Like a poker participant concealing its hand power or a chessmaster’s complicated quiet strikes and tactical maneuvers, this refined video games desk by Armani Casa has loads of tips hidden up its sleeves.
An artwork deco-inspired ebony wooden desk lined in luxurious taupe leather-based, it incorporates a central prime that rotates to disclose a checkered enjoying floor in ebony and mable wooden. Two facet drawers are used to retailer the chess and checkers items, whereas every nook hides a pull-out cup holder.
‘Borgonuovo’ video games desk by Armani Casa
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Named after the Milanese road the place Giorgio Armani lived, it epitomises Armani Casa’s deal with beautiful supplies and cautious detailing. These embody satin-finished mild brass edging and parts such because the cup holder tabs, that are adorned with the home’s round monogram, composed of a stylized G and A, harking back to a yin and yang image.
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The artwork deco palette, leather-based prime and triangular legs additionally nod to one of many Giorgio Armani’s best supply of inspiration, the work of French designer Jean-Michel Frank: ‘I deeply admire Frank for his way with shapes and materials, the sense of elegance his work emanates,’ he stated in an interview with Paul Smith for Wallpaper* in 2022. ‘It is something I always look at for Armani Casa.’ Both shared a taste for plain-lined but sumptuous furniture made of the best materials.
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You could pair ‘Borgonuovo’ with Armani Casa’s ‘Sir’ backgammon set, clad in blue leather-based printed with the home’s monogram and containing chips in a marble-effect blue and sage inexperienced bioresin; or its ‘Tale’ tarot playing cards, that includes Armani garments in addition to furnishings, materials, wallpapers and equipment.
Armani Casa has all the time had a playful streak: earlier game-inspired designs embody an ebonized oak card desk with folding sleeves; a graphic walnut and lacquer facet desk with stripy sq. legs; and a big plaid adorned with a chessboard in ivory and brown and accompanying folding felt chess items.
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