Inspired by the Modernist masters Mies van der Rohe and Marcel Breuer, she has always given her work an international appeal.
[2] Her interior design work has included the development of furniture, lighting, and glass for a wide range of buildings from housing in the African tropics to factories, offices and universities.
The prototype, in ashwood with a matte, chrome plated base, was made for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
[5] The table has been used widely in films (From Russia with Love) and on television (BBC election broadcasts) as well as by celebrities including Prince Philip (at Sandringham), the actor Michael Caine, and the pianist Oscar Peterson.
[4] In the 1960s, the table and storage elements were manufactured by E. Pedersen & Søn in Rødovre, Denmark as well as in Boston.