Mid-Century Modern • Study Nook: Shelves and a Desk

A mid-century modern study corner. A teak desk floats in the space, not against the wall, with a simple rectangular top, slender tapered wooden legs, and a side-mounted drawer box; the chair is a molded plywood and steel tube swivel chair. Behind it is a full wall of modular shelving system, with books, records, pottery, and an audio system on the shelves, and some compartments having colored side panels. A movable metal task lamp is on the desk. Avoid: using enclosed bookshelves and modular cabinets, pushing the desk against the wall, using heavy office furniture, filling the shelves completely without leaving any empty space.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個世紀中現代的工作角落。一張柚木書桌浮在空間中,不貼牆,桌面是簡單的長方形,配細的錐形木腿與一個側掛的抽屜盒;椅子是模壓合板與鋼管的旋轉椅。後方是一整面模組化的層架系統,層板上有書、唱片、陶器與一台音響,幾格有彩色的側板。桌上一盞可調的金屬工作燈。避免:使用封閉的書櫃與系統櫃、把桌子推到牆邊、使用沉重的辦公家具、把層架塞滿沒有留白。