Haiko Cornelissen, a Dutch architect with an office in Amsterdam and New York, clearly misses nature when he’s holed up in his city apartments; his picNYC table offers the surreal, yet stimulating, answer to those who share these emotions. No more need you descend upon the idyllic countryside with your gingham blanket, tweed jacket and and pink champagne – like you were going to anyway? – Cornelissen’s aluminium tabletop framework for grass, soil and drainage stones brings the outdoor experience right into your swanky loft apartment; it’s the middle-class agoraphobic’s dream come true…
Photography: Iwan Baan