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How to Organize Your Space Efficiently and Stay Focused Longer with this Work Desk

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We constantly have so many distractions, and trust me when I say this as I have started writing, maintaining the mind frame to write is a hassle with so many things happening around at home. Working from home sounds fun and relaxed, but it also gets you way more distracted. In this world of smartphones and their attention-seeking notification tones, you can never keep yourself from knowing what’s new that made it go ‘ting’! You wouldn’t believe it, but it takes precisely 23 minutes and 15 seconds to get back in the flow of work and maximum productivity. It would be a waste of time if we allowed scope for distractions all along. Recognizing the need for a solution that promotes concentration and efficiency, a new design concept has emerged: FLOW Desk. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, FLOW Desk is a multi-functional piece of furniture that caters specifically to the needs and requirements of students and remote workers. Its primary goal is to minimize interruptions and distractions, allowing individuals to fully immerse themselves in their work or studies.

Designer: Hessa Alduraibi

One of the primary ways to stay focused is to have everything in one place so that you do not have to get up and go around to fetch the required items and allow opportunities for distractions on the way. At the heart of FLOW Desk lies the concept of “flow,” a state of complete immersion and focus. Just like the flow of water in a river, our minds emerge and focus when we’re in the zone at work. FLOW Desk aims to replicate this state by providing a seamless and organized workspace that eliminates the need for constant movement and retrieval of items.

One of the key features of this desk is its integration of technology, storage, and a desk into one sleek and efficient piece. Everything you need is within arm’s reach, ensuring you don’t have to interrupt your workflow. From a wireless charger for your devices to a conveniently placed desk lamp, socket plug-ins, and speakers, FLOW Desk keeps your workspace clutter-free and optimized for productivity.

The benefits don’t end here; the desk offers additional functionalities that further enhance its appeal. With hidden drawers, a chalkboard for brainstorming, and even a cup warmer for those much-needed coffee breaks, FLOW Desk caters to the diverse needs of its users. It even provides extra workspaces, cleverly hidden in a beautiful manner, ensuring you have ample room to spread out and tackle your tasks effectively.

Designed with both aesthetics and functionality in mind, FLOW Desk seamlessly blends into any environment. Its sleek and modern design adds a touch of sophistication to any space, whether it’s a student’s room, a home office, or a shared workspace. Available in a variety of colors, it effortlessly transforms from a storage unit to a desk, providing flexibility and adaptability to suit individual requirements.

FLOW Desk’s target audience is broad, encompassing students at all levels, from schools to universities, as well as remote workers and individuals working from home. It caters to those who value productivity and seek a functional desk that meets their specific needs, even when space is limited by consolidating all the necessary elements of a workspace into one streamlined piece of furniture. It eliminates distractions and provides a conducive environment for achieving goals. Its elegant design, integrated technology, and versatile features make it an ideal choice for students and remote workers alike. Embrace the current of inspiration and let FLOW Desk propel you towards success.

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Work wall makes your home work space into a working environment

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One of the major things that changed during the pandemic was that companies realized people can still be productive even when they’re working from home. So even when the world started opening up, some decided that they would continue with a hybrid or totally remote working situation. So now we’re seeing all kinds of products and devices to help people recreate an office or school environment at home.

Designer: Hanyoung Lee

Work wall is a concept for your home office that will help you organize your thoughts, share brainstorming ideas during your virtual meetings, and basically transform the space you have into a work environment. It’s a beam projector and a board scanner that is attached to whatever wall you’re using for your work or schooling purposes. But instead of a projector taking up space across the wall, it’s created to be attached to the wall itself together with the screen.

The screen itself lets you write down your thoughts, tasks, or brainstorming ideas. You can use it for yourself or during virtual meetings, you can share it with your teammates or classmates. The scanner function of the device will automatically be transferred digitally and shared with whoever you need to share it with. So basically, work wall is an actual whiteboard (that’s not really white) that can turn into a digital board. It’s not really clear from the renders if you can project things on it, but since that’s one of the things mentioned in the product description, then we assume that it can.

