Special Edition Duo Side Table
Friends Stephanie Betesh of NY based Ember Studio and Gigi Allen, Los Angeles based visual artist and designer, have come together to create a limited-edition
release of the Duo Side Table. This limited edition version of the piece is a collaboration that reflects their shared appreciation for spatial design, pattern, and texture, as well as their evolving respective explorations into furniture design and visual art.
Ember Studio creates intentional spaces and objects focused on longevity and livability. The original two toned Duo Side Table was part of Ember Studio’s inaugural furniture collection which launched in June 2024 and is exclusively available through Colony. Ember Studio’s creative practice is informed by an eclectic mix of references and objects, so collaborating with artist and friend Gigi felt natural and is inherent to the studio’s ethos whether it is for an interiors project or for the design of an object.
Gigi Allen’s artistic practice centers on identifying seemingly simple geometries in everyday environments. Through precise grids and dynamic gradients across color
and scale, she generates organized movement that uncovers the interaction of parts. For the special edition of the Duo Side Table, Gigi focused on the connection point where the tabletop meets the leg — a moment that provides a theme of overlap. Guided by this concept, she developed a dynamic pattern by extending and coinciding edges, generating movement that pushes the two-dimensional surface and invites a closer look.
With a palette that harmonizes with its environment while creating interest, this special edition of the Duo Side Table is a statement piece showing how function meets art, and demonstrates the beauty in friendship and creative collaboration. This piece is available for sale and is on view at Colony in NYC.
With Ember Studio
Type Obect | Artist Collab
Photography Nick Steigmann
Type Obect | Artist Collab
Photography Nick Steigmann