Modern Desks and Writing Tables
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Style: Modern
Modern Home Office Accent Writing Executive Desk Walnut Brushed Brass In Stock
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The Executive Desk ExCentric 2.0, listed here, is made of walnut wood and brushed brass. It has two drawers, electrical plugs, and a wireless phone charger...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Custom Oak and Polished Chrome Single Drawer Writing Table
By Venfield
Located in New York, NY
Made to order single drawer writing table in oak with polished chrome stretcher and hardware.
Available in custom dimensions and finishes.
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Organic Modern Accent Home Office Writing Desk Black Oak Wood and Copper Effect
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
Inspired by the Sacred Ceiba trees in Havana, Joao Faria created the stunning Roots Home Office Desk for contemporary home offices. It is handcrafted using carefully selected wood ve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel, Copper
Karl Springer Lucite, Glass and Gold Plated Over Brass Console, Desk or Table
Located in North Miami, FL
This elegant vintage Karl Springer console table, writing desk, entry table or dining table has 4 arched lucite columns that rest on a 22 carat gold plated over brass angled plinth p...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Gold, Brass
Modern Home Office Writing Desk in High-Gloss Ironwood and Gold Lacquered Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The "Fifties Home Desk" is crafted from high-gloss ironwood and gold lacquered steel.
We also offer a range of customization options to suit your style:
- Choose from a selection ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Cut Steel, Metal, Steel
Kartell Viscount of Wood Table by Philippe Stark in Walnut and Chrome Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Viscount of wood tables are the latest addition. These naturally composed tables complement the collection's choice of seats and create a sustainable livin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Kartell Viscount of Wood Table by Philippe Stark in Walnut and Black Frame
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Viscount of wood tables are the latest addition. These naturally composed tables complement the collection's choice of seats and create a sustainable livin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Modern Home Office Writing Executive Desk in Walnut Wood and Brushed Brass
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The Executive Desk ExCentric 2.0 listed here is made of walnut wood and brushed brass. However, we can produce this in customised options:
Structure: Stainless steel (polished or br...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Roll Contemporary Desk in Metal and Wood
Located in London, GB
Writing desk by day and vanity table by night; roll desk 02 is a minimal piece with four metal legs supporting a solid wooden top. The top is upholstered in ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Gold Contemporary Rectangular Table, Glass Top and Gold Plated Aluminium Legs
By SEM, Paolo Rizzo
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Gold collection, rectangular table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polishe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Gold
Modern Home Office Writing Executive Desk Black Oak Wood & Black Lacquered Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The Executive Desk ExCentric 1.0 is made of black oak wood and black metallic lacquered steel and can be placed in contemporary executive and home offices. This piece would make the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Modern Home Office Writing Executive Desk White Lacquer Brushed Stainless Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The ExCentric 1.0 Executive Desk is made of white lacquered wood and brushed stainless steel. It is suitable for contemporary executive and home offices and would be the ideal compan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Contemporary Writing Desk, Etched Brass, Pivoting Doors Stone Elm Shelves/Walnut
By Giacomo Moor
Located in Brooklyn, NY
SEM Pivot collection, writing desk, simple and sculptural. The supporting structure is a rigid system of metal tubes to which are added shelves in beautiful stone elmwood and Canaletto walnut wood combined with various lacquered containers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass, Metal
"Moleskine" Portable Atelier Stool Designed by Philippe Nigro for Driade
By Philippe Negro, Driade
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stool adjustable in heigh. Black matt painted steel structure. Seat and components in massive oak. Indoor use only.
