“What is not in fashion cannot go out of fashion” writes the Paco Camús Private Collection website. Although I wouldn’t agree that his pieces are out of style in any way, I will say that his stunning pieces – the Copernicus coffee table to name one of many – created using the most exquisite and varied materials – are similar to his background in multidisciplinary arts.

Copernicus Table. Designed by Paco Camús. Manufactured by Paco Camús Private Collection.

Made from 100% Alabaster: The Copernicus Coffee Table by Paco Camús Private Collection.

Made of 100% alabaster, the soft glow of the granite-like Copernicus table takes its luminous looks into a gliding rotation. The name given to the solid coffee table is fitting. It comes from the heliocentric solar system model we use to understand the way our planets rotate around the sun that was developed by Nicolaus Copernicus. To emphasize the connection, and for the sake of unique design, the lid and base are have a circular rail with and a few small balls on top that help design what he calls “giant bearings”.

Camús seems to have been speaking directly about the 46 kg (101 lb) table when he described timelessness on the website: “The quality of the materials we use makes our furniture finer and finer as time goes by, so that they can pass from parents to children without losing their original beauty.” From Spain, the designer used a 4 cm thick top, cut from the alabaster block, to fit onto the thick base. Its overall dimensions measure 45″ x 45″ x 11″.

Rounded and polished to perfection, Paco Camús’ design of the Copernicus coffee table is an eccentric combination of modern and eclectic – acting as an heirloom piece for generations to come.

About the Designer: Paco Camús is a multidisciplinary designer who has excelled in everything from sculpture and graphic design to comic illustration and ephemeral architecture. With his Paco Camús Private Collection of furnishings, the variety of his past in the arts finds a way into his asymmetrical and material-inspired pieces.