Designer Notes:

This one of a kind piece is stunning, thus one of my favorites.
I think that anybody that looks at the piece,
particularly is they are knowledgeable on woodworking,
will conclude we can do anything in wood.
So it is a presentation piece of our capacities.
Designed for a customer with a very elegant lifestyle,
we were given the resources and a freedom to dream up and execute the piece.
Prior to the commission for the desk we had already developed the pineapple design
as a prototype for the base for a dining table.
We wanted the design to be recognizably a pineapple without being literal.
So we made a diamonds shaped abstraction of the fruit’s eyelets,
removed its eyes and kept the leaves as the crown for supporting the top.
The original prototype had three legs,
but because this version was going to carry significantly more weight
we gave the desk two four legged bases,
more than enough for the working and storage areas the client wanted.
For ease in transportation we made the two base legs and the desk separate;
a heavyweight campaign desk.