{"id":7287,"date":"2026-06-23T16:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/news\/?p=7287"},"modified":"2026-06-23T16:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:11:57","slug":"the-story-behind-the-design-ribbon-dining-table-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bykoket.com\/news\/2026\/06\/23\/the-story-behind-the-design-ribbon-dining-table-console\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story Behind the Design: The Ribbon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Design That Moves the Room<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Every design begins with a feeling. For the Ribbon, that feeling is motion \u2014 and femininity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ribbon has always been one of the most instinctively feminine of motifs: graceful, fluid, deceptively simple. A symbol of adornment, of movement, of a certain self-possessed allure that needs no explanation. It is, in many ways, the perfect expression of everything KOKET was built to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brand’s name is no accident. Drawn from the word coquette<\/em> \u2014 a woman who knows her power, wears it lightly, and commands attention without effort \u2014 KOKET has always designed with a singular muse in mind: the woman who refuses to be ordinary. The Ribbon is perhaps the purest distillation of that vision: a ribbon caught mid-fall, frozen in gleaming metallic leaf at the precise moment of its most perfect arc, and brought to life as furniture. Ephemeral made permanent. Movement made form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a design that does not stand still. It flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the world, it seems, has been paying attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Design Story: Capturing Movement in Form<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is something quietly radical about taking one of design’s most delicate metaphors \u2014 the ribbon \u2014 and rendering it in sculptural form and gold. Where a ribbon is ephemeral, weightless, gone in a breath of air, KOKET’s interpretation is permanent. Enduring. Impossible to ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ribbon’s base is the design’s defining gesture: a series of sinuous twists and turns, each curve building on the last, the entire form moving upward with a rhythm that feels instinctive rather than engineered. Adorned in gleaming metallic leaf, the base catches light the way a girl’s hair ribbon catches sunlight: with an almost careless, effortless glamour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the KOKET signature in its purest form \u2014 and its most personal. To be coquettish is not to be frivolous. It is to be completely, unapologetically aware of one’s own presence. The Ribbon embodies that quality in every curve. Femininity here is not decoration. It is structure and strength. It is the reason the design stops a room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contrast is equally deliberate. Set against the sculptural, kinetic energy of the base, the top of each Ribbon piece acts as a grounding force \u2014 glass for the Dining Table, black lacquer for the Console. Clean, precise, resolved. The tension between organic movement below and polished stillness above is what gives the Ribbon its enduring appeal. It is a study in contrasts that never tips into contradiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Debuts. Two Rooms. One Unmistakable Design.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Ribbon’s story spans a decade of KOKET history \u2014 and two landmark debuts on the world stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ribbon Dining Table<\/strong><\/a> made its world debut at Decorex International in 2016<\/strong>, immediately establishing itself as one of the most visually arresting pieces KOKET had ever presented. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ribbon Dining Table at its world debut, Decorex International, London, 2016<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In a dining room, the Ribbon Dining Table is more than a surface. It is a centerpiece in the truest sense. A sculptural anchor that commands the space from the moment you enter it. Its glass top, hovering above the lustrous metallic base, adds a lightness that keeps the drama of the design from ever feeling heavy. Structure and transparency in perfect tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two years later, the Ribbon returned \u2014 this time as the Ribbon Console Table<\/strong><\/a>, which debuted at Maison et Objet Paris in January 2018<\/strong>. Presented on the world’s most celebrated stage for interior design, the Console brought the Ribbon’s signature movement to the entryway, the hallway, and the living room \u2014 spaces where first impressions are made, and where a design must earn its place with presence alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Ribbon Console at its debut, Maison et Objet Paris, January 2018<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Ribbon Console does precisely that. Whether anchoring an entrance hall or holding court beneath a statement mirror, the Console’s black lacquer top grounds the piece with a polished authority that is pure KOKET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Both pieces are available in Broken Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf, and Copper Leaf \u2014 each finish its own distinct mood. Gold is unapologetically opulent. Silver carries a cooler, more contemporary edge. Copper brings warmth and an unexpected intimacy. All three are fully customizable in size and finish, as with all KOKET designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handcrafted in Portugal: The Art of Form and Metallic Leaf<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the heart of the Ribbon is a pairing as old as craft itself \u2014 form and precious metal \u2014 elevated through KOKET’s uncompromising approach to haute craftsmanship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very first Ribbon prototype was crafted with a wood base, rooted in the hand-built traditions of Portuguese craftsmanship. Today, the base is crafted in fiberglass \u2014 a refinement in service of the form, ensuring that every Ribbon produced holds the integrity of those original sinuous curves with precision and consistency, piece after piece. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Over the base, metallic leaf is applied by hand, catching light the way only hand-applied leaf can: with warmth, with depth, with the subtle irregularity that tells you this was made by a person, not a process. The Broken finishes in particular carry their own quiet poetry, their fractured surfaces suggesting something ancient and precious, worn beautifully by time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the craft beneath the glamour. And it is what separates the Ribbon from anything that might attempt to echo it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Design Becomes an Icon, the World Takes Notice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is a certain kind of design that transcends the room it was made for. The Ribbon is one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A decade after its debut, the Ribbon’s sweeping curves and handcrafted metallic base have become part of a shared visual language \u2014 one that reaches well beyond the interiors world and into the broader culture. In 2026, a desk echoing the Ribbon’s unmistakable silhouette appeared in Office Romance<\/a><\/em>, a Netflix film starring Jennifer Lopez, set in a world where power, ambition, and desire collide. It is perhaps no coincidence that a story told through those themes would reach for a design language so closely aligned with KOKET’s own: confidence, femininity, allure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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