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The Genesis catalogue does not open with a list of pieces. It opens with thirteen rooms, each named after what it is made of: Wengé | Moka | Cream, Glass | White | Gunmetal, Oak | Blue, Wengé | Black | Ochre. Codutti photographs the collection as finished offices, so the buyer reads the wood tone, the leather colour and the top material together before a single dimension, then decides what to change. It is how a managing director actually furnishes a room: from a picture that already works, not from a sample card.
Behind the thirteen rooms is one designer desk system, drawn by the architect Tiziano Dainese with Valuenet associati: polished cast-aluminium legs with three support points each, tops in wengé-dyed or natural oak, 12 mm (1/2 in) tempered glass or hand-stitched thick leather with aluminium corner caps, bridge extensions that replace two legs, mobile extensions on castors, drawer units, bookcases with drop-down doors, cabinets in 45 and 90 cm (17.7 and 35.4 in) modules and meeting tables up to 560 cm (220.5 in); Codutti puts five years of warranty on all of it in the price list. La Mercanti starts every Genesis quotation from one of the thirteen, then swaps one element at a time until the picture is the client's own.
Collection: Genesis, Codutti executive collection 05
Design: architect Tiziano Dainese & Valuenet associati
Manufacturer: Codutti Furniture, Pasian di Prato (Udine), Italy
Type: designer executive desk with extensions, drawer units, bookcases, consoles, cabinets, meeting tables, side tables, seating and accessories in matching finishes
Legs: independent polished cast-aluminium legs, each with three support points for the top; optional vertical trim in saddle-stitched thick leather
Wood top: 30 mm (1 3/16 in) oak-veneered MDF, chamfered all round, wengé-dyed or natural, several coats of matt polyurethane; a polished aluminium band runs lengthways across the top
Leather top: MDF covered in saddle-stitched thick leather, four polished aluminium corner caps, polished aluminium band along the length
Glass top: 12 mm (1/2 in) transparent tempered glass with a polished edge all round
Desk sizes: W 160 × D 80, 180 × 100, 210 × 100, 240 × 100 cm (63 × 31.5, 70.9 × 39.4, 82.7 × 39.4, 94.5 × 39.4 in), H 72 cm (28.3 in); with integrated bridge extension 201, 231, 246 × 216 cm (79.1, 90.9, 96.9 × 85 in), the 40 mm (1 9/16 in) bridge replacing two legs and meeting the sides at 45°
Modesty panel: multilayer veneered in wengé or natural oak with a chromed steel strip at the base
Cabling: leather cable tray fixed across the legs, with an adjustable steel rod; leather sheath down the leg for the cables
Extensions: on a drawer unit without castors, on cast legs or as a bridge, 120 × 60 / 92 / 98 cm (47.2 × 23.6 / 36.2 / 38.6 in); 45° dovetail extension; 15° inclined extension; mobile extensions on castors 133 × 60 × H 66, 125 × 57 × H 64 and 210 × 60 × H 69 cm (52.4 × 23.6 × 26, 49.2 × 22.4 × 25.2, 82.7 × 23.6 × 27.2 in) with drawer units or pull-out printer shelf
Drawer units: MDF and chipboard, 40 mm (1 9/16 in) top and 19 mm (3/4 in) veneered fronts or thick-leather fronts; all-metal drawers on concealed ball-bearing slides, soft-close and anti-tip; filing drawer on full-extension telescopic slides; simultaneous lock; pull-out stationery tray; polished aluminium handles; 42 × 57 × H 58 cm (16.5 × 22.4 × 22.8 in)
Bookcases and consoles: 40 mm (1 9/16 in) veneered MDF or chipboard, 45° joints, 8 mm (5/16 in) ultra-clear tempered glass shelves, drop-down doors with damped pistons in wood, leather or satin glass on a polished aluminium frame; internal lights switched by the doors or external spotlights, supplied not installed; bookcases 200 × 40 / 47 × H 72 / 100 / 180 cm (78.7 × 15.7 / 18.5 × 28.3 / 39.4 / 70.9 in); wall-fixed consoles on two legs 200 × 47 × H 72 / 100 cm
Cabinets: modules W 45 and 90 × D 45 × H 82 / 122 / 162 / 202 / 242 / 282 cm (17.7 and 35.4 × 17.7 × 32.3 / 48 / 63.8 / 79.5 / 95.3 / 111 in); 19 mm veneered top; 18 mm (11/16 in) doors on 110° soft-close hinges in wood, leather or satin glass with polished aluminium frame; filing drawers on a steel frame; locks on request on drawers and wood or leather doors; optional veneered counter sides; digital safe, refrigerator and pull-out coat rail; single cabinets with filing drawers must be secured to a wall
Meeting tables: round Ø 120 cm (47.2 in) on three legs, square 140 × 140 (55.1 in), rectangular 280 × 120 (110.2 × 47.2 in), modular 280 / 420 / 560 × 120 cm (110.2 / 165.4 / 220.5 × 47.2 in), H 72, tops in wood, thick leather or tempered glass; corner, centre and end tops for compositions
Side tables: 70 × 70 and 120 × 60 × H 44 cm (27.6 × 27.6 and 47.2 × 23.6 × 17.3 in), chromed steel columns, wood base, top in wood, leather or glass
Seating: Genesis armchairs with plywood shell in 1.7-1.8 mm saddle-stitched thick leather, double cushion, six-position tilt, gas lift, five-star polished aluminium base; Genesis Soft with regenerated-leather shell; visitor version on glides or 16 mm (5/8 in) chromed tubular frame; one- and two-seat sofas with exposed frame; Synthesis tub chairs
Accessories: desk pad, pen holder, trays, photo frame, ashtray, clock, waste bin, paper tray, paper knife, coat stand, mirror and made-to-measure frames in stainless steel or polished aluminium covered in leather or carbon
Finishes: wengé-dyed oak SW06 and natural oak SN07; thick leather moka CM81, cream CC82, white CJ83, natural CB76, ochre CO78, black CN72, plum red CI71, dove grey CT86, blue CZ73 and the other Rainbow sample-book leathers; carbon DK46; gunmetal lacquer FP61; transparent glass VE65
Warranty: 5 years, declared by Codutti in the 2025 price list
Certifications: none declared by Codutti for this collection
An hour in front of a Genesis tells more than a catalogue: five things to do at the showroom so the order is placed on what you have touched, not on what you have read.
