Kartell Earl of wood Desk - / 119 x 65 cm - Curved wood by Kartell Natural wood

Made in Design £845.00 Go to Made in Design First seen in Mar 2022

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Kartell Desk Natural wood Wood. Dimensions: L 119 x D 65 cm x H 72.5 cm / Height with edging: H 87.5 cm - Tabletop: L 114 x D 54 cm. The poetry of wooden combined with technology... The Smart Wood family is growing with the arrival of the Earl of Wood desk, which brings together a steel wire base and a thin curved wooden tabletop, creating a delicate contour. Using a unique and patented technique, the wooden is moulded to create a thin tabletop with sinuous features. This essential design desk is perfect for both homes and offices. The tabletop is curved at the lower and upper edges, providing great freedom of movement. With the Smart Wood collection, Kartell and Philippe Starck rise to a new challenge: working wooden with the same fluidity as composite materials to give it a new look, full of finesse and curves. The major figures Ray and Charles Eames were the first to experiment with moulding plywooden into complex shapes. More than 50 years later, technological advances have allowed Kartell to offer even more with less. This feat was made possible thanks to unique patented 3D technology that produces wooden curvature in extreme proportions. The moulded wooden adopts incredible, sinuous lines. Breaking ground in a new chapter in the brand's history, the Smart Wood collection is the result of an ecological commitment and constant searching for innovation. To reduce the cutting down of trees, the tabletop uses very little material: just wooden residues. It’s made from wooden nano-shavings glued into nano-layers which are then laminated. Then, using machines that cut the wooden in line, the wooden takes on the appearance of a kind of fabric that can be deformed. For 10 to 15 minutes, the wood, now soft as silk, can be moulded. As it dries, it stiffens and returns to the texture of wood. Claudio Luti, president of Kartell, explains: After years of research, we managed to work the wooden while respecting the nobility of the material. Innovative technology has allowed us to stay true to the industrial characteristics of Kartell's DNA. We thus managed to wholly express the real essence of wooden by combining industrial production with beauty, solidity, comfort and flexibility, all in one product.