Nasdaq designer desk by Cattelan Italia with the steel leg on a diagonal

A single diagonal, and the desk is drawn: Nasdaq by Cattelan Italia

Cattelan Italia
Desk with integrated pedestal
Nasdaq An icon of Italian design Desk with integrated pedestal
£ 7,201

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Take away the drawer unit, the finishes, the leather, and what remains of Nasdaq is a single decision: a steel leg that, in the maker's own words, «cuts through space with a decisive diagonal». Everything else in this designer desk answers to that line — the wooden drawer unit that rests on it, the top that spans it, the shadow it throws on the floor at four in the afternoon.

Cattelan Italia builds the leg in embossed lacquered steel — graphite, titanium or bronze — and paints structure and drawer unit to match, so the geometry reads as one gesture rather than three parts. A leather pad marks the working area on the top, in twenty-one catalogue colours.

Two sizes, 215x100 and 260x120 cm, and two souls: the original in Canaletto walnut, Heritage oak or open-pore black elm, and the Keramik version with a ceramic top. La Mercanti follows British executive projects from the finish board to the installed room.

Technical information based on data declared by the manufacturer.

Product: Nasdaq desk, Cattelan Italia (Carrè, Vicenza) — two versions: Nasdaq in wood (2014) and Nasdaq Keramik with ceramic top (2020)

Sizes: 215x100 cm (84.6x39.4 in), drawer unit mountable on either side; 260x120 cm (102.4x47.2 in), drawer unit on the short side only

Wood version: Canaletto walnut (NC), Heritage oak (HR) or matt black open-pore lacquered elm (OLM73)

Keramik version: Marmi ceramic in eighteen variants — Alabastro, Golden Calacatta matt and gloss, Portoro matt and gloss, Sahara Noir gloss, Makalu, Breccia, Corcovado, Kaindy, Borghini Calacatta matt and gloss, Colosseo, Andromeda, Invisible matt, Taj Mahal, Giava, Darwin — plus Luxor, with a black chrome insert

Leg: embossed lacquered steel in graphite (GFM69), titanium (GFM11) or bronze (GFM18)

Structure and drawer unit: wood lacquered to match the leg

Pad: leather, twenty-one catalogue colours

Assembly: screws and bolts to be tightened by hand; power tools are not to be used

Warranty: two years from delivery, subject to national regulations

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FAQ

Can the drawer unit go on the left or the right?
On the 215x100 desk it can be fixed on either side, so the desk adapts to the room and to the person. On the 260x120 it is mounted on the short side only.
What is the leather pad for?
It marks the writing area on the top and puts hide where wrists and forearms rest; Cattelan Italia offers it in twenty-one catalogue colours, so it can echo the finish or contradict it.
Which woods are available for the original version?
Canaletto walnut, Heritage oak and elm lacquered matt black with an open pore — three temperaments rather than three shades, from warm grain to a surface that absorbs light.
Is the desk delivered assembled?
It arrives to be assembled with the instructions in the packaging; the maker asks for screws and bolts to be tightened by hand and states that power tools should not be used.
How is the steel leg finished?
In embossed lacquer, available in graphite, titanium or bronze — the same tone is then carried onto the structure and the drawer unit.

How to choose between the wood and the Keramik version

Five steps for directors and interior designers deciding which of the two Nasdaq tops belongs in the room.

Look at what else the room already holds
A panelled office with bookcases usually asks for wood; a glass corner office with light stone floors can take the ceramic top without doubling the material.
Consider how the desk is used every day
Wood registers use and gains character with it; the ceramic top of the Keramik version is the choice where cups, samples and drawings circulate all day long.
Match the leg before the top
Graphite, titanium or bronze also decides the tone of the structure and the drawer unit — it is the choice that ties everything together.
Bring the two candidates into the same light
Request samples through La Mercanti; the cost is fully credited on order confirmation, and the decision is taken with the materials side by side, in the real light of the office.
Fix size and side in the order
Confirm in writing which size you need and, at 215x100, on which side the drawer unit is to be mounted: production starts from that document.

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