Gizmodo: desks

This Is Not How You Sell a Computer Desk

Jason Chen — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 00:46:19 EST

It's fixed now on the Target website (updated product page here), but for a time, this was one very interesting product title. Yeah, it's super old, but still funny to those who haven't seen it. [Digg - Thanks Marco!]

I've Always Wanted to Work Inside of a Cocoon

matt buchanan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:00:00 EDT

Did you ever read The Giver as a child? It was like a more fantastic version of 1984, but for children. I imagine everybody would work at this cocoon-like desk by GamFratesi. It's comforting, but unnervingly utilitarian. [Dezeen via BoingBoing]

BlueLounge's StudioDesk Keeps Your Cables Organized Out of Sight

Andi Wang — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Although BlueLounge's StudioDesk doesn't exactly organize your cables, it features a slide-out desktop surface that allows you to hide your cable clutter in a hidden compartment—kind of like shoving all your junk under the bed.

Most cable-tamers we've seen manage to untangle wires and keep them somewhat organized, but these gizmos lying around on our desks also tend to add to the clutter. With the $600 StudioDesk, there's no need for external cable organizers because it completely conceals all of the wires—except for one—connected to your laptop. Now if only they can figure out how to hide cables snaking down your wall. [BlueLounge via Uncrate]

The Bar Desk Makes Facebook Stalking Feel Like a Night on the Town

Mark Wilson — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:40:00 EDT

The evolution of the computer desk seemed to stop somewhere in the mid 90s. But this bar-style desk made (entirely?) from IKEA components is a refreshing way to hide a hefty tower PC.

Anyone who speaks un-English is welcome to pillage Ikea's Swedish forum for more details than we could excavate with the assistance of Google Translate, but from what we can tell, this bar desk is a quasi-custom job that could turn your shameful WoW addiction into a mature, metropolitan hobby that's fully capable of wooing the most reserved of Banana Republic lady's section employees. Just stash any snacks that end in a Z when company comes around. [IKEA via Unplggd]

Sit-to-Walkstation Gives You the Option to Be Lazy

Andi Wang — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:40:00 EDT

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.Treadmill-desks aren't new. But the $4900 Sit-to-Walkstation is the first we've seen that has a space for a chair, giving you the option to exercise while you work or, once again, stay lazy. [Product Page via BoingBoing]

Go Away, My Perfekt Desk Is Telling You I'm Blue

Andi Wang — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Part of the Emotionalize Your Light competition, the Perfekt Desk is a prototype desk-slash-lamp workstation, trimmed with LEDs that change colors in order to reflect your mood.

The desk includes a ceiling fixture, made up of 16 1W standard light bulbs mounted onto a square aluminum tube, and cold cathode fluorescent lamps for the lights surrounding the desk. As the creator is currently working on a computer that'll control the lights to change into different hues of the rainbow, the current mood lighting is controlled using switches, and only produces red, green and blue glows. [Product Page via Core77]

Plug Directly Into the Side Wired Desk

Jason Chen — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:20:00 EDT

Save yourself the trouble of bending over all the way to the floor by using this Side Wired desk. Not only is it a nice looking glass-topped desk, there are outlets all over. [Core77]

Mayan Temple Desk Tells You Who's Boss

Andi Wang — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:30:13 EDT

If I were the editor of Gizmodo, I'd want this Mayan Temple Desk front and center in my office.

With my Macbook and 4 monitors on display, it'd be hard for my minions to miss what I want them to be idolizing. Plus, you have to admit that this desk would make getting fired by me so much cooler. If I were your boss, you'd better hope I don't get my hands on the $5000 needed to buy this symbol of awesomeness. [Product Page via Nerd Approved]

134 of the Most Impressive Workspaces You'll Ever See

Adam Frucci — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Last week, I asked all of you OCD readers to submit pictures of your awesome, over-the-top workspaces. And man, does my desk suck compared to a lot of yours.

How much do you think all of the gear in the below gallery is worth? More than I'll ever have, that's for sure. In any case, on to the winners:

First Place — Symon Chow
Second Place — Steve Price
Third Place — Eric Denman

Prove That Not All Giz Readers Are Slobs with Photos of Your Epic Workspaces

Adam Frucci — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:00:00 EDT

So last week we wanted to see your disgusting desks. It was… horrifying. To get a better taste in our mouths, lets see who has the most impressive workspace.

