Poul Kjærholm - the Danish pioneer of modernism - designed a
small furniture series for the Academy of Fine Arts in 1955, where
he had just begun working as a lecturer. Kjærholm designed a
Professor Desk (PK52) and a Student Desk (PK52A), made of wood and
steel.
The Professor Desk has a light, simple design, and clearly
demonstrates the exquisite interplay between materials which is
typical of Kjærholm's designs.
In the Professor Desk, Kjærholm elegantly combined a lacquered
steel frame with a veneered wood table top, thereby refining some
of the design elements which would later characterise his
furniture.
The Professor Desk is available with a table top made of Oregon
pine or oak veneer, and with a reversible gray and black laminate
tabletop. The frame is produced in black or grey lacquered steel.
Drawer module is optional.
