{"product_id":"hilleplan-junior-desk-1952","title":"Hilleplan junior desk | 1952","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHilleplan junior desk\u003c\/strong\u003e by Robin Day, 1952.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hilleplan family of case furniture extended to embrace desking aswell as freestanding cabinets. The Junior desk had a single drawer pedestal in contrast to Senior with twin pedestals. The striking design employs a cantilevered top, its surface finished with inset linoleum . The stove enamelled frame is strictly minimal in construction and dimension with contrasting aluminium foot-rail. The change material indicating a functional requirement and the anticipation of wear, which would not be seen in a solid material, rather than a coated. Small details such as this and the slight chamfer to the solid mahogany edge distinguish this as a design of great quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mahogany carcass also distinguished against the rosewood veneered drawer fronts. This example uses brass handles rather than the cut-out handles more widely used in the Hilleplan ranges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hilleplan range was designed in 1952 and based around an 18inch module. It was Robin Day’s first storage system that reached production following his award-winning design for MOMA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hilleplan range of units were designed to offer users flexibility and to work singularly, or as part of a system. It was quite different to anything else in the market at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobin Day went to design several other storage systems that anticipated the demand for flexible needs in both domestic and commercial interiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions:\u003cbr\u003e 122w x 62d x 74cmh\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20769674821743,"sku":"991120","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0032\/4966\/8207\/products\/hilleplan_junior_desk_01.jpg?v=1571711860","url":"https:\/\/www.twentytwentyone.mom\/products\/hilleplan-junior-desk-1952","provider":"twentytwentyone","version":"1.0","type":"link"}