Beyond the Desk: Italian design for everything the project needs
We are office and contract specialists — but a real project rarely stops at the desk.
Beyond the Desk gathers the Italian design brands we can bring into an American project when it goes further: lighting, rugs, outdoor living, wellness, kitchens, doors, design icons. Many of these pieces are never sold online with a price — by the makers' own choice, or because they only exist once configured for a project. That is exactly where we help: selection, technical checks, catalogs and a dedicated proposal, quoted and delivered turnkey anywhere in the United States.
This page is written for architects, interior designers, companies, hospitality and private clients who want the real thing with one accountable partner — the same five-star service we bring to the office, extended to everything around it.
Every brand below has a catalog to download and its own request form: a few lines about your project are enough — the answer comes back specific, not generic.
Acoustics & Privacy
In open American workplaces the scarcest luxury is quiet. Design-led acoustic solutions — sound-absorbing panels, pods and privacy seating — that cut noise and create focus without turning the office into a warren of walls.
Isolspace
EchoJazz
Lighting
Light decides how a space feels before any furniture does. The houses that wrote the history of designer lighting — fixtures, systems and full lighting schemes for offices, hospitality and signature spaces, many available on request with dedicated consultation and spec support.
Oluce
Davide Groppi
Catellani & Smith
Outdoor Living
Rooftops, terraces and courtyards are working square footage now. Designer outdoor furniture — seating, tables, sofas and shade — treated with the same care as the interior, for corporate campuses, hospitality and private residences.
Dedon
Paola Lenti
Arper
Pedrali
S•CAB
Rugs
A designer rug changes the temperature of a room. Design and custom-sized rugs from the finest textile houses — collection-grade pieces for reception, executive floors and exclusive residential projects.
Wellness & Spa
The space that takes care of your people. Professional-grade fitness equipment and wellness and spa solutions for corporate amenities, hospitality and private projects that put wellbeing at the center — increasingly the difference in the American war for talent.
Site Furnishings & Play Areas
Design in the public realm. Urban furniture and playground equipment for parks, campuses, schools and residential developments — safe, specified quality, available on request for public-sector projects as well.
Euroform W
Nuova Radar Coop
Design Icons
The pieces that never go out of style — and the section where authenticity matters most. Original design icons in current production from the historic houses: seating, objects and accents that give a space a recognizable signature. The value of a classic, not another knock-off.
Cappellini
Zanotta
Baxter
Poltrona Frau
Herman Miller
Gallotti & Radice
Vitra
Kitchens: Design & Contract
The designer kitchen, complete. Author kitchens for contract, hospitality and high-end residential — paired with the faucets and surfaces we already select, so one partner carries the project from specification to installation.
Lube Cucine
Doors & Interior Systems
The door is the first architecture you touch. Designer doors and interior systems — hinged, sliding, flush-to-wall, pocket — that define the passage between spaces, with made-to-measure finishes for executive and residential work.
Rimadesio
Luconi
La Mercanti
Designer Bathrooms
The bathroom as a designed room, not an afterthought. Designer vanities and sanitaryware for contract, hospitality and high-end residential projects. (Faucets and surfaces live on our main catalog: together they complete the room.)
antoniolupi
Cielo
Flaminia
Accents & Accessories
Details are what finish a space. Design accessories and accents that give coherence and personality to an interior that is already well built — the extra level people notice without knowing why.
Danese Milano
Rexite
Humanscale
FAQ
Why can't I just see a price and buy?
Because most of these pieces don't exist until they are configured — size, finish, quantity, where they ship. Their makers keep them off the online shelf on purpose. What you get instead is a proposal priced for your exact configuration, delivered turnkey anywhere in the United States, with one partner responsible for the whole thing. Faster than decoding a price list, and it lands right the first time.
Is this the real thing or a look-alike?
The real thing. Every design icon on this page is current production from the house that created it, with whatever that house issues to prove it — maker's mark, edition number, certificate — and built the way it was first drawn. We buy from those houses directly, so each piece shows up with its own history. A look-alike is cheaper because none of that comes with it.
I'm not a designer. Can I order a single chair for my office?
Yes, and you'll get the same service as a full project. One lounge chair for a corner office, one lamp for the conference room, one rug for the lobby: tell us the space in the form and we'll come back with the right version, the price and the delivery plan. No minimum, no runaround.
We're an architecture firm. Who owns the client?
You do. The designer specifies and runs the client relationship; we do the legwork behind the spec — technical checks, catalogs, finish samples when the house makes them (billed, then fully credited against the order) — and we send the proposal to whoever you say. Your client never sees a number you haven't seen first.
How to request a quote that comes back ready to sign
The form under each brand has five fields. Four moves that turn them into a proposal you can act on.
Pick the section, then the brand
Each section is one product type. Open the brand's catalog: if your piece is in it, that's the form.
Describe the room, not just the item
In «Your project» give us the space, the use, the count and the timeline. A pendant over a twelve-person conference table is not the same ask as a pendant. That's what makes the proposal specific.
Enter the state and leave a number
The shipping destination sets freight and paperwork. With a phone or WhatsApp number we can settle a finish in one call instead of a week of emails.
Read the proposal, not a price list
You get the items, the configurations and the prices for your request; the delivery date is put in writing the day the order is confirmed. If a sample helps you decide, we'll say so up front.