A Dual Workstation That Transforms Into a Dining Table

If everything is going well in your life, you're not working at the same time you're sitting down to dinner. That's the thinking behind this oddly-named Savouring design, a furniture piece by Transformer Table, a Quebec-based modular furniture company. It's something like a Murphy bed in concept, the idea being that when a piece of furniture is not serving its main function, it ought disappear.The Savouring is simply a desk that turns into a dining table. One unit provides a desk that's roughly 19" deep by 5' wide, providing enough real estate for two people to work side-by-side, in a pinch. With two of these units back-to-back, you've got an appreciable 38" by 62.5" eating surface with the work surfaces hidden away. The designers have intelligently angled the legs, so that with two tables coupled, a person can sit on either end without banging their knees. The work configuration can mount two 27" monitors per side, and there's an integrated power strip featuring a USB-C port, two USB-A ports and four electrical outlets. I think there are two issues with the design, both perhaps subjective. The first is that I find the gas shocks, which are undoubtedly required to lift the tabletop when it's got two monitors hung from it, ugly. The second is a question of ergonomics. The Savouring's work surface by necessity is lower than the dining surface, 25" in height for the former, 31.5" for the latter. Your standard dining table is 28" to 30" tall, and most dining chairs are designed accordingly. By splitting the difference with its two heights, the Savouring might yield a worksurface a tad too low and a dining surface a tad too high. A few inches off from the recommended heights might not sound like a lot, but an ergonomicist might beg to differ. The Savouring runs $1,386 for one unit, though if you buy two they knock $100 off of each, bringing the price for a pair to $2,572.

Mar 21, 2025 - 14:25

A Dual Workstation That Transforms Into a Dining Table

If everything is going well in your life, you're not working at the same time you're sitting down to dinner. That's the thinking behind this oddly-named Savouring design, a furniture piece by Transformer Table, a Quebec-based modular furniture company. It's something like a Murphy bed in concept, the idea being that when a piece of furniture is not serving its main function, it ought disappear.

The Savouring is simply a desk that turns into a dining table. One unit provides a desk that's roughly 19" deep by 5' wide, providing enough real estate for two people to work side-by-side, in a pinch. With two of these units back-to-back, you've got an appreciable 38" by 62.5" eating surface with the work surfaces hidden away.

The designers have intelligently angled the legs, so that with two tables coupled, a person can sit on either end without banging their knees.

The work configuration can mount two 27" monitors per side, and there's an integrated power strip featuring a USB-C port, two USB-A ports and four electrical outlets.

I think there are two issues with the design, both perhaps subjective. The first is that I find the gas shocks, which are undoubtedly required to lift the tabletop when it's got two monitors hung from it, ugly.

The second is a question of ergonomics. The Savouring's work surface by necessity is lower than the dining surface, 25" in height for the former, 31.5" for the latter. Your standard dining table is 28" to 30" tall, and most dining chairs are designed accordingly. By splitting the difference with its two heights, the Savouring might yield a worksurface a tad too low and a dining surface a tad too high. A few inches off from the recommended heights might not sound like a lot, but an ergonomicist might beg to differ.

The Savouring runs $1,386 for one unit, though if you buy two they knock $100 off of each, bringing the price for a pair to $2,572.