Rosenthal, Germany.
Edition 300.
Solid oak stand with veneered desk top.
Company & designer mark on edge.
90 x 100 x 130 cm.

“To grasp a thought while moving & put it on paper at a reading & writing desk, makes sitting unnecessary” G. Uecker

Unlike Uecker’s famous nail reliefs, the Lettera belongs to his design & furniture work for Rosenthal, where art, philosophy & functional objects merged. It is not a conventional seated desk, but Uecker conceived it as a lectern-like standing writing desk intended for “mobile” thinkers – people who find it easier to collect their thoughts by pacing to and fro.