Lucent Coffee Table

Designed by Matthew Hilton — one of Britain’s most decorated furniture designers, with work held in the permanent collections of the V&A Museum and the Museum of the Home, and collaborations spanning SCP, De La Espada, and Case Furniture since the early 1990s — the Lucent Coffee Table treats tempered glass as a structural material rather than a decorative accent. Glass panels are joined at right angles using UV-bonding technology, with no visible hardware or seams; where the translucent panels overlap, the material darkens, layering atmospheric shades that shift with the room’s light through the day. The curved-edge top and base panels soften the silhouette and remove the sharp visual cuts that conventional glass tables tend to suffer. Manufactured in Lithuania at a small family-run glassworks where each panel is hand-finished and bonded joins are pressure-tested before final assembly. The result reads as considered rather than imposing.

Available in Bronze Glass, Clear Glass, or Smoke Glass, all in 10mm tempered glass with UV-bonded joins. The internal partition formed by the perpendicular meeting of the panels creates a discreet zone for books, magazines, candles, or sculptural objects — storage that doubles as display. The piece arrives fully assembled — no flat-pack — and is heavy enough to stay put in a busy living room. Tempered glass meets TSCA Title VI and California Prop 65 standards and is rated for daily tabletop use under impact; the UV-bonded joins are tested for shear strength before each unit ships. For homes that want a coffee table to anchor a seating arrangement without crowding it, Lucent’s transparency is the point — the table is present without dominating the room, and stocks a small library of objects within reach without making them visually cluttered.