Spear Exclusive: New Knú!

I feel a special kinship to the team at Knú, the sustainable modern furniture company who launched this past September, not only because they were amongst the first of my discoveries after I started writing here, but because they are really decent people and don’t take the words “sustainable” and “recyclable” in vain. Case in point, the newest addition to their sleek lineup, the (tentatively named) Knú Aluminum Table #1. We’re the first ones with photos of it; what I can tell you is the following: aesthetically, there is a high-gloss cobalt-blue aluminum disk in the center post that sits flush with the top of the tube and hides the hardware, and while I’ve been assured the table itself is incredibly light, the base is incredibly strong and easily holds the weight of the glass. Environmentally, every last inch of it — the aluminum base, the glass top, the packaging — is 100% recyclable and is assembled and shipped from a carbon-neutral facility….in Michigan, of all places. Maybe Knú could give our nation’s auto manufacturers a tip or two in that realm.

In any case, if you’re itching for one, there’s a dozen available and you can email them directly; if you want to wait, it’ll be on their website soon. A couple more pics after the jump…