Truss Library Desk and Shelf
- Designed by: Scott Kinkler
- Made by: Context Furniture
- Price: $785.00-900.00
- Colors: white, red, moss grey, espresso brown
- More Info: contextfurniture.com
Cranbrook Academy Designer-in-Residence Scott Klinker created the Truss series for Context Furniture, making this a thoroughly modern Michigan collaboration. The birch plywood pieces are given a coat of white (or bright color) with a plastic laminate, milled on a computer-controlled machine, and flat-packed for handy home assembly.
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What's the point of the cut out design underneath? Also what are dimensions, especially desk height? Could it be comfortably combined with a laptop and the iconic 1958 Eames desk chair?
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