Crate Low Table is part of the Rietveld Originals x HAY collaboration, bringing Gerrit Thomas Rietveld's 1934 Crate furniture design into contemporary production. Like all pieces in the collection, the Low Table is built on the same precisely balanced proportions and transparent construction philosophy — timber planks assembled with exposed joints that reveal the table's structural logic rather than concealing it. The low table format provides a practical surface for lounge and living room use while maintaining the formal and material integrity of the Crate series.
Rietveld's Crate designs represent one of the most important exercises in democratic, resource-conscious furniture design of the twentieth century — a body of work that transformed the constraints of surplus material and minimal production cost into a formal language of clarity and honesty. The HAY reproduction ensures the Low Table is produced with the care and quality that the design's cultural significance demands, while making it accessible to a contemporary audience with an interest in design heritage and material authenticity.
The Crate Low Table is well suited to residential living rooms and lounge settings where a coffee or low table of genuine design heritage and honest material philosophy is required. It pairs naturally with the Crate Lounge Chair and Sofa from the same collection, and its Rietveld provenance makes it a meaningful addition to interiors where the cultural significance of individual furniture pieces is part of the spatial narrative. Available in untreated pine, lacquered, and painted versions. The untreated pine option develops a natural patina over time, adding a further dimension of material authenticity entirely consistent with Rietveld's original design philosophy.
Available as a 2D DWG drawing and 3D model.