The Nyhavn Desk | Finn Juhl | 1945
Finn Juhl is known for adding visual lightness to his designs, and the Nyhavn Desk is no exception. The desk is manufactured in different sizes and available with a veneered table top in teak, oak, walnut, Oregon pine or linoleum in the colours 'black' or 'mushroom' with matching wooden toes on burnished steel legs. Alternatively, the legs are available in black, orange or light blue.
Please note that the actual colours and materials may vary due to image editing and differences in screen balances and settings. The versions shown are intended to serve only as examples. We kindly encourage you to view the physical material samples at our official retailers. Learn more about our materials here: material page.
Design:
Finn Juhl
Year:
Desk: 1945, relaunched in 2009.
Tray unit: 1953, relaunched in 2012.
Materials:
Teak, oak, walnut, Oregon pine veneer or linoleum in the colours 'black' or 'mushroom' with matching wooden toes. Tabletop is in veneer or linoleum with solid edges. The frame is in burnished steel or painted black, orange or light blue.
Model and Dimensions:
FJ 5381 L: 190 cm | W: 85 cm | H: 72.5 cm FJ 5380 L: 170 cm | W: 85 cm | H: 72.5 cm FJ 5369 L: 136 cm | W: 68 cm | H: 72.5 cm
Tray unit:
FJ 5385
L: 43 cm | W: 51 cm | H: 26 cm
Finn Juhl is known for adding visual lightness to his designs, and the Nyhavn Desk is no exception. The desk is manufactured in different sizes and available with a veneered table top in teak, oak, walnut, Oregon pine or linoleum in the colours 'black' or 'mushroom' with matching wooden toes on burnished steel legs. Alternatively, the legs are available in black, orange or light blue.
Design:
Finn Juhl
Year:
Desk: 1945, relaunched in 2009.
Tray unit: 1953, relaunched in 2012.
Materials:
Teak, oak, walnut, Oregon pine veneer or linoleum in the colours 'black' or 'mushroom' with matching wooden toes. Tabletop is in veneer or linoleum with solid edges. The frame is in burnished steel or painted black, orange or light blue.
Model and Dimensions:
FJ 5381 L: 190 cm | W: 85 cm | H: 72.5 cm FJ 5380 L: 170 cm | W: 85 cm | H: 72.5 cm FJ 5369 L: 136 cm | W: 68 cm | H: 72.5 cm
Tray unit:
FJ 5385
L: 43 cm | W: 51 cm | H: 26 cm
A Table with Character
When Finn Juhl established his first studio at the exclusive address of 33 Nyhavn in central Copenhagen in 1945, he designed a very simple desk with burnished steel legs, a detail which came to shape his furniture design during the 1950s. When Finn Juhl moved his studio to 38 Sølvgade in 1957, these same tables were still used.
When Finn Juhl designed the Nyhavn Desk he was inspired by the simplistic designs of his American counterparts, in particular Charles Eames. However, his sense of functionality and detail is what adds real character to this piece.
Materials which Express Lightness and Exclusivity
During his career, Finn Juhl designed a series of different tables with almost invisible legs in burnished or painted steel with wooden toes. In this way, he introduced an almost floating lightness into his designs. The Nyhavn Desk can also be seen as Finn Juhl’s response to the criticism of his inspiration with the free sculptural art and its exclusivity.
The orange and blue colours are characteristic for Finn Juhl’s designs and derive from his inspiration from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s wheel of warm and cold colours.
Discover The Nyhavn Desk with Tray Unit
The table can be ordered with a tray unit with three drawers in a warm or cold range of colours.
