In the relentless drive to turn physical things into virtual ones, the purpose served by the coffee table book will soon be served by the coffee table itself, and for the same reasons.
Today Myhrvold announced that The Photography of Modernist Cuisine will debut this fall, finally placing coffee in a coffee-table book.
You spend more money on it than other tables, such as bedroom nightstands, the coffee table, the patio table, the workbench in the garage, the desk in your home office and so on.
Japanese designers have brought to life a coffee table that becomes a futon plus table and chairs (by Kewb) as well as book shelves that are also jungle gyms (by Koichiro Hoshino).
One of those rare picture books that should not be left unopened on the coffee table.
The coffee table as a computer will help you entertain guests and stimulate conversation.
When they rested, they sat on the plywood crate as though it were a coffee table, not a coffin.
"It was just turning red, " explained Mr. Dodge, an artist who created a coffee table book about bicycles.
But there is so much more, all beautifully wrapped up in a well-illustrated and handsome coffee table volume.
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But the intelligent coffee table of the future may be the central computing device in your home.
Aside from raising your bed, you can also hang a skirt around your coffee table and store items underneath.
Salguero and cofounder Seth Rosen started thinking about the idea in 2008 after a search for a coffee table.
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One day in his office, Udall picked up some tabloids from his coffee table and waved them at me.
After a while, he spotted a gift bag on the coffee table nearby.
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For those on the right mailing lists, plenty more for the coffee table.
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Small replicas of sculptures sit on her polished coffee table and each cushion on her couch is arranged just so.
It is becoming more common than ever to have a laptop on the coffee table to use while watching TV.
The display also has a sturdy, adjustable stand perfect for propping it up on the floor or a coffee table.
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Just remember the rules: keep your shoes off the coffee table and keep your grubby little hands off my remote.
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You can even seat visitors on a low sofa across the room and place a coffee table in front of them.
The coffee table book offers a recap of his career in photos and press clips that runs through the 2010 season.
But, while stylish, a zebra-print rug seems too impersonal, and a limited edition coffee table book might not suit his taste.
These early examples can even be adjusted, if for some reason you suddenly decide you wanted a coffee table, not a chair.
Achor Achor and I built a facsimile of our Group Twelve home on our coffee table and then we laughed some more.
Let the sports fans get to their couches, Coca-Cola in hand and Cheetos on the coffee table so that the games can begin.
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The room doesn't have much more than a U-shaped modular couch accented with a handful of colorful pillows and a glass coffee table.
Yarnall took it and rewarded her informant with a coffee table made from one of the planks, keeping the rest for her stockpile.
The gestures could be either big ones like arm waving, or subtle ones like tapping your finger on your thigh or coffee table.
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