This is a story about a desk — not any desk, mind you, but a startling, Frank Gehry-designed security desk in the lobby of the Inland Steel Building, one of Chicago's great mid-20th century high-rises.
The U-shaped desk is best described as a piece of furniture that's been elevated to the level of art, or is simply an emblem of excess.
— articles.chicagotribune.com
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Frank came up with this when he dropped an ice cube tray. Intentionally, of course.
I love thick glass. Love it love it looooove it. Could stare at/into it for hours.
That said, this desk is pretty mean. And furniture can't ever be "elevated to the level of art". Furniture *can* be artful, but I'd argue that this desk of glass is not artful, either.
I think it looks like part of the set for the Broadway adaptation of Ice Age - Lost in Douche Bag Land
^ lol. Is that guy playing the wooly mammoth.
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