![]() ![]() If you have any questions on this lot please email us here.Įach lot is open for bidding for 12 days. ![]() This item comes with a Prop Store Certificate of Authenticity. However, this lot is in fair overall condition. The desk shows some wear from use and storage, including chips to the wood on the side of the left panel and light scratching throughout. A Disney barcode is present on the right side of the drawer compartment. The functionality of the desk is bolstered with drawers designed specifically for the storage of animation tools and materials. A custom light table is built into the centre of the desk and is able to be easily manipulated with the turn of a lever. It is made of wood, with a honey maple finish. This desk is of the second generation, constructed during the Disney Renaissance of the 1990s. ![]() When the studio was redesigned during the 1990s, a new version of the desk was produced, taking heavy influence from Weber's style. Weber was hired by Walt Disney to design and furnish the Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California. This desk is based on a design originally conceived by German industrial designer Kem Weber. His long-running contributions to Disney films include work on The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King, Pocahontas, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Hercules, Fantasia/2000 and the Academy Award-nominated shorts Lorenzo, Runaway Brain and Disney/Dali short film Destino.An animator's desk used by Walt Disney Studios for various productions. It was all part of what was known as a holistic design where the architecture of a new building included the interiors and all the furnishings so that there was a common design thread.Īn authority and expert on Disney and animation history, Bossert is the author of numerous books, articles, linear notes and concert program essays related to animation. There was the well-known animation desk, the scarce compact animator’s desk, an assistant’s desk, a layout desk, a background painter’s desk, a story artist’s desk, the small and large directors’ desks, and a number of side tables and cabinets…there were also miscellaneous office pieces such as free-standing closets, chairs, coat racks and wall and table clocks. The other aspect of the research was to speak with artists who actually worked on the furniture that was made for various animation disciplines, as well as experts on that period of furniture design. ![]() A comprehensive study, the book includes a vast array of early concept sketches, photos and interviews with legendary artists. It was one of Weber’s animation desks, which Bossert used throughout this many years at Disney, that became the inspiration for Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for the Disney Studios. As written in the description of Bossert’s book, “It was all part of Walt Disney’s desire to create an efficient utopian campus for animated film production.” In addition to designing the buildings, Weber was tasked with designing custom-made furniture. Weber, a mid-century architect famed for his Airline armchair, became Walt Disney Studios’ chief designer in 1939. Bossert in his new book Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Designs for the Disney Studios. | Image courtesy of the author.īehind every great animator there is a great desk, or so it goes, according to award-winning Disney artist, author and CalArts trustee David A. ‘Kem Weber: Mid-Century Furniture Design for the Disney Studios’ by David Bossert. ![]()
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