Heal’s Cooks Oak Table – modern design icon

The Cooks Oak Table by Heal’s has been voted by the public as No. 1 of the Heal’s 100 – “a showcase of One Hundred Design Icons that Heal’s have sold, past and present”.

  

I can quite understand why, too. I fell absolutely head over heels in love with the Cooks Oak Table when I first saw it, so can quite understand how it made it to the impressive top spot.

  

What’s amazing about this result, though, is that not only was the Cooks Oak Table designed just a year ago, in 2016, but that it was up against a whole clutch of classic and iconic designs.  Pieces that are instantly recognisable such as the Eames Lounge Chair (designed 1956), the Arco Floor Light (1962) and the Isokon Penguin Doney (1935).

 

I’m sure the Heal’s in-house design team were pretty chuffed at the result and so they should be.  You’ll have to take my word for it, but the Cooks Oak Table really is beautiful – to look at and to touch.  

When I saw it instore, I spent a lot of time stroking the solid oak, admiring the beautiful joints, and opening and closing the impeccably crafted drawers – six in all, and nice and roomy too.

There’s also a hanging rail at each end, for tea cloths, kitchen towels or even utentils hung on hooks.

As you can see, Heal’s have taken the traditional shape and proportions of the classic kitchen table and given it their own distinctive makeover with clean contemporay lines.