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21/11/2010 10:14 pm  

Post your corner desks... I've only been able to find reference to two on the internet, and I'm trying to find a vintage replacement for my pine one, from John Lewis


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22/11/2010 12:20 am  

I have owned the desk in the...
I have owned the desk in the bottom photos and it really isn't suited to be placed the corner of a room. It is a beautiful desk and is designed so that it can be viewed from all angles. It would be a shame to tuck it away in a corner


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22/11/2010 12:27 am  

Yes
clearly neither are designed to fit into a corner


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22/11/2010 1:56 am  

ok. please show me a desk...
ok. please show me a desk that is.


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22/11/2010 7:20 pm  

The problem to be surmounted...
The problem to be surmounted in the design of corner desks: How to provide enough desktop to allow a vista to the wall instead of the trap sensation.
While I don't remember a Wharton Esherick corner desk; he managed through furniture structure of eccentric angles to open rather than confine "unused corner" spaces. Desks against walls have always bothered me and within minutes of a new office the desk was re-sited, despite any loss of useable square footage space.


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05/12/2010 2:06 am  

Dear folks, this is what I...
Dear folks, this is what I mean by a corner desk.
Basically, I need something that will sit in a corner from which I can view my computer monitor from all the way around the room. So, if I'm watching a film from my armchair, or from my bed, it doesn't matter.
Basically every bureau, desk, wall unit, anything that is vintage, I just can't find something to orientate my computer towards the entire room rather than one direction in it.
This pine number from John Lewis has done me well, but I hate pine now and I want a vintage item!


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05/12/2010 4:00 am  

So, you need a desk where the monitor & user are sitting on a diagonal?
First, are you sure couldn't instead put the monitor on a wall-mounted arm that swivels, should you need to have the monitor visible from different parts of the room?
Frankly, I think you'll have a hard time finding a nice vintage example of something so very specific.(And the new ones-- BLECH! Strictly from hunger.)
Why not use the old tried & true method of two metal file cabinets with a top cut to measure-- but with the design tailored to fit a corner, akin to the design pictured below?
You could have a hardwood top cut to measure, finish it however you like; then all you'd have to do is devise a discreet leg to support the corner-- wood, or a commercially available cylindrical metal leg.
Voila-- perfectly respectable corner desk.


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05/12/2010 4:10 am  

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If the pine unit you have functions well and is not defective, why not paint it satin black. Presto -- new corner desk. Reuse/recycle: your planet thanks you !


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06/12/2010 9:27 pm  

I don't think corner desks...
I don't think corner desks were common back then. I think you'd have trouble finding something so specific. I like the idea of the monitor on the swing arm. My brother-in-law does this in their room so they can use monitor at the desk but also see it from the bed and from the arm chair. Heck, he could even watch it from the shower if he wanted to. Their bathroom shower has wooden doors on the outside wall that when opened allows the person taking a shower to look into the room through the glass shower. I guess my sis likes watching him in the shower or maybe he just likes showing off LOL


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06/12/2010 10:34 pm  

thanks for your responses....
I'm surprised that corner desks are 'very specfic'. It seems pretty obvious to me that a corner desk is a great space saver in a room, whilst projecting out into the room the user does not feel inhibited. weird.
I can't start making stuff myself, I'm not that way inclined (or talented). As for an articulating arm for a monitor - have you seen how horrible those things look? they really are ugly as sin. there is one or two exceptions to the rule, but these are inordinately expensive (I'm talking hundreds of pounds). And also - these arms are often meant to be clamped or drilled through a desk - not great for maintaining vintage items.
anyhow, thanks for your responses.


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07/12/2010 12:00 am  

Desk mount no,
wall mount yes.
If your monitor's a flatscreen with VESA-pattern mounting holes (nearly all are), you can buy an articulating wall mount in the States for under $30. Shouldn't cost much more than that in your country.


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08/12/2010 7:39 am  

herman miller
corner desk/work station.


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12/02/2011 2:14 am  

Found an example here. Can...
Found an example here. Can someone ID it?
Or, if you've found any others.


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12/02/2011 2:23 am  

no disrespect but surely the...
no disrespect but surely the herman miller piece was posted due to its brand affiliation with the eames chair. because that metal thing is sore on my eyes


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12/02/2011 2:23 am  

another
another


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