Philippe Nigro designed a light looking desk: a top in birch pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Moooi Paper RHS Desk in Wood & Cardboard with Oak Veneer Top by Studio Job
By Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Despite the advances made in technology, many of us still use paper pad and pen for grocery lists, notes & cards while sitting busily at our desks. But have you ever dreamt of a clas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Bronze Brera Desk by Marcos Zanuso Jr
Located in Geneve, CH
Bronze Brera desk by Marcos Zanuso Jr
Materials: Bronze Structure. Desk with drawer. Base in bronze lacquered metal or chromed metal Top in walnut ve...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
WALL-MOUNTED DESK Tengü
Located in Timisoara, RO
Tengü Desk
Jonathan Jouan’s “tegu” Is A Striking Example Of Functional Art, A Wall-mounted Desk That Transcends Its Utilitarian Purpose To Evoke The Spirit Of Japanese Mythology. Dra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Danish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Oak
Pixel Desk by Morgan Clayhall, sculptural steel and marble
Located in Toronto, CA
The Pixel Desk is designed and finish by hand in our Toronto studio
The Pixel Desk is designed with creating a whimsical interpretation of deconstructionism in the breaking apart of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Marble, Steel
21st Century Akbar Writing Desk in Wood and Leather by Etro Home Interiors
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
Institutional tones and rigorous lines for the first desk of ETRO Home Interiors. The protagonist of the office area, Akbar is enriched by the presence of archetypical elements such as the iconic fabric with a paisley design, representative of ETRO leather goods, which upholsters drawers...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bronze
Organic Design, Black Working Desk in MDF Frame, with drawer by kar
Located in Geneve, CH
Lifting desk by kar
Dimensions: W 120 x D 45 x H 75 cm
Materials: MDF Frame
Available in black.
Kar, is the root of Sanskrit Karma, meaning karmic repetitio...
Category
2010s Chinese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Fiberglass
Modern Small Desk with Black Marquina Ceramic Top and White Frame, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Dining table with aluminum legs, structure and drawer.
The top is made of Black marqu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Modern Minimalist Home Office Writing Desk in Black Oak Wood and Black Lacquer
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
Simple but sophisticated is the best way to describe the VOID Collection. Furniture with a void, reinforced by the existence of an exoskeleton, captures our attention to this space. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Cut Steel, Steel
Modern Home Office Writing Executive Desk Ebony Macassar Wood and Brushed Brass
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
The Executive Desk ExCentric 2.0 listed here is made of ebony macassar wood and brushed brass. However, we can produce this in customised options:
Structure: Stainless steel (polished or brushed); brass (polished or brushed).
Tabletop: Another kind...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Brass
Custom Modern Reclaimed Pine Desk, Made to Order by Petersen Antiques
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This modern desk with one large drawer is seen here in 60" x 36" however it can be built in any size, it also has the option for hollow legs to accommodate wiring.
Because each tabl...
Category
2010s North American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Original Ocean Travertine Desk by Clement Brazille
Located in Geneve, CH
Original Ocean travertine desk by Clement Brazille
Material : Ocean travertine stone
Dimensions : 160 x 75 x 74 cm
Signed and numbered by Clément B...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Travertine
Organic Modern Accent Home Office Writing Desk Walnut Brushed Stainless Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
Inspired by the Sacred Ceiba trees in Havana, Joao Faria created the stunning Roots Home Office Desk for contemporary home offices. It is handcrafted using carefully selected wood ve...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Stainless Steel, Steel, Cut Steel
Desk "Helio" from Ash wood
Located in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia
Ash Wood Desk with Oil Finish and Customizable Options
This desk, crafted from ash wood and finished with natural oil, showcases traditional joinery techniques and a dovetailed draw...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Ash
'Ripple' Black Walnut Desk by Tom Vaughan
By Tom Vaughan
Located in London, GB
'Ripple' black walnut desk by Tom Vaughan
British, 21st Century
Height 70.5cm, width 179cm, depth 81.5cm
This intriguing contemporary desk was expertly designed and made by the Bri...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Gold Contemporary Rectangular Table, Glass Top and Gold-Plated Aluminium Legs
By Paolo Rizzo, SEM
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sem Gold collection, rectangular table with glass top: extra light transparent glass or smoke grey transparent glass (12 mm thick). Plated aluminium legs finished in 24-karat polishe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum, Gold
Nancy Corzine Wakefield Executive Desk
Located in Countryside, IL
Nancy Corzine Wakefield executive desk in excellent condition
Piece comes fully restored free of dents and scratches.