Have multiple monitors? Multiple desks? Some sort of elaborate, Rube-Goldberg-style hot chocolate machine? I want to see it. Take a picture of your supremely impressive workspace/nerd cave and send it in to me at contests@gizmodo.com by next Tuesday morning. Use the subject line Impressive Workspace, and name your file FirstnameLastname.jpg so we know who to give credit to.

And hey, if someone from last week's contest is motivated to get their shit together and enter this one, that would be pretty amazing. Like HGTV stuff, right? Anyhow, let's see your desks!

Good Lord, You People Are All Slobs

Adam Frucci — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:20:00 EDT

This week, I asked you to send me in photos of your disastrous workspaces. And man, you people are much, much more disgusting than I thought. And I assumed you were pretty disgusting.

First Place — David Schaefer
Second Place — Grossi Roberta
Third Place — Dudesque

Spring Cleaning: Who Has the Messiest Desk of Them All?

Adam Frucci — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:22:01 EDT

It's officially spring, making it the time for spring cleaning. This week, we're doing a photo contest instead of a Photoshop contest. We want to see your disastrously messy desks.

Yes, finally you have a reason to show off your disgusting workspace rather than be ashamed of it. Simply take a picture of it and send it to me at contests@gizmodo.com. Name your file FirstnameLastname.jpg, please, so we know who to give credit to. And do me a favor and either have Gizmodo up on your computer screen or include a sign that says Gizmodo on it just so I know you didn't find it on the internet somewhere. Let's stay honest here, people.

Send in your epically messy photos to me by next Tuesday and I'll pick the most impressive as our top three winners and select the best of the rest for our Gallery of Champions.

Top 10 Desks For Gadget Lovers

Sean Fallon — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:00:00 EST

Don't even think about shopping for a desk at IKEA—you're better than that. Serious professionals need a serious workspace. If you are a gadget fanatic, the following ten desks should fit the bill.

Bonus: If you are into epic rigs, check out this list from Giz readers (or this insane WoW rig).

12 Gadgety Trading Floors: Just in Time for Today's Wall Street Crisis

Sean Fallon — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:20:00 EDT

As I'm sure you already know, the Dow dropped 500 points today on the news of a Lehman Brothers bankruptcy filing and a $50 billion stock buyout of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America Corp. This tag team of devastation sent stocks spiraling down in the worst tumble we have seen since the 9/11 attacks. Therefore, OObject couldn't have picked a better time to drop their list of 12 gadgety trading floors and equipment. My favorite is hedge fund manager Adam Sender's 20-monitor setup. I bet every damn one of them is flashing some sort of big red warning right about now. [OObject]

The Butt Station: Crap by Name, Crap by Nature

AddyDugdale — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Basically a desk tidy, the Butt Station, as it has been tastefully named, stores your business cards, sticky tape, pens and pencils, and has a little compartment for paperclips, in the toilet bowl. Lift up the little man and the clips will come out attached to said little man's bottom. It's classy, it's assy, and I think I'll pass(y). [Urban Outfitters via Bem Legaus]

Trek Desk Forces You to Exercise All Day at Work, Makes Your Job Even More Miserable

Adam Frucci — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:50:00 EDT

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?

We're not talking about 20-minute stints here, we're talking about replacing your desk with exercise equipment. There's no leaning back in your desk chair with this Trek Desk, people. It's balls-out commitment.

And while I don't doubt for a second that you'd lose weight if you did light exercise for eight straight hours every day, who the hell wants to do that? Why don't you just, you know, go to the gym for 45 minutes after work so you aren't disgusting and sweaty during meetings. You don't want to get a reputation for that stinky, out of breath guy who doesn't know the meaning of the word "moderation," after all. [Product Page via Boing Boing Gadgets]

Azoo Eco-Desk Puts a Self-Cleaning Aquarium in Your Desk

Haroon Malik — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:30:00 EDT

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.

If you have to ask about pricing, well, you know the deal. We'll pass on this one, we just don't think it is very secure—those two mermaids escaped without even smashing the glass. Ridiculous. Hit the link for some more fishy-fun images. [BornRich]

Hi-Tech Desk Concept Includes Integrated Laptop Dock

Adrian Covert — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:00:23 EDT

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]

Desk Grommet With Cable Trap Looks Incredibly Useful

Jason Chen — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:00:30 EST

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]

OneLessDesk Is an Efficient, Futuristic Workspace

Jason Chen — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:12:07 EST

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]