Another take on the "desk with a gutter" is the My Writing Desk, from Lithuanian design couple Inesa Malafej and Arunas Sukarevicius. I love the form of this one, with its bent plywood wings, and the more modernist worksurface that's pure form-follows-function—the rectilinear shape accommodates two drawers.
Function follows form, too: Because the corners are negative space, cut out of necessity for the steam-bending, you've got a handy notch to both hang a bag and route cables.
Malafej and Sukarevicious, by the way, run their Design Studio Etc.Etc. out of Copenhagen.
If they're reading this—and I hope they're not because they're too busy trying to get this table into production—I have something to say to the duo: English is presumably a second or third language for you, but are you familiar with the phrase "Shut up and take my money?"
Thanks Jason!
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