GANDIABLASCO Turns Printed Glass Into Works of Art as Tables

If you’ve ever watched a sunset dip below the horizon or woken up early to catch the sunrise, you know firsthand just how spectacular the view can be. The ethereal golden light at these hours seems to be made of infinite colors harmoniously blending together, creating an ephemeral moment that is hard to convey through anything other than a painting or a photo. It is these observations that inspired designer Alejandra Gandía-Blasco in creating the Iris collection for Mediterranean outdoor furniture brand GANDIABLACO. The series features dining tables, coffee tables, and side tables with printed glass tabletops depicting sunrises and sunsets.

Four modern tables with colorful, artistic tops and slender legs are arranged on a white background.

Cold Iris Tables

The tabletop designs are not imagined from Gandía-Blasco’s memories but are photographs captured by the designer herself. “It is a type of experimental work with natural light and the refraction it creates when photographed with a phone,” explains the designer. “Through this, I obtain infinite nuances of color and varied compositions depending on the exact moment when I capture the light, among many other factors.”

A set of four geometric tables with colorful tops: one square with a woven pattern, one square multi-colored, one round orange, and one round with concentric circles.

Warm Iris Tables

A set of four modern tables with geometric designs and minimalist metal legs is arranged on a white background.

Stormy Iris Tables

There are 12 tables within the Iris collection. Each one has a design that has been fused into the glass with ceramic pigments. After tempering the glass – a process that involves heating it to a high temperature and then rapidly cooling it – the design is permanently vitrified. The glass tabletops are then fitted directly into the powder-coated aluminum structures without any external fittings, eliminating any distractions from the design. Because the printed tempered glass is semi-transparent, the tables cast colors onto the floor like that of stained glass windows.

An arrangement of four modern tables on a tiled floor, featuring different shapes and designs, with shadows cast by sunlight.

A collection of various sized tables with patterned tops is arranged on a tiled floor in a sunlit stone courtyard.

Contemporary round table with a blue edge and rectangular glass-top table in a sunlit stone courtyard.

Two modern, circular tables with artistic, concentric designs on their tops are placed on a tiled floor against a stone wall background

While the smaller coffee tables showcase a single design, the larger coffee tables and the dining tables feature a mosaic-like design of both sunrises and sunsets, a pattern reminiscent of classic tile tables but in a single sheet versus loose parts.

Available in three different shades (black/grey, orange, and blue), the Iris collection is highly suitable for outdoor use and effortlessly complements all of GIANDIABLASCO’s outdoor furniture.

Three modern tables with vibrant orange and red surfaces stand in a stone courtyard with large columns and historic architecture

Four minimalist tables with thin metal legs and mosaic tops are arranged on a tiled floor against a textured, aged wall. Light is streaming in from the left