WAS CONTINUED BY COVERING THE SEAT AND LEGS WITH NEWS-PAPIER-MACHE.
LAMBRETTA: £100.00
GARETH GREENWAY: 43
THE TABLE COLOUR REMINDED ME OF A 1960'S LAMBRETTA SEEN RECENTLY.
BRISTOL APPLE: £50.00
OLLY WHITMAN: 27
WHAT CONNECTS BRISTOL AND DESIGN? SIMPLE. APPLES. WHETHER IT'S CIDER OR THE SHINY PRODUCTS THAT WE SPEND ALL OUR TIME ON, WE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH. THIS TABLE TIPS ITS HAT TO BRISTOL AND THE DESIGNERS THAT LIVE AND WORK HERE.
COFFEE-BREAK OF THE 50FT WOMAN: £120.00
MATT WHITTLE: 22
INSPIRED BY THE STRIKING AND ICONIC POSTER OF THE 1950'S MOVIE 'ATTACK OF THE 50FT. WOMAN', I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD TRANSFER THE POSTER'S STYLE AND CAMP SENSE OF FUN ONTO A CRAPPY OLD IKEA COFFEE-TABLE.
LUCKY STRIKE: £80.00
MIKE CHISLET: 45
I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED THE RETRO DESIGN OF THE 'LUCKY STRIKE' BRAND LOGO AND THOUGHT IT WOULD SUIT THIS PROJECT. THEY'RE A TOP SMOKE TOO!
BIRD TABLE: £999.99
SALLY BROWN: 28
MIXED MEDIA ESCAPISM.
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