Duffy London
Christopher Duffy founded Duffy London in 2002 while working as a part-time furniture buyer after graduating from the University of Brighton with a BA in Product Design.
Duffy London's furniture designs are ideas-based, combining art and function, and playing with the concepts of gravity, geography and optical illusion. Chris works with a talented team of designers, artisans, and manufacturers to turn these concepts into high-quality pieces of luxury, bespoke furniture, and artistic sculpture. All the pieces are handmade to order here in the London studio by a skilled team of craftspeople using sustainable woods from Forestry Stewardship Council-managed forests and other eco-friendly materials and mediums.
Works are divided into six main collections - Abyss, Solo / Sculpture, Megalith, Up! Balloon, Swing and Meeting Pod. In 2019, a limited edition of the Abyss Table was acquired by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs at The Louvre in Paris to become part of the permanent National collection.
THE BRAND
Christopher Duffy founded Duffy London in 2002 while working as a part-time furniture buyer after graduating from the University of Brighton with a BA in Product Design.
Christopher Duffy
Surf’s up! And dinner’s on the table. The Surf-Ace Table is made using traditional surfboard manufacturing techniques giving this piece the same visual solid language as classic balsa wood surfboards. Wood has been the material used in the construction of surfboards since the ancient Hawaiians. This collection is beautiful not only to the eye but also to the touch, with its sumptuous curves and edges that are a treat to the senses as your hands glide over the table.
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A mesmerising and dramatic, circular coffee table. Abyss Horizon invites you to stare down into the abyss and to lose yourself in the great unknown.
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Collapse aims to hold the viewer at the point of tension between two states. A single, dazzling helium balloon appears to support an impossibly heavy metal block at the exact moment of perfect balance or imminent disaster…! A sculptural work designed to confound and challenge the viewer at every step. Eye-catching console table when placed against a wall or statement centerpiece to transform any room. Collapse is offered in various finishes, including brushed or powder-coated mild steel and bespoke ‘chrome’ balloon colors: red, blue, silver, and gold.
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Stalagmite is a new table design that takes inspiration from underground caves and the eons-old layering process that occurs in nature. Layers of metal and tinted acrylics rise upwards from the ground and appear to break through a solid glass tabletop. Designed to allow light to reflect and refract across every element. Stalagmite offers up a dazzling new perspective upon every viewing
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Duffy casts an eye downwards – looking to the ocean's depths to dream up a dramatic new coffee table. Introducing the majesty of the big blue to the interior… as well as servicing you with somewhere impressive to put your cup of tea!!
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Civilization is a series of uniquely hand-carved marble coffee and dining tables based on ancient Temples and Monuments hewn from their surrounding landscapes. This series pays homage to their great artistry to create pieces that will last for the civilizations that come long after us. Our aim with the Civilisation tables is to use the medium of sculpture – one of the oldest art forms, working with traditional materials, tools, and techniques – to reinterpret and reimagine these incredible structures, and to create modern furniture designs which pay homage to their outstanding beauty as well as the artistry and excellent skills of the artisans that first made them.
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Duffy casts his gaze into the heart of ancient ocean depths to dream up a dramatic Wall Sculpture, creating an Abyssal art piece that instantly put you in mind to stories of a flat earth, introducing the majesty of the deep blue to the interior, and an Abyss that gazes back.
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Duffy London casts an eye across the American West with the new Monument Valley table design. A uniquely modern design is offered as a coffee or dining table. A visual tribute to rich desert landscapes, marrying contemporary design with luxurious Italian marble to create an enthralling new centerpiece for the living space.
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The Abyss Console table is a beautiful new addition to the Abyss range. The base of the Abyss Console takes a more fluid approach to representing the geological erosion of the Earth’s Crust; it moves and flows in greater detail, like billowing fabric or distorted rock at high pressures.
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Balance is an uplifting coffee table design conjured up by Christopher Duffy, working with the concept of levitation and buoyancy. A single Helium balloon stands on a thin black disc giving a playful trompe l’oeil as it holds a large piece of glass in a perfectly level and balanced state. Appearing as if it could topple at any moment, Balance introduces a sense of fun into the living space. This piece was created using the latest large-scale 3D printing technology.
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Beautiful, bold, and dynamic…a permanent form emerges from a mountain of millions of sand particles. Inspired by the wave-like patterns seen in windswept dunes, the Dune coffee table captivates the essence of the desert with its incredible fluidity and dynamic, free-flowing appearance. Dune is brought to life by 3D printing in black quartz sand to create a solid, textured, and premium finish. Each work is paired with a thick glass tabletop to give a sense of grandeur to the finished piece.
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A sampling of the coast’s weaving curves splits into three segments, suspended above the ground on Mirror polished stainless steel plinths. Abyss Boardroom takes inspiration from the balance of land and water and air and offers an inviting glimpse into the thrilling ocean depths. Abyss Boardroom is available in several distinct pieces, allowing the topography to flow from one table section to the next.
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Magic Mirror gives the impression of continuous motion, with each polished block merging into the next one to create the ongoing illusion, as if Sisyphus were rolling his own steel boulder along a never-ending, circular path.
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“As if a mythical power has lifted two perfect rectangles straight from the Earth’s crust to use as his ornaments”
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Abyss Dining Table expands Duffy’s explorations of depth with a mesmerizing depiction of the Earth’s seabed, played out in vivid turquoise colors and grounded in a resplendent mirror polished stainless steel or matte black finish.
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With its glass table balancing on top of a series of toppling monoliths, Duffy London’s Megalith table is a mind-boggling statement piece. A striking centerpiece to any room, Megalith appears to defy the laws of physics by remaining in a permanent state of impending collapse. The monolithic design takes its inspiration from The Sentinel, a book by Arthur C. Clarke that went on to be made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
