Inside Out - Elephant Desk
by Wendy Andreu
Material
Tinted and oiled MDF
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The Elephant Desk is a low, symmetrical storage desk by Wendy Andreu, part of the Inside Out collection.
The form is immediately readable: a long flat surface sits between two open shelving towers, each built from three rectangular compartments stacked in a stepped formation. This tiered arrangement gives the piece its silhouette from every angle, the structure reading as much as sculpture as furniture. From the side, the stepped shelves descend toward the floor in stages that reference the desk's name.
Made from tinted and oiled MDF, the piece holds a deep near-black finish with subtle grey undertones. The material is worked for tonal depth rather than grain display; the surface reads as precise and resolved. MDF handles this kind of coloration well: flat, stable, consistent across the full piece.
Wendy Andreu, AD 100 France 2024, develops her work in Paris XIX through experimental and commissioned projects rooted in material investigation. The Elephant Desk belongs to that approach: the construction is direct, but the proportions and finish hold your attention. Part of Inside Out, a collection in which each object's structural logic is made visible.
W 250 x D 80 x H 71.5 cm
W 98.43 x D 31.5 x H 28.15 in
Materials: Tinted and oiled MDF
About
Wendy Andreu
Wendy Andreu is a craft designer who aims to communicate through the materials she is using. By experimenting with them, she finds surprising outcomes that can be translated into functional design proposals. She is able to execute any idea that comes to her mind in order to check the potential of it. She likes to think of the bridges between matter, people and space in an open way. In her research, the context has as much importance as the concept, without forgetting the quality of the making and the aesthetic of the pieces.
Wendy Andreu won the Public Prize of the Accessory competition at the Villa Noailles in Hyères (2017) and won the Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize in New-York City (2017). In 2018, she got a grant from the Stimulerings Fund (NL) in order to develop her project Regen. In 2020, she was one of the Rising Talent France during Maison et Objet January edition. She is part of AD 100 France 2024.
She is currently working in Paris XIX where she is developing experimental work as well as commissioned projects for public and private clients.
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