{"product_id":"robin-day-interplan-unit-w-writing-desk-1954","title":"Robin Day, Interplan Unit W desk, 1954","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterplan Unit W Writing Desk \u003c\/strong\u003eby \u003cstrong\u003eRobin Day.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Interplan Unit W desk was designed in 1954 as a reinterpretation of the classical drop-front desk from the 18th Century. The Shakers later produced a tall, plain example known as the ‘cupboard desk’ in the early 19th Century. This restrained modernist design by Robin Day again marries the combination of drawers for storage with a desk unit. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe simple bronzed handles and black painted steel legs contrast with the mahogany case and rosewood drawer fronts and complement the functionalist layout within. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eManufactured by Hille, the flexible range of units were designed to work singularly, or as part of a system. This vintage example shows a ‘Maple’ retailer badge in one of the drawers and is believed to date around c.1960.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe celebrated Interplan range was designed in 1954 and exhibited at the Milan Triennale in the same year. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"twentytwentyone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54964412973436,"sku":"991279","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0032\/4966\/8207\/files\/twentytwentyone-interplan-robin-day-writing-desk-vintage-1.jpg?v=1740159183","url":"https:\/\/www.twentytwentyone.com\/products\/robin-day-interplan-unit-w-writing-desk-1954","provider":"twentytwentyone","version":"1.0","type":"link"}