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Bricks, Desk with Lamp E1
By Kueng Caputo
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Kueng Caputo is a Zurich, Switzerland based design practice comprised of Lovis Caputo and Sarah Kueng. Their material adventures are often rooted in the complexities of crafts techni...
Category
2010s Swiss Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
Modern Minimalist Home Office Writing Desk Oak Wood and Brushed Stainless Steel
Located in Vila Nova Famalicão, PT
Simple but sophisticated is the best way to describe the VOID Collection. Furniture with a void, reinforced by the existence of an exoskeleton, captures our attention to this space. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Steel, Cut Steel, Stainless Steel
Modern Desk "Little Shanghai" by Aymeric Lefort Black and Santos Wood
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Little Shanghai desk in santos wood and black saycomore silver painted leg. There are two drawers on each side.
This desk is hand build in or workshop in Paris and can be made in ot...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Shanghai Desk in Ziricotte Wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Shanghai desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in Sycomore.
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Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Modern Dark Brushed Oak Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
A modern oak writing table with our Charteris finish. This desk has gently splayed solid end supports and a matte tungsten silhouette and it has two suspended frieze drawers.
Dime...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
21st Century Desk Wight Ebony and Black Leather with Metal Leg by Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
A semi-circular black lacquered metal legged desk with a white ebony veneer top and black leather desk blotter. The top of the back legs ends with a LED light.
Do not hesitate to ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
Modern Spalted Roundback Maple Reception Desk with Acrylic and Blackened Steel L
Located in Hobart, NY
Spalted maple round back with rose gold fill and 2' thick acrylic and blackened steel legs.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Greige Ángulo Desk
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Conceptualized in 2023 by Leonardo Floresvillar, and crafted by hand with metal, coated with matte powder coating.
The Ángulo Desk was designed with two surface heights to work com...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Shanghai Desk in Ziricotte Wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Shanghai desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in Sycomore.
Information about the covid 19.
At this point, the ...
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Modern Black Desk Credenza by Jacques Garcia Baker Rachmaninov
Located in North York, ON
Modern black desk credenza by Jacques Garcia Baker Rachmaninov. Featuring unique modern styling, finished in a black hand polished look. Complemented with sleek brass handles and met...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Modern Small Desk with Black Marquina Ceramic Top and Black Frame, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Dining table with aluminum legs, structure and drawer.
The top is made of Black marqu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Matte Stainless Steel Decorative Engraving Top Side Ebony Macassar Front Drawers
By sicis
Located in London, GB
Sicis is delighted to welcome you at ‘Home’.
The classically inspired extent in contemporary plays an eclectic style, elegant and refined. Interiors express personality.
A constant...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Stainless Steel
Decorative Aluminium Table or Desk
Located in New York, NY
Decorative aluminum table or desk with glass top.
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Aluminum
Williams Hairpin Writing Desk Walnut Prairie Green
Located in Cincinnati, US
A thin, elegant and light desk that can be customized to any color desired. This handcrafted item perfectly blends industrial hairpin legs with a beveled wooden top. The irregular be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Steel
Infinity Squares-Table in 1, 200 Year Old Bog Oak with Hand-Turned Legs
Located in Hoboken, NJ
A tabletop is an opportunity to display the beauty of whatever material
it is fashioned from, and this piece does not disappoint. The striking
beauty 1200 year old bog oak, sawn ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Bog Wood
21st Century Desk Wight Ebony and Black Leather with Metal Leg by Aymeric Lefort
Located in SENLIS, OISE
A semi-circular black lacquered metal legged desk with a white ebony veneer top and black leather desk blotter. The top of the back legs ends with a LED light.
