Patricia Urquiola's Shimmer table for Glas Italia is built on a single, quietly radical idea: that glass, when laminated and bonded at intersecting planes, behaves less like a material and more like a phenomenon. Refracted hues migrate across the surface as light shifts, and what reads as transparent from one angle appears dense and chromatic from another. The dining table is offered in two shapes, each constructed from layers of laminated glass glued along intersecting planes. The geometry of those joints determines how the piece reads in a room, its silhouette and apparent weight changing with the viewer's position. The side table belongs to a companion series of round laminated glass tables available in multiple sizes, each sharing the same optical character. Laminated glass construction, bonded at intersecting planes Dining table available in two shapes Side table offered as part of a round multi-size series Color and apparent density shift with viewing angle and light source Urquiola's approach here is not decoration but structural curiosity. The material does not simply support the design; it is the design, and it changes every time you look at it.
