A Wing And a Chair
Newsweek, April, 2008
The coolest new office toy isn’t a nano-size satellite device. It’s a desk made out of a Boeing 747. MotoArt turns salvaged historic aircraft parts into furniture. Now you can gather a board meeting around a wing-flap table ($12,000–$50,000) or put your feet up on a coffee table made from a B-52 turbine fan and a World War II Navy bomb ($2,500– $15,000).
And if work gets too stressful, just push the EJECT button on the desk chair ($5,200; motoart.com).
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