Apartment Therapy Tagged: work

Mac Applications to Increase Productivity

We could spend ages making our workspaces gorgeous and perfectly comfortable. But the reality is that the less time you spend distracted by Facebook and Twitter is more time you could have to... &mdas...

Inspiring Multi-Monitor Home Office Uses Darker Colors

Having more than one monitor is really handy when you work from home. However, sometimes, and sadly more often than we would like, multi-monitor workstations tend to look like air traffic control cent...

Flickr Finds: Steve Price's Incredible 9-Monitor Custom Desk

For some home offices, usual desks don't work. It's in these instances that a DIY solution is best. The great thing about designing something yourself is that you can get it customized to your own nee...

Ford Work Solutions: The Home Office on Wheels

We are spending a lot of time in cars. It's just common sense to have some kind of mobile work integration, so that all those hours spent in gridlock can actually be used for a purpose, instead of jus...

The Offices of Ruigrok | NetPanel

click for more picsWhen Marja Ruigrok of Ruigrok | Netpanel needed a new home for her offices, she knew she didn't want something simple and bland. She wanted something with a little more substance, m...

Flickr Finds: Aaron's Maximized Glass Workbench

During our discussion held yesterday about whether or not having a glass desk was a good idea, Unplggd reader Aaron shared with us his own take on the transparent situation - a customized IKEA desk wi...

Email Habits: Round-The-Clock Clicker or Day Tripper?

Somebody who was paid to watch 3000 Europeans and 122,000 Americans send emails for 83 days and two years, respectively, figured out that most email users fit in to one of two categories depending on ...

Pillow Keyboard: Napping and Typing All at the Same Time

Work can be pretty stressful. You spend most days typing away on your computer, with no end in sight. Employers like Google provide you with great places to nap, so that you stay at work longer, but w...

Show Your Love for Retro Video Games at Work

You know you love the retro sights and sounds of Space Invaders and Tetris. Your equally geeky buddies and—probably to your chagrin—your girlfriend know it too. But what about the guys at ...

Laptop Hideaway: Because You Don't Really Use Your Desk

We have a dedicated desk. It's a big brown parsons-style table with plenty of room for everything we could need to have nearby when paying bills, writing blogs and anything else it is that we do at ou...

X-Biking: Like Wii Fit, But Xtreme

Having the willpower to exercise is not always easy, otherwise everybody would be perfectly toned and tight and Krispy Kreme doughnuts would sell through the roof. But playing video games? Well any ha...

A Simple Bookmark Javascript to Get You Back to Work

If you're having people over for the holidays (or even if you aren't), you might be deep into clearing up and cleaning out your space. And as if making your space look like it's ready for the pages of...

The Ettiquette of Instant Messaging at Work

A good friend of ours works in a laid back design office where the communication medium of choice between those in the office is AOL Instant Messenger. It's a great way to exchange information in real...

The Incredible Cardboard Office

Are you running out of office space at home or at work? Do you need more? Most places and homes always need more office space. The trouble is that buying the furniture, like desks and chairs, costs mo...

USB Whack It: Not as Naughty as it Sounds

We're kind of psychic. We know that right now, you're at work. You should be working on a research report your boss asked you to tackle, but instead, you're on Unplggd.com. It's O.K., you're not alone...