Wooden Parabel Table – Eero Aarnio Originals

Wooden Parabel is a maple wood version of the Parabel side table

Designed by Finnish designer Eero Aarnio in 1993 and now produced by Eero Aarnio Originals — the Helsinki-based manufacturer established in 2016 as the sole authorised producer of Aarnio’s designs.

The Parabel was first shown publicly at the International Furniture Fair in Cologne in January 2002, initially in fibreglass — the material most associated with Aarnio’s classic work.

The name references the mathematical parabola form, though the table’s associations are closer to sculpture than formula: its elliptical base broadens at the foot, supporting a hemispherical segmented tabletop attached at the side. The wooden version was added to the Eero Aarnio Originals collection in 2020.

Wooden Parabel is made from maple, chosen for its grain patterns and the warmth it brings to the sculptural form. The table is available in two finishes: Natural oiled maple and a darker Walnut stain. In the small size it measures 47 cm in height and 43 cm in diameter.

Eero Aarnio (born 1932) is among the most internationally recognised Finnish designers of the 20th century. His Ball Chair (1963), Bubble Chair (1968) and Pastil Chair (1968) are in the permanent collections of MoMA New York, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Vitra Design Museum and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. He has received the Red Dot Design Award and the Compasso d’Oro.