The design for the work wall looks like a slim air conditioning device. It’s where the lenses, scanners, and speakers are placed. Underneath the board, there is also a space to store your writing tools or other work accessories you may need. It’s minimalist and clean-looking so it won’t add to the clutter of your workspace. It would be interesting to know more about the technical details of the device before making up my mind if this is something I would like to add to my home office.

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This sleek at-home water dispenser designed at people who WFH can discharge water in three seconds

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The Supor Instant Water Dispenser is an at-home appliance constructed for today’s world of remote working and WFH.

As we grow used to spending more time inside the house as a result of stay-at-home orders, many of us are turning to appliances to bring outside comforts indoors. While there is no replacement for morning trips to the coffee shop, at-home appliances like coffee brewers and french presses make the experience a little more accessible. The Supor Instant Water Dispenser is a new at-home appliance concept from designers Guoyu Li and Weili Wu that can pour water out in a matter of seconds.

Designer: Guoyi Li and Weili Wu

Adopting an integrated design language, the Supor Instant Water Dispenser keeps a polished midcentury modern look. The gleaming metallic look gives the appliance a retro, yet timeless appearance so that it can fit into any modern kitchen or office space.

In addition to its adaptable design, the Supor Instant Water Dispenser maintains a slender body so that it can fit onto any countertop no matter the amount of space available. Thanks to a seven-speed touch screen, users can also adjust the rate of water discharge so that it can pour from the faucet as quickly as three seconds.

Marketed for stay-at-home mothers and remote workers, the Supor Instant Water Dispenser is an at-home appliance that can be used for anything from brewing coffee to making a pot of tea. Even when the deadline is quickly approaching or when the meeting is just about to begin, a cup of coffee or pot of tea can be made available sooner than you can punch in the Zoom meeting passcode.

In contrast to similar products currently on the market, the designers suggest, “The attributes of products sold online determine that products need to reflect differences in form and appearance, and at the same time need to increase user stickiness through experience design, so that products are not only satisfied with functional attributes but become a way of life that can be shared on social platforms.”

The seven-speed touch screen adjusts the rate of dispensing water to varying speeds.

The attached grated reservoir ensures no-mess operation.

The slim design of Supor allows it to fit onto most kitchen countertops. 

Supor is plug-and-play for ultimate convenience. 

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This multipurpose tiny office was digitally fabricated for self assembly from a flat pack design

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‘A Room In The Garden’ is a digitally fabricated tiny home office that can be self-assembled from a flatpack design.

Oh, to spend the day in the garden. While we’ve all gotten used to working from home and our little routines to get us through the workday, many of us are growing restless from being in the same spot and building at all hours of the day. While home reno projects do a lot to make our home offices feel fresh and comfortable, it’s normal to want to ditch our routines and get outside for the day. Studio Ben Allen designed ‘A Room In The Garden’ for those sorts of moments.

Designer: Studio Ben Allen

‘A Room In The Garden’ is “part garden folly, part ‘other space,’” as the architects for Studio Ben Allen describe it. Inspired by the playfulness of 18th-century folly architecture, known in Scotland as the Dunmore Pineapple, ‘A Room In The Garden’ keeps a whimsical outer display and a more subdued interior space.

Outside, the patterned green cladding is meant to camouflage the structure in plain sight, merging together an air of whimsical surrealism with practicality. Inside, exposed timber framing gives the structure a mood of seriousness, ideal for working.

As a result of working from home, a lot of us are searching for quiet, cozy corners of the world to call ours for the workday. Designed for the modern family, ‘A Room In The Garden’ provides a working sanctuary for parents in urban areas to get away from the hustle and bustle of city streets and their children. The floor-to-ceiling window even offers a clever vista point for parents to supervise their children’s playtime while still having their own quiet space.

