{"id":714348,"date":"2026-03-01T13:40:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T13:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T10:40:48","slug":"daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f5ba99cf84\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f5ba99cf84\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611148\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-00.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Contemporary artist Daniel Arsham\u2019s studio just received a custom drafting table from Madrid-based CALIPER, and it looks less like furniture and more like a precision instrument from a machine shop. The entire structure is CNC-machined aluminum with exposed brass gears, machined hand cranks, and yes, two built-in cup holders, because even meticulous charcoal drawings require coffee.<\/p>\n<p>The table was commissioned as a functional workstation for Arsham\u2019s small-scale charcoal and graphite drawings on paper. If you know Arsham primarily through his large eroded sculptures or his high-profile collaborations with Dior, Adidas, and Porsche, the drawings might surprise you. They\u2019re intimate, quiet things: detailed studies of the same classical and pop-cultural forms he renders in volcanic ash and crystal at monumental scale. Making work like that demands precision, sustained focus, and the right light. So this isn\u2019t a vanity object. It\u2019s a production tool with a very specific brief.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/calip.er\/?e=886dc6bd-b9d8-4285-97bb-0049f68edc0e&amp;g=5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CALIPER<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611149\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-611149\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-001.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"8c9188ebff9cd216a5b7b21f-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"8c9188ebff9cd216a5b7b21f-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>CALIPER\u2019s design addresses that brief with an almost obsessive level of care. The table surface is backlit, providing even illumination through a frosted glass top for tracing and examining fine mark-making. A magnifying lamp on an articulated arm lets Arsham inspect the surface of the paper up close, which matters enormously when you\u2019re working with the kinds of tonal subtlety that charcoal and graphite demand. The whole thing tilts on a worm-gear mechanism with a machined hand crank and those beautiful brass gears, allowing the drawing surface to be angled from flat to near-vertical. The hardware looks like it belongs in a machine shop, and that\u2019s entirely the point.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611150\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-611150\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-002.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611151\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-611151\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-003.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"8c9188ebff9cd216a5b7b21f-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"8c9188ebff9cd216a5b7b21f-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What elevates this beyond a well-made table is the integrated storage panel on the right side of the surface. CNC-machined from aluminum, it features recessed compartments for paper, charcoal sticks, and other tools, plus those two cup holders (the unsung hero of any studio setup) and what <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to be surface-mounted charging ports and controls for the light sources. Everything is contained within the footprint of the work surface, so there\u2019s no reaching over to a side table or hunting through drawers. It\u2019s the kind of considered, artist-specific workflow thinking that separates a custom commission from something you\u2019d buy off a catalog page.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611152\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-611152\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-004.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611153\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-611153\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-005.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The material choice is worth noting too. The entire structure is CNC-machined aluminum with a clear anodized and bead-blasted finish, giving it a uniform matte silver tone that reads as both industrial and refined. It\u2019s not trying to be warm or domestic. It\u2019s not pretending to be anything other than a machine for drawing. The base structure uses a pair of splayed trestle legs connected by horizontal stainless steel rods, with beautiful machined junction pieces where the rods intersect. Even the feet, with their leveling pads, look purposeful.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611154\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-611154\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-006.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>CALIPER assembled the table entirely in-house at their Madrid studio before shipping it to New York, where Arsham is based. For a studio whose work spans from trivets for Madrid restaurants to homeware collaborations, this kind of one-off commission represents the more ambitious end of their capabilities, and they\u2019ve clearly relished the challenge.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611155\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-611155\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-007.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>What makes this project compelling beyond the obvious craft is what it says about the relationship between tools and creative practice. Arsham\u2019s drawings exist in deliberate contrast to his larger, more commercially visible work. They\u2019re analog, slow, and physically demanding in a way that eroded crystal sculptures are not. Building a bespoke instrument for that practice is a statement about its value. It says: this part of the work matters enough to warrant its own architecture.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611156\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-611156\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-008.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also something appealing about the visible mechanics of the thing. In an era where most studio equipment tries to disappear into sleek minimalism, CALIPER has left the gears exposed, the crank handles proud, the engineering legible. You can see how it works, and that transparency feels right for a tool that supports handmade work. It\u2019s a machine that respects the hand.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-611157\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/02\/28\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Daniel Arsham\u2019s New Drafting Table Has Brass Gears and Cup Holders Built In\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/02\/daniel-arshams-new-drafting-table-has-brass-gears-and-cup-holders-built-in\/drafting-table-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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                                                        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n                            <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                <span>Ida Torres<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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