A decade ago, French design brand Tiptoe launched with one clever idea: a clamp-on leg that could turn just about any surface into a table. Inspired by French artist François Arnal’s T9 clamp design, Tiptoe’s version quickly caught on. More than 400,000 legs later, it’s become a modern design icon, celebrated for its modularity, durability, and timeless appeal.
To mark its 10th anniversary, Tiptoe invited 10 designers – each with a distinct creative voice – to reinterpret this founding product in their own way for 10 Years – 10 Visions.
ToeTip by Wendy Andreu
“It was important for us to mark Tiptoe’s 10-year anniversary by returning to our founding object and entrusting it to the eyes of others,” share co-founders Vincent Quesada and Matthieu Bourgeaux. “This project is a way to celebrate what has driven us from the very beginning: the desire to create, to share, and to do things with meaning.”
What follows is a collection of reimagined designs by Wendy Andreu, BIG-GAME, Sophie Dries, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Constance Guisset, Rudy Guénaire, Kann Design, Julien Renault, Wilmotte, and Olimpia Zagnoli – all bringing fresh creativity to Tiptoe’s most familiar and iconic form.
ToeTip by Wendy Andreu
Wendy Andreu flips the script – literally – with her ToeTip table, By turning Tiptoe’s iconic clamp leg upside down and multiplying it, she gives the powder-coated steel table an almost anthropomorphic quality with its 18 legs reaching upward, giving the once-supportive element a new role.
Inox by BIG-GAME
BIG-GAME, on the other hand, strips the idea back to its essence. Their Inox table, made entirely of brushed stainless steel, is minimalist and direct – a piece that celebrates industrial simplicity and the honest beauty of material.
Inox by BIG-GAME
VV by Kann Design
Designed by Kann Design, the VV table, named for the two V-shaped crevices in the steel tabletop, is a clever piece of furniture. One side can be used as a standard table, while the V-forms become storage racks for vinyl records, books, or magazines.
VV by Kann Design
DR–Tiptoe Version by Jean-Baptiste Durand
As part of his Dystopian Series, Jean-Baptiste Durand suspends Tiptoe’s clamp leg in a post-industrial object called DR–Tiptoe Version, blending wires, ceramics, and obsolete LEDs into an artifact that feels both ancient and futuristic.
DR–Tiptoe Version by Jean-Baptiste Durand
Songoe by Sophie Dries
Sophie Dries reinterprets her Songye table as Songoe, combining corten steel legs and a solid oak top. The legs attach in two distinctive ways, balancing sculptural form with structural precision.
Songoe by Sophie Dries
Palm by Rudy Guenaire
In contrast, Rudy Guénaire reimagines the leg entirely with Palm – his American modernist take softens the original’s industrial roots. A frosted glass top rests in between a powder-coated steel clamp that extends downwards as the base, echoing the elegance of the original clamp in a new material dialogue.
Palm by Rudy Guenaire
À Point by Constance Guisset
With À Point, Constance Guisset captures movement mid-gesture. Powder-coated steel legs appear to “catch” a series of bronze discs, freezing a moment in time with poetic tension.
À Point by Constance Guisset
DXF by Julien Renault
Julien Renault, meanwhile, takes a subtler approach with DXF, a discreet hook added to the clamp leg, doubling its purpose while preserving its signature simplicity.
DXF by Julien Renault
Serre-Livres and Serre-Verres by Wilmotte
Wilmotte honors craftsmanship and modularity with Serre-Livres and Serre-Verres, a pair of clamp-on accessories designed to add vertical support to shelves.
TipToes by Olimipia Zagnoli
Olimpia Zagnoli, in her signature playful spirit, transforms the leg into TipToes, a bright pink iteration of the leg complete with actual tiny toes, a witty tribute to the brand’s name and joyful sensibility.
TipToes by Olimipia Zagnoli
Together, these ten reinterpretations trace the many ways a single idea can evolve – from functional to poetic, minimal to expressive. For Tiptoe, it’s a fitting tribute to a decade defined by curiosity and collaboration. The humble table leg that started it all continues to stand as a symbol of design made to last, adapt, and inspire.
Tiptoes by Olimipia Zagnoli
To learn more about Tiptoe’s 10 Years – 10 Visions project, please visit tiptoe.fr.
Photography by Jonathan Mauloubier.
