We grabbed the new issue of Blueprint at the supermarket and threw it on the checkout stand without even giving it a second thought - didn't even crack the cover before buying.
We are chalking it up to the cover photo of this plexiglas panel and desk set up - we wanted to know more, right off the bat.
Now, the two sided desk thing seems a bit cutesy (especially in the photo with the girl and guy models)...
...but we like the look of the simple lined white desk ($249. at West Elm) in combination with the hot pink plexi panel ($200. at Canal Plastics Center, color #2085).
We think a panel like this really could help define a work "space" in a modern, bright way even if done with a single desk against a wall.
And thanks to the brilliant comment-ers on the AT Chicago Open Thread (#54, to be exact) a week or so ago, we know where we can get large size panels right here in Chicago...Petersen Brother's Plastics.
Vic 242 brought up the subject and redcloverstar came through with the Petersen source. Fuzzball and Julie Mack had good suggestions too.
Hooray for the OT!
Photos: Blueprint
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in theory i like this, but the idea of sitting across from someone with a panel of pink plexi between us is kinda creepy.
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I just got my issue of Blueprint today, and I think this is a great idea, though I agree about the double desk being rather silly. I would rather see the plexi mounted on the wall behind the desk to add a punch of color in an otherwise drab office or to delineate an "office space" in another room.
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I admit I'm now a bit obsessed with this idea. I wonder how strong a color is cast if put in the way of a window? Blueprint had that great job-jackets-as-frames thing in the last issue, too. It's getting better by the issue, I think.
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