Rock That Joint

Following Charles Eames’ adage that “eventually everything connects — people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality,” we celebrate some remarkable modern designs that feature imaginative juxtapositions of materials, poetic conjunctions and creative joinery.

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SCAFFOLD is a limited-edition dining table by Los Angeles and Bay Area–based artist/designer Eddy Sykes. Composed of an armature of polished bronze topped by two 250-pound, 8-foot-long slabs of Carrara marble, the piece sports the simplest of clipon joints. Available for $40,000 at Eddy Sykes Studio. eddysykes.com

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