The Aria writing desk by Vincent Van Duysen blends lightness and strength, designed to integrate seamlessly into any living space. With its refined silhouette and meticulous attention to detail, Aria embodies a contemporary aesthetic while offering a highly functional workspace.
Its structure, crafted from painted steel, balances durability with an airy, almost weightless presence. The defining feature—a gracefully folded sheet—lends the desk an architectural purity, complemented by a top surface wrapped in Ecoskin, a sophisticated vegan leather available in ivory, earth, taupe, or dark brown. This seamless covering is expertly affixed via an innovative magnetic system, ensuring a pristine, uninterrupted design.
“The writing desk has become an essential element in contemporary living spaces. I had long wanted to integrate it into the Molteni&C catalog, recognizing its crucial role and reinterpreting it as an expression of that art of living, which, over the years, has been refined alongside Molteni&C.”
— Vincent Van Duysen
Beneath the surface, a discreet pull-out drawer enhances functionality, providing a dedicated space for essentials without disrupting the desk’s minimalist form. The lower perimeter, elegantly tapered and crafted from black lacquered solid wood, reinforces the desk’s harmonious balance of materials.
Aria is the perfect addition to a home office or living space, offering both practical usability and understated sophistication.
Vincent Van Duysen was born in 1962, in Lokeren, Belgium and graduated in architecture at the Higher Institute of Architecture Sint-Lucas, in Ghent. From 1986 to 1989 he worked in Milan and Brussels. He opened his own studio in Antwerp, in 1990 focusing on architecture and interior design. The relationship between interior design and architecture in his work is profound. Furnishings and accessories are designed with an architectural perspective that is not limited by form, but is expressed with a careful perception of interior space and its relationship to the exterior architecture. By interpreting architecture and redefining its proportions, Van Duysen creates objects of great purity and simplicity that still retain a concrete character and solid form.
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“Protection is something very important that we all need and that is something that I want to translate into my architectural and design work”
Vincent Van Duysen
Aria
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