Considering the project’s design and construction process, Studio Ben Allen’s architects put themselves back in the driver’s seat thanks to modern technologies like digital fabrication and CNC milling. Using digital fabrication in the form of 2D flatbed CNC cutting technology, the architects ensured that the building process was affordable and readily accessible to most city residents.

Optimizing the assembly process, digital fabrication allowed for all elements of the structure to be “cut and notched to interlock,” Studio Ben Allen suggests, “This has the advantage that it maximizes the structural performance of the timber and avoids the need for measuring on-site.”

As the architects go on to describe, each element is numbered and slots into the next, keeping the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced during the process to a minimum. With the combination of clean assembly, technically advanced digital fabrication and minimal, recyclable building materials, Studio Ben Allen constructed a tiny remote sanctuary that embraces sensible craft and tasteful aesthetics.

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With inflatable support cushions and bungee cords, these jumpsuits adapt to modern WFH needs

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Wearable Workforce is a collection of two jumpsuits created to fit the modern needs of mobile work and WFH.

It feels like we’ve never witnessed such a revolutionary period in work culture than right now. The pandemic has sent us to work from home and the laptop has become the most valuable possession for mobile workers. With so many changes coming our way, designers are coming from all angles to revolutionize how we experience work.

Designer: Wei Lun Hung

Moving out of corporate office buildings, remote working means that we’re in charge of where we work and how we make ourselves comfortable. London-based product and object designer Wei Lun Hung tried his hand at changing the work game by experimenting with the clothes we wear to work. Amounting to a collection of two jumpsuits called Wearable Workforce, Wei Lun Hung aimed to revolutionize modern workwear.

Wearable Workforce was designed primarily for remote workers, or “itinerants,” as Wei Lun Hung calls the “radical pioneers of [today’s] new, highly mobile, fluid and energetic work culture.” Today’s remote workers find their offices in liminal spaces throughout the city—from the park to the cafe.

The second jumpsuit, Self-Manager, incorporates a pop-up style office into the very build of the jumpsuit. Outfitted with inflatable cushions, support is accessible wherever work goes. Integrated cushions can be found behind the knees, back, and on top of the lap for workers to inflate using their own breath. With support from the knees, workers will have a more stable base for their laptop to rest on their lap. Then, a backrest provides the support to recline anywhere.

The first jumpsuit, Commuter, uses bungee cords to optimize our posture. Threaded with an elastic cord, the jumpsuit slightly tugs the wearer’s posture into its optimal positioning for working from a laptop. Designing Wearable Workforce, was less about bringing comfort to workers and more about changing workwear to fit the ways our bodies naturally fall when working from a laptop, despite how unhealthy our postures might be.

There’s a fine line between just enough comfort and too much. At times, when we’re too comfortable, our productivity is inversely affected. But getting that seat recline just right usually means that our productivity at work will improve. When we’re working from home, no one’s watching but us, which means we’re less concerned with how our posture looks and more concerned with letting our bodies do what they want.

Noticing this difference between office work and WFH culture, Wei Lun Hung explains his first prototype, “Informed by [the] previous exploration on constraint body condition, the inflatable prototype goes to the opposite and looks at ways to support the body and enhance comfort. Diving deep into the context of working from home, the lack of a central force of surveillance marks interesting dynamics with comfort and productivity.”

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These 3D printed pods are sustainable personal offices that you can subscribe to just like Netflix!

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Post the pandemic, all of us have realized the importance of having a dedicated space where we can focus on work without having to explain on our zoom calls what the noise in the background is. Meet the Denizen Architype pod – a smart, functional, personal office that supports your remote work life and also could double up as a creative escape! This prefabricated office is designed with everything you need for the perfect work day and you can set it up anywhere in the world if you have subscribed to it – it’s like Netflix but for a physical office space.

