Furniture is an arm of product design that has always fascinated me. Designers can be extremely creative with it and do not have to deal with as many constraints as other forms of design. Two classmates and I designed and built a chair with a detachable ottoman my sophomore year of design school and had a blast doing it. After countless hours in the wood shop, we found ourselves with a piece of furniture that we were very proud of. J. Rusten Furniture Studio in San Francisco has taken furniture to the next level with the California Desk.

The desk screams California pride and is constructed from salvaged Claro walnut. The beautiful wavy grain of the wood compliments the asymmetrical California coast line.

For more information, check out J. Rusten. If I ever open my own design firm, this would be my conference table.