Mod-Glo Coffee Table

Dina Pfeffer and Henry Blackburn
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Dina: The Mod-Glo Coffee Tables, a set of coffee tables shaped like simple polygons with built-in foot rests, will provide work or eating surfaces for NuVu students and staff that are interactive and enjoyable to use. They are a redesign of an old project, Light Up Coffee Table, a set of tables that encouraged collaboration by lighting up small coffee tables  with different colors when they were connected. Whereas the Light Up Coffee Table used complex electronics to facilitate multiple color changes of light, the Mod-Glo Coffee Tables employ a simpler approach. The brackets holding together the side panels of the table have two copper connection points on each side, which flank a hidden magnet. When two tables attach magnetically, the connections complete a circuit that lights an LED strip inside an acrylic-walled chamber of each table. These tables will provide sturdy surfaces for an individual using the new couches and chairs, and they will create a beautifully lit communal table when snapped together. The hope is that the community will benefit from the functionality and interactive properties of the Mod-Glo Coffee Tables.