Kaari Desk 005

Desks from Artek, Designed by Erwan Bouroullec, Ronan Bouroullec, Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec

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Product description

Designed by Paris-based brothers Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, the Kaari Desk has a light, fluid outline that could have been drawn with a single stroke of the pen. Twin oak pillars are supported by the simple yet elegant steel band that characterises the Kaari collection – “Kaari” means “arch” in Finnish. Strikingly contemporary, this desk provides the ideal place to work and is suitable for both private and public spheres.

Concept

The Kaari collection by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec marks the ﬁrst collaboration between the French designers and Artek. In creating a simple yet elegant bent steel band to provide support for a series of furniture, the Paris-based brothers arrived at a practical and adaptable construction principle. In Finnish, Kaari means “arch,” and while the vertical load of table tops and shelves is held by a piece of wood, the bent steel band provides diagonal support similar to an arch.

With antecedents in Alvar Aalto’s work in bent wood, the metal band has a light, fluid outline. It could well have been drawn with a single stroke of a pen.

More about this product

Categorised in Tables - Desks - Sled base - Tabletop rectangular - Individual desks - Wood - Base solid wood - Metal - Base metal - Plastic - Tabletop plastic - Linoleum - Tabletop linoleum - Melamin - Residential - Office.

Part of the collection TABLES.

Manufacturer Artek

Family Kaari

Architonic ID 1315518

Year of Launch 2015