Office Desk
We are proud to present our first design from a Danish designer. In this case, Danish architect, professor, and designer, Bodil Kjær. The iconic desk, designed in 1959, was the first of its kind with its pure and simplistic design, almost floating mid-air. Bodil Kjærs’ design has been called ‘The most beautiful desk in the world’ – or, the ‘James Bond desk’ as it was featured prominently in three early Bond movies.
Available colors
Red frame
Grey frame
About Designer | |
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Bodil Kjær |
She has been featured in The New York Times and Wall Street
Journal Magazine. She designed a desk for MIT which was dubbed ‘The most
beautiful desk in the world’ and eventually immortalized in 3 early James Bond
movies. Danish architect, designer and professor Bodil Kjær (born 1932) is the
female trailblazer of Danish midcentury design, who although tutored by
modernist master Finn Juhl, in her own words “… never had much interest in
following in the footsteps of the Danish rat pack”. Kjær looked to America,
inspired by Charles and Ray Eames, and indeed many of her most notable designs
stems from her time in the U.S., where she briefly worked at Paul McCobb,
before moving to Boston to further her career in corporate interior
architecture.
Kjær’s reignited prominence as a designer in later years is well
deserved. Pared back, elegant and decidedly modern, her iconic pieces slip
effortlessly into contemporary life 60 years on. Today, Bodil Kjær is back in
Denmark and lives on the east coast of Jutland where she continues to teach, do
research and participate in the architectural development of the city of
Aarhus. |