In the 1960s, Warren Platner saw an opportunity. “I felt there was room for the kind of decorative, gentle, graceful kind of design that appeared in period style like Louis XV, but it could have a more rational base instead of being applied decoration,” he said. By welding hundreds of curved steel rods to circular frames, Platner achieved his goal to create a form that simultaneously serves as structure and ornament. His iconic coffee table has been a celebrated focal point in living rooms since 1966.