Rarely do I get so excited about a product that I can’t finish reading the description before writing, but it happened today. I clicked the link to an adjustable kid’s desk by Guillaume Bouvet – which he calls the AZ Desk – and to my surprise, a wild flurry of excitement hit me when I realized that after all of these years, I found my childhood dream desk.

Adjustable Kid’s Desk. Designed by Guillaume Bouvet.

Flip the Surface of the Modular AZ Desk by Guillaume Bouvet to go from Whiteboard to Homework.

If you’ve ever struggled with organizing yourself as a studious academic and creative at the same time, French designer Guillaume Bouvet understands completely. He has taken this dilemma into account, along with spatial efficiency it seems, to tackle the issue of surface area for accomplishing all of the above at a moment’s notice. On one side, a magnetic whiteboard is great for idea generation, drawing, playing with magnetic puzzles, etc. The other side, once flipped, becomes a desk surface for homework and other seated exercises.

Unlike most kid’s furniture, the AZ Desk “grows up” alongside your child. No need to pass it along from one small tyke to another. No, no – this one will stay in the family. Bouvet’s desk adjusts to different heights making it possible for adults to enjoy its flexible form too! The “practical adjustments” were designed to follow the development of a child’s life and make sure the features offered traverse time and classes – from elementary through high school and beyond.

Finally a desk that growing children won’t get sick of or outgrow. The modern wood design by Guillaume Bouvet takes care of the modular features, the gorgeous angles, and the characteristics necessary to capitalize on schoolwork, artwork, games, and everything in between.

About the Designer: Drawing his inspirations from travels through Scandinavian design culture and the incontrovertible book of Raymond Loewy « la laideur se vend mal », Guillaume Bouvet made his first splash as a product designer at the side of Gilles Damon of Damon Design. He specializes in flexible furniture for youth, and recently presented his AZ Desk at the Exposition Internationale de Design, the DMY-Berlin, in June 2011.