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Trek Desk Forces You to Exercise All Day at Work, Makes Your Job Even More Miserable
It's no secret that desk-based jobs (such as blogging) provide a lifestyle for people that quickly turns them into quivering, rotund masses of gravy-scented putty, which is why it's no surprise that this whole "exercising while you work" thing piques people's interest. But really, do you want to jog on a treadmill all day while you work, or bounce up and down on a yoga ball? More »
design
Azoo Eco-Desk Puts a Self-Cleaning Aquarium in Your Desk
I'm pretty sure Missy Elliot had something similar to Azoo's Eco-Desk, which has a self-cleaning tropical fish aquarium contained within a glass and aluminum body. Alas, hers was made by Lamborghini, so this is the poor man's / international female hip-hop star's iteration, but it's still a bit of cool for your apartment. The glass top rests on a hinged support, which can be pulled open to allow Nemo to escape back home, or better yet, add some company to the captives inside. The aquarium contains Azoo's solution for biological, water and temperature control, meaning you don't have to worry about anything other than why your Coi Carp look so damn uncomfortable. More »
concepts
This concept desk looks like standard Ikea fare upon first glance, but a closer examination reveals a recessed middle that's contoured for a custom Samsung laptop to dock into. Once locked in, the laptop keyboard sits flush with the rest of the desk, bringing new meaning to the term desktop PC. A novel idea, but I'd be more sold on the idea if it included connections to external accessories, like hard drives and speakers, when you docked the computer into the desk. [Yanko Design]
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Hi-Tech Desk Concept Includes Integrated Laptop Dock
This concept desk looks like standard Ikea fare upon first glance, but a closer examination reveals a recessed middle that's contoured for a custom Samsung laptop to dock into. Once locked in, the laptop keyboard sits flush with the rest of the desk, bringing new meaning to the term desktop PC. A novel idea, but I'd be more sold on the idea if it included connections to external accessories, like hard drives and speakers, when you docked the computer into the desk. [Yanko Design]
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gadgets
Desk Grommet With Cable Trap Looks Incredibly Useful
This grommet is just a design, but we wonder why it took someone this long to come up with such a genius (and obvious) idea. Like a regular desk grommet, it's a big hole that lets cables through. Unlike a regular desk grommet, it's got notches on the side of different sizes to grasp and hold your cables so they don't fall on the ground, making you breath in dust for a few seconds as you fish it back out. Again, design for now, but we'd love to see this thing be standard in every desk. [Yanko Design]
furniture
OneLessDesk Is an Efficient, Futuristic Workspace
Furniture folding into other furniture is the theme of the future, but this OneLessDesk desk brings that compactness to the present. It's one desk, essentially, but divided out into two sections that hold your input devices and your monitor. Heckler Design made sure it was sturdy enough to hold a 24-inch iMac, yet compact enough to shove into itself when you're done working. We prefer a gigantic flat space for all our papers and USB junk, but if you live in a 400-sq-ft basement rat hole, this $900 desk could be just the thing for you. [Wists via BornRich via Uber Gizmo]
exercise
Hands (and Feet) On the Steelcase Walkstation (Video)
I hit the Steelcase offices in NYC to get on the new Walkstation. At first, it looks like a bulky treadmill with a basic desk strapped on top, and I had some doubts about how comfortable it would be to work while working out. When I tested it out, though, I was pretty impressed with the design. More »
exercise
Treadmill Desk Promotes Hamster-itis
Developed by both Steelcase, a furniture manufacturer, and James Levine from the Mayo clinic, this treadmill desk allows you to game, work or just look at salacious pictures on the internet and "work out" at the same time. The functions should be pretty obvious from the picture. As silly as it sounds, if we could buy one of these for our offices we probably would—sitting in front of a computer for 18 hours of the day doesn't promote any sort of fitness regime anyone but the fat ladies on The View would recommend. [Time]
desks
Forget Lifehacker tips for cord organization to make your desk neater. When you have a custom Electric Table by Broberg & Ridderstrale of Stockholm, your entire desk is your outlet. These guys custom create a desk that plugs into the wall, which powers custom outlets embedded all over the face, sides, and legs of the table. The end result? Your devices can be plugged in right where they sit, which makes for a lot less cable clutter. The downside of this desk is, of course, that you can never reorganize your desk. Ever. [Brda via Book of Joe via Uber Gizmo via TreeHugger]
Custom Electric Table Has Plugs Right in the Table
Forget Lifehacker tips for cord organization to make your desk neater. When you have a custom Electric Table by Broberg & Ridderstrale of Stockholm, your entire desk is your outlet. These guys custom create a desk that plugs into the wall, which powers custom outlets embedded all over the face, sides, and legs of the table. The end result? Your devices can be plugged in right where they sit, which makes for a lot less cable clutter. The downside of this desk is, of course, that you can never reorganize your desk. Ever. [Brda via Book of Joe via Uber Gizmo via TreeHugger]
nerds
Nerd hunk on desk vs. Nerd hunk on desk. Which would you do? [Boing Boing]
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs: Nerds on Desks
Nerd hunk on desk vs. Nerd hunk on desk. Which would you do? [Boing Boing]
desks
Sliding Puzzle Desk Concept
Remember those sliding picture puzzles that terrorized you as a kid? Now that idea has been taken to a new level with this concept design of a sliding puzzle desk by Hsien Chang. The panels on top of the desk slide around to unveil different storage areas where a variety of your goods can be kept and organized. This desk only has a total of four tiles covering five different compartments, so it is a fairly easy puzzle to navigate through. More »
peripherals
Belkin Grommet-Hole USB Hubs, iPod Dock: Genius!
You know those grommet holes that are found in damn near every desk, but are rarely used? Well, Belkin put on their thinking cap and has designed a USB hub and iPod dock that will fit in the grommet holes perfectly. There are two different types of USB hubs, the regular In-Desk USB Hub and the angled Front-Access In-Desk USB Hub. The In-Desk Dock will conveniently dock any iPod with the bottom dock adapter. All three of the grommet accessories will available soon for $40 each. And if you still actually use your grommet holes for wires and such, these accessories still allow wires to be fed through. Bravo, Belkin. I would have never thought I would get this excited over USB hubs and iPod docks. More »
gadgets
iGo Desks Match Your Mac, But Carpet/Drapes Equation Still Unsolved
These iGo desks—with stands specifically designed for iMacs and Mac Minis—are perfect for those who don't use their computers all that often. Why? Because there's no real room on the desk for anything but an Apple mouse and an Apple keyboard. More »
home entertainment
Milk is the Desk Dreams are Made of
Saying that this desk is simple and minimalist is a bit of an understatement. If the iPod were to magically grow to a full size functional desk, this is how it would likely look. Everything is neatly tucked away, including cables and compartments for peripherals. Oh, and did I mention it has a fish tank? A fish tank! The single column holding the desk is also fully adjustable. More »
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Mini Desk is so Fun, Your Employees Will Just Have to Love You!
Are you a "fun" boss that insists on being called by your first name? Do you manage a Chili's? If you answered yes to either of those questions (or better yet, both), I have the perfect desk for you. More »
gadgets
Surge Protector + Desk = Family Communication Center
If you are anything like us Gizmodoites—you probably have chargers scattered all over your dwelling to accompany the various gadgets you own. Sligh is trying to solve the charging problem (since when was it a problem?) plaguing many of us with the Family Communication Center, or FCC. More »
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