• Oversized
• Hardcover (usually)
• Entertains guests
• Inspires conversations 
• Helps to pass the time
• Non-fiction
• Pictorial
• About celebrities, nature, other cultures, etc.

You must’ve heard of this phrase a thousand times - at least we have. But what exactly is a coffee table book? Is it Infrathin or are there universal standards that make a book a coffee table book? Can a book not meeting the standards still qualify as a coffee table book?

Inspired by the definitions of a coffee table book on Wikipedia (as listed above), this selection aims to provide some insights on using books to inspire in-depth conversations with the minimum usage of words. Prepare for publications in non-book formats as well.

Come Read at Bungee Space!

Not oversized nor hardcover, this small but mighty book consists of all the dance moves you may or may not intend to have in your living room.

Universal Tongue’ celebrates the great diversity of the global dance kaleidoscope in the era of the Internet. It was born from visual artist Anouk Kruithof’s fascination with dance videos distributed online as a representation of self-expression, cultural identity, empowerment and fun.

A glimpse into someone else’s (in this case, Machteld Rullens’s) life - her friends, family, herself, art-doing, and daily life through this person’s own lens. Art and everyday life are documented with the same analogue camera, smudging the line therebetween—if there ever was one. Just like her wall-works with cardboard boxes, her photos are amiable, unassuming, and quirky in nature, just like someone you've known.

Nothing more appropriate and welcomed on a coffee table. It’s funny; it’s painful. It’s the safe topic that can never go wrong - us humans all deal with digestive tract. Shit is a pictorial history of German soldiers doing their business in battle during WWII. 

“One thing will always lead to another.” This is the essence of this book, and the “thing” in this case refers to the image. Each image in this book is able to spark a conversation, and with all of them bound together by casual connections (or causality in disguise,) what could be leading the conversation now?