These tables from designer Apiwat Chitapanya may look light and feathery, but they're actually made out of stainless steel. That's a good thing, though, because they will never float away on a gentle breeze or collapse under the weight of the single pencil or any of the other things that a table that was actually made out of feathers would do. And they look great. Also, each of the stainless steel feathers is hand welded, which is quite impressive.
• apiwat chitapanya welds stainless steel feathers to create table collection [design boom]