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Sit down at this computer desk and you may well think you are in the driving seat of a classic Bugatti racing car. This incredible piece of furniture takes its styling cues from the Bugatti Grand Prix racing cars of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Luzzo Bespoke’s design team has already accrued a vast wealth of experience in creating exquisite items for discerning clients around the world but this computer desk must rate among its most impressive.

The company has taken details from the Bugattis and used them in different forms or scales within the desk’s design. For example, the drive gears for the height adjustment are a scaled up version of the Winfield carburettor synchronisation quadrants from a Type 57 while the drawer fronts reflect the honeycombed grill.

Right the way through, the construction of this desk has been influenced by the methods used by Bugatti during this particular period. Where there would have been cast aluminium parts, Luzzo Bespoke has machined them from billet with the rest of the construction made up of aluminium frames clad in riveted aluminium sheet.

The level of detail which has been incorporated into the desk is the product of over 3,000 hours of computer aided design, machining, polishing, sheet metal work and lacquering by the company’s highly skilled workforce.

This attention to the finest detailing even extends to the desk being finished in French racing blue lacquer with a tan leather writing area, which is very reminiscent of the Bugattis of that era.

An Apple Mac deployed via a motorised mechanism and which disappears into the desk at the touch of a button completes this computer drive of a lifetime.

£150,000 / €171,000 / $244,500 – www.luzzobespoke.com