The Molly Desk by Toby Howes
British furniture designer/maker Toby Howes has created the Molly Desk.
Toby says:
This piece was inspired by a client I met at The Celebration Of Craftsmanship & Design Exhibition ( at Cheltenham ) who had a passion for 1950’s furniture. He wanted a desk with a distinct ‘Toby Howes’ look that combined a light, suspended-in-air feel with the utilitarianism of the time. What I came up with contrasts light and dark, straight lines and curves, intricate construction with simple style and luxurious materials with sparse design. I love the dichotomy of this piece!
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Vondell on 08 Apr 2010 at 2:59 pm #
This is fantastic.
Lance on 09 Apr 2010 at 2:59 pm #
I whole-heartedly agreen with Vondell. This piece is functional, lyrical, musical, magical and any other cal you can throw in.
The cork, I’m assuming it’s cork, looks almost like a filigree pattern that was purposefully crafted that way. The curved thin wood and glass give it an air that would not over-power any setting it was in. Now I just hope they chose the right chair for it. 
Incredible job Mr. Howes.
Lance on 09 Apr 2010 at 3:00 pm #
Forgive the typos, it’s been a long week and I’ve had a cosmo.
heartwood on 11 Apr 2010 at 8:05 am #
This looks like the CAVOUR table by ZANOTTA. Though Zanotta’s one look way better than this.
Lance on 11 Apr 2010 at 4:49 pm #
Apparently you would make a terrible designer heartwood as it requires you to listen to your client. The client wanted a 50′s “inspried” writing desk that held true to the trademark deep, rich wood and simple form of a Toby Howe product. The Cavour desk by Zanotta is nice and goes in the Zanotta promo home very well, but for twelve grand, I would buy custom long before I would buy someting someone else had unless it were such a spectacular piece of work, which the Cavour is not.
But “similarties”, and I use that word loosely in your comparison, between the two desk really are useless. All design, after years and years, is derivative of all other design in some way or another. But comparing the Howe against the Mollino piece is silly. They are similear but worlds apart with each being a piece worth owning in the right setting.