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Aymeric Lefort (b. France 1971)
Lefort's decision to become a designer was inspired by the furniture of Jean Royere in his family home in France. After finishing his studies in cabinet making at the renowned Institut de St Luc in Tournai, where he specialised in design, he went on to complete his training in the workshops of cabinet makers, interior decorators, and upholsterers in Brussels where he was motivated by his desire to learn new techniques in the decorative arts.
These apprenticeships gave him a thorough grounding and an enviable technical knowledge in the art of cabinetmaking; this, combined with his commitment to the highest levels of craftsmanship which Lefort brings to his contemporary designs, continues a long tradition of French cabinetry...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood
"Post and Truss" Dining Table by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Danville, CA
Masterfully engineered and crafted "Post and Truss" Series dining table constructed of 4.5" diameter Lucite dowels with brass mounts. This would also ma...
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Brass
Shanghai Desk in Ziricotte Wood, Leather Top and Silver Patined Leg
Located in SENLIS, OISE
Shanghai desk in Ziricotte wood, leather top and silver patined leg. The inside is made in Sycomore.
Category
2010s French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Obsidian Desk - Handcrafted Black Lacquer Desk with Chrome Plinth
Located in London, GB
The steep accents of the Obsidian collection confers its unique design with a sublime and powerful presence, gifting it with a head-turning look and a sharp personality of its own. This piece is built in lacquered wood with a chromed plinth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Chrome
Carbon Fiber and Cast Brass Talon Desk by Madheke
Located in Geneve, CH
Carbon fiber and cast brass talon desk by Madheke
Dimensions: W 180 x D 75 x H 74.5 cm
Materials: Leather, Carbon Fibre, Metal
The TALON desk is defined by a rich matte black ...
Category
2010s Indian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Metal
Donkey, White Writing Desk with LEDs, Made in France
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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The Maturin donkey, an animal perceived as labor-emblematic in the countryside, preserves its function while taking on an eminently contemporary dimension. Connected and equipped with luminous LEDs, the very distinctive writing desk is powered by an electric bridle.
Stubborn and secretive, it conceals sliding storage space and secret drawers for letters and pending files. Once your work is complete, the finely crafted sliding screen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Wood, Laminate
Ángulo Desk - Greige
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Conceptualized in 2023 by Leonardo Floresvillar, and crafted by hand with metal, coated with matte powder coating.
The Ángulo Desk was designed with two ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Small Old Fir Wood and Iron Desk or Console with Double Shelves, Made in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Small desk / console with essential design made of old fir and particular leg in iron....
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Iron
Gentile Solid Wood Desk, Walnut in Hand-Made Natural grey Finish, Contemporary
By Dale Italia
Located in Cadeglioppi de Oppeano, VR
Aesthetics and functionality combine in the Ideale solid wood desk. A piece of high quality craftsmanship tailor-made for everyday use as well as to furnish with style. The desk feat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
Moooi Paper LHS Desk in Wood & Cardboard with Oak Veneer Top by Studio Job
By Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Despite the advances made in technology, many of us still use paper pad and pen for grocery lists, notes & cards while sitting busily at our desks. But have you ever dreamt of a clas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Oak
Modern Wood and Glass Desk at cost price.
Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR
One-drawer desk with onyx, top in glass showing a ceramic plate.
Category
1980s French Vintage Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Onyx
Cantilever Desk by Phaedo
Located in Geneve, CH
Cantilever desk by Phaedo
Dimensions: W 60" x D 24" x H 45" inches
Materials: Natural Black Walnut
The Cantilever Desk draws upon the form and function of the seating in this series of work.
Phaedo is a sculpture and design company founded by Morgan Spaulding.
At once playful and restrained, somber and lively, Spaulding’s art and furniture personify the ambiguous curvatures of ethereal in-betweens: dreamstates, memories in recession, thresholds in passing.
In balanced practice, Spaulding’s ornamental sculpture...
Category
2010s American Modern Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Walnut
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