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.
