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The TAB Convertible Desk: Office Desk to Dining Table

We like this find by Sabine over at Moco Loco, a desk with a lot of potential for hiding away desktop peripherals that often clutter up a home office desk. The TAB table by design studio Razy2 was d...

The Mobile Office: A Home Office Made of Discarded Materials

Antoine Morris and David Long of The Practice of Everyday Design wanted to create an all-in-one solution where they could rest, read, work on their laptops in a small, easy to convert space. What th...

The LED Ripple Coffee Table Loves to be Touched

It's official: We're living in the future. Robots wash our dishes, our kitchen appliances have TVs on them and our coffee tables light up and react to whatever we put on them......

Tok and Study Makes Lazy Get Serious

We know it's not the most ergonomic way to type and surf the Web, but sometimes you just want to crawl into bed with your laptop and spend a lazy Sunday scouring Facebook and YouTube......

Timetable Puts a Limit on Meeting Time

You know the feeling of being the only guy who's checking his watch and realizing that the "quick 30-minute meeting" has been going on for about an hour with no signs of stopping. That won't happen a...

The L.O.F.T. Workstation

The L.O.F.T. Workstation is a jungle gym of wood, plywood and steel, designed by Maciek Wojcicki with customizable elements for work surfaces, lighting, and shelving/storage that are easily modified ...

Home Office Trike

We love this small and multifunctional home office that can roll around the house if you so desire. The top flips open to reveal a folding workstation, and the wooden contoured drawers open to the ...

The "Mayfair Steamer Secretary Trunk" Mini Home Office

Not many in the younger set remember travel trunks, but we've always held onto an affinity for the luggage of the steam powered bygone era. This huge antique reproduction of a secretary trunk design...

The StudyBed Converts from Workstation Desk to Bed

Obviously aimed at the dorm/student demographic, but also a viable option for small space dwellers, the StudyBed is quick converting desk into bed solution that offers a decent amount of desk space an...

Carbon Fiber Desk: Hello, Office of the Future

When we think "carbon fiber," the first images that pop into our mind are of sleek Formula One-grade vehicle parts or bike frames, but this is probably the first time we've ever seen it applied to the...

Pottery Barn's Wired-Up Beadboard Desk

Man, Pottery Barn sure knows how to get us techies going. They're always on the scene with some small (like a power station) or big (like a projector-screen-bookcase) solutions to help us integrate ou...

Small Space Solution: Double Desks

When two people live together in an apartment, a double desk is one way to maximize your home office. Rather than have two separate work areas, which would eat up more space, a double desk consolida...

Gorocool: The Cooled Articulated Laptop Desk

It's becoming more and more true that most people work exclusively on laptops. Desktops are becoming rarer sine they lack the portability of laptops. Look around and you'll see that this is true. The ...

Mastering the Rental: Ideas From Maxime at AT

We couldn't help but fall head over heels for Maxime's heavily customized rental unit in Manhattan featured yesterday at AT. Aside from the near perfect mix of budget pieces and splurge accessories, w...

Look! Military-Grade Desk; Design Nerd Style

Having a good desk when you work from home is as important as having a good bed. Like the latter, if you're not comfortable at your desk you're going to have a really tough time getting through the d...

Alve Laptop Table

Since we do the majority of our home computing sitting on the couch, we're always on the lookout for small and functional solutions to move the laptop off the lap. We were therefore delighted to se...

Kitchen Counter Built with Computing in Mind

We are huge fans of computing in the kitchen. Whether it's following online recipes or IMing with friends while stirring sauteed shallots, we tend to always have our laptop nearby. This causes some c...

The Laptop Tower by Ursula Maier

Yesterday we posted about someone's standing computer workstation, a DIY setup using a desk and some risers. Here's a more polished, modern compact standing office designed by Ursula Maier, a space-...

Penny Arcade Conference Table by Because We Can

Penny Arcade has been serving up comics online for over 10 years now and just took delivery of a new conference table with inlaid wood featuring their character's Twisp & Catsby, and a glow in the d...

Crate & Barrel: Fulton Collection Goes Retro Modern

It's been a while since we've stepped on CB grounds. However, their new Fulton collection sure is capturing our hearts (and wallets) with its trendy minimal lines and mixed materials for a fresh, rust...

Make Your Own Interactive LED Dining Table

Evil Mad Scientist shares how to tech out the dining table into a light show using a frosted glass top and 448 LEDs. And the most amazing part is the lighting system plans result in a table that react...

MUJI's Thonet Desks: Perfect Laptop Companions

We've been long fans of MUJI's home office and decor offerings since day one, but it's been a while since we've seen us a good desk for laptop computing. Worry no more, as Thonet - one of the oldest f...

Roundup: No-Frills Computer Desks Under $200

A basic desk offers lots of possibilities. As technology changes, as your home decor shifts, a simple desk can stand in for a console table, sofa table, vanity, or even a kitchen table. We've rounde...

Bughouse Scratch DJ Coffee Table

The Scratch DJ Coffee Table by Bughouse doesn't actually play, but you can replace the LP according to your preferences. The glass topprotected knotty pine laminate painted top is supported by clear p...

A Nesting Office Set-Up

First there was One Less Desk, now there's One Less Office! The people who designed nesting steel desks, have now come up with a solution for people who have more than just a computer, monitor, keyb...