I hope these beautiful desks, along with a glimpse of an extremely rare Parker T-1, will inspire you to pick up a pen and write a note to someone you love.
Images from 1stdibs.com unless otherwise noted
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| Extremely rare titanium Parker T-1 fastcompany.com |
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| Arne Vodder |
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| Bullet-shaped Danish teak, designer unknown |
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| Edward Wormley |
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| George Nakashima |
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| Hans Wegner |
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| Ib Kofod-Larsen |
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| Jens Risom |
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| Kidney-shaped Danish with tambour doors, designer unknown |
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| Milo Baughman |
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| Nanna Ditzel |
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| T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings |
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| Vladimir Kagan |
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| Walnut desk with tambour doors, designer unknown |
We do like the Ib Kofod-Larsen desk with its floating writing surface. It's interesting that you've credited the designer, as here in the UK this desk would merely fall under the 'G-Plan' umbrella as far as any description of the piece goes.
ReplyDeleteOoooo, do love those desks. I love how uncluttered the offices are in Mad Men. My desk has a gazillion wires, a printer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, laptop, lamp, papers, pens. BAH. I'd love a vintage desk with one pen and a notebook. Ahhhhh. Simple.
ReplyDeletelovely desks....such exquisite craftsmanship and luxuriously made pieces :)
ReplyDelete@chairsmith: A good bit of G-Plan shows up in our area (as well as Remploy and Nathan). We've found that the pieces designed by Kofod-Larsen sell best. There's a real interest in his work lately, and we just got two of his shell back chairs with iron legs, which we're restoring. I'll post about them soon.
ReplyDelete@Tanya: I fought that clutter for years, and I finally went wireless and moved my printer to another room. Now all I have on my desk is my laptop, a vase and a plant...plus the omnipresent Diet Coke can that follows me everywhere. :)
ReplyDelete@Sudha: It's sad to think that owning a desk like one of these is the exception in today's homes, rather than the rule.
ReplyDeletePeople back then just knew how to make everything look so classy.
ReplyDeleteThe things I'd do for that Arne Vodder ...
@Nick: I agree. I shudder to think what this era will be remembered for. Or will any of the throw-away furniture being sold today even survive? One can only hope.
ReplyDeleteFantastic, all of them!
ReplyDeleteMy Top 2- Hans Wegner and T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings.
@I dream lo-tech: I find it hard to narrow it down to two...but there's something about the Nanna Ditzel and the Vladimir Kagan that I love.
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