Category — Office Desks

If you spend more time organizing your desk than you do performing actual work, then you are probably going to love this “Out of Sight Out of Mind” (OSOM) concept table.

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This height-adjustable desk called the Signalement Desk ($TBD) was designed by Peter Petersen of Germany. The white computer desk, which is part of the Tank Collection, is made of MDF (medium density fibreboard), and comes with a white high lustre varnish.

If the pictures don’t convince you of the desks’ supposed quality, perhaps this very ambitious description from the Signalement website will…

The height-adjustable desk from the Tank Collection radiates lightness and elegancy just like a ballerina who barely touches the floor. The fineness is emphasized by the urgent smoothness which combined with the sturdy materials add strength and weight. The desk sparkles with energy and provides you with a feeling of design that never ends.

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Am I the only one who still loves the design qualities of the classic roll top desk?  Just found this one while on my quest for a new office desk.  The All American Cherry Emerson Cylinder Roll Top Desk II (could they have named it something longer?) has one pullout writing surface, one utility drawer, and three drawers behind the rolltop.

The desk is available from  Computer Desks N More for $1049.

Nowadays most desks are designed to accommodate the various electronics that seem to run our daily lives, and as a result have lost much of the charm which is found in this lovely Yves Writing Desk by Russel Pinch.

The piece is made of solid walnut, with a leather top, and two drawers.  And while this desk may have been designed as a return to mid-century aesthetics, I think it would still function well as a small computer desk, the top shelf housing a monitor, and the small drawer in the middle being a perfect hiding place for a wireless keyboard.

The Yves Writing Desk is available for $3268.

The Sawhorse Worktable from West Elm boasts a modern industrial style with an expansive glass tabletop that rests upon two steel-plated legs with a black nickel finish.  The desk has a light and open feel to it, and is a great option for anyone looking for a glass computer desk.

The Sawhorse Worktable is available for purchase for $449.

Ok so for most of my office desk series I have shown you guys a bunch of great desks, all of which I really like, but most of which aren’t really all that practical.  So to change things up I wanted to show you this gorgeous black desk which has more of a classic design as opposed to the more modern minimalist designs I have shown you up until now.

The Portofino Decorative Desk is made by Stanley Furniture, and offers an aged appeal with extreme antiquing and the Portofino’s signature rub-thorough finish.  It features a center keyboard drawer, two utility drawers, and one file drawer, and comes in either ivory or basque black.

You can buy the desk at Black Lion Furniture for $1179.

The Solo Lounge Table from Intelligent Forms may look like an ordinary glass desk, but a closer look reveals a series of solar panels lining the whole tabletop. The solar panels are placed in between tempered glass panels, and provide over 17 kilowatts of solar energy per year(under ideal conditions), which is transmitted via USB, lighter, and standard 3 prong outlets.

The desk is made from formed stainless steel with a brushed finish, polished stainless steel rods, and features a LCD monitor, internal LEDs, Bluetooth transmitter, and a rechargeable battery array.

Oh and I almost forgot…it will cost you about $14,000.

Solo Lounge Chair via Unplggd

While I had sort of envisioned buying a more traditional style office desk, this leather desk from Bottega Veneta is quite intriguing. It has three drawers with flat leather handles, and has stiff leather handles on both sides of the desk. It measures at 59×29.5×28 inches, comes in several colors, and is truly a timeless design.

Then again, with a $19,700 price tag I think I’ll stick to an old fashion wood desk.

Bottega Veneta Leather Desk

If you are really, and I mean realllly short on space and are looking for a corner computer desk, then this minimalist iGo desk might be perfect for you.  The desk is designed to fully integrate with your iMac or Mac mini, it comes either a sitting model (left), or standing model (right), and can be moved around and squeezed into almost any space.  While the iGo desk is certainly cool looking, It doesn’t appear to be very functional (aside from conserving space), let alone easy to blend in with the rest of your furniture.

The iGo Desk is available from Rain Design starting at $333.

During my quest for a new office desk I came upon what is supposedly the worlds most expensive desk. The custom desk was made by a company called Parnian Furniture which is based in Scottsdale, Arizona, and retails for a mere $200,000. This “power desk” is characterized by exotic wood inlays and burls, and makes use of 6 different types of wood, as well as a custom cast piece of glass. While I think it’s certainly a beautiful desk, there are a couple things I found rather strange about it. First, I really don’t like the wave design on the front of the desk and find it quite distracting, and secondly, while the desk hardly looks as old as the rolltop desk currently in my office, I figured that a desk that costs that much would have more of a contemporary look to it.

More pics of the desk after the jump.

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