The starting point for these tables emerged from one of the most essential yet visually overlooked components of any car: the wing mirror. Designed for pure functionality, these aerodynamic moulded forms often go unnoticed despite their quietly sculptural presence. Their curves, their sleek surfaces, and the way they protrude from the body of the vehicle all hint at an aesthetic value that is rarely acknowledged.

I wanted to merge this sculptural quality with a very human—and distinctly destructive—gesture. In dense urban environments, it has become almost routine for motorists to pass too closely to parked cars, clipping the wing mirrors in brief yet violent moments of contact. This collision shatters the mirror’s smooth surface, leaving behind a web of fractures: a record of impact, carelessness, or simply the friction of shared space. The resulting fragmentation transforms a functional tool of vision into a disrupted landscape of broken reflections.

These oversized, Pop Art–scale coffee tables reinterpret wing mirrors as monumental domestic objects. Modelled on two recognisable vehicles—the Vauxhall Cavalier and the iconic London Black Cab—they draw from forms embedded in the cultural memory of British streets. Each piece is cast in black resin with an orange-peel surface texture, echoing the industrial finishes commonly used in automotive manufacturing and grounding the object firmly within the language of car production.

The mirrors’ shattered surfaces are recreated using toughened, laminated glass, allowing the broken pattern to remain visible while maintaining a stable, smooth plane. This juxtaposition—fracture without tactile damage—creates a tension between destruction and preservation.

By enlarging and recontextualising these fragments of car culture, the tables invite viewers to consider the intersection of violence, functionality, and beauty. They transform the everyday act of accidental impact into a sculptural event, asking us to look again at the objects that navigate our cities and the traces we leave upon them.