Denizen pods want to help reduce central office costs while adapting to the changes like remote work and flexible lifestyle. The 100 sqft pod is a modern solution with a small footprint that can help retain global talent, maximize productivity and reduce environmental impact that big corporate offices have. “It is ideally suited for high-volume production as a consumer product – more like an automobile or smartphone than a conventional building. Leveraging the latest in 3D printing, robotic fabrication, and technology integration, Denizen can mass-produce high-quality office units that are not only more desirable spaces to work than conventional offices, but also cheaper and faster to build,” says the team in their press release.

The modern tiny office is constructed from premium materials like sustainably harvested timber, 3D printed biopolymers, and durable metal cladding. The tech has been integrated in the pod to make your work from home life as easy as possible. The company hopes to partner with cities to help deploy pods in green spaces to build communities and upgrade neighborhoods so that those who don’t have a backyard big enough for the pod can still subscribe and take advantage of it. This will mean less space for cars, office parks, and parking lots; more space for people, culture, and nature in the city. Remote tech and architecture is a critical tool for eliminating the carbon impact of business flights and traditional office buildings.

“There is a major unmet need in the shift to flexible, remote, and hybrid work, and it’s going to take conventional real estate decades to catch up. Even prior to the pandemic, offices were expensive, distracting, and inconvenient. A better solution was needed. We’ve created a space so inspiring that it will change the way you want to work and live. And by offering it as a subscription service, we make it natural for employers to give their teams a professional, connected, and safe work environment,” says Nick Foley, CEO of Denizen.

The desk seamlessly blends within the large glass arch that has a switchable privacy glass made of two layers with liquid crystals in between – this is expensive so we wonder if it will be a feature available only for the higher end subscription models. It has audiophile-grade speakers and 40 Amp electrical service for the structure. Another question for the team would be the source of electricity since they are pushing for sustainability and reduction of carbon footprint. The Denizen pod is still at a conceptual stage but is an interesting way to decentralize offices as we know it!

Designer: Denizen

This smartphone-powered foldable screen creates flexible workplace anytime, anywhere!

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About two years back, if you said more people would work from home than from the office, you’d probably be laughed at. We all know how things have changed professionally for each one of us during the pandemic – homes have become offices – now, as people break the shackles of working from home norm, the future of working from anywhere is becoming evident.

When such a scenario unfolds, a laptop or phone may not be enough. When the advancing digitalization has fundamentally altered the world and working from anywhere, anytime becomes a norm, the Xtend Nomadic Office will make real sense. Conceptualized to enable a “mobile, flexible and self-sufficient workplace,” the Nomadic office comprises a foldable computer screen, an adaptable privacy shield, and a modified smartphone in one complete office unit. The incredibly futuristic layout aptly called the Nomadic Office is a cutout for individuals who want to set up their private nook just about where life takes them. The foldable screen means you can transport a large display in your bag. The adaptable light and privacy shield provide spatial partition, and you have a wonderful little space to yourself, devoid of any hindrance. Even more interesting is the accompanying flat smartphone that functions as a processor and storage for the computer display that you can fold to carry wherever you want.

The smartphone and peripherals connect to the screen over Bluetooth or through the screen mirroring option. The smartphone is powered through inductive charging on the input module. At the same time, the foldable screen draws energy from ambient light, which is converted into electricity by silicone threads woven into the textile at the back of the display. The completely mobile, immensely convenient, and excessively fascinating Nomadic Office is a gimmicky replacement for the laptop with the convenience of a portable desktop.

Designer: Eva-Maria Bieli

Microsoft’s new tools help you adapt to the realities of remote work

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There’s a real chance you’ll be working from home long after it’s safe to return to the office, and Microsoft thinks it can make that remote work easier to handle. It just introduced Viva, an “employee experience platform” that helps you connect with...

Google won’t reopen its offices until September 2021

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Google is once again delaying its return to the office in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, although it’s now planning a change to the way people work when they get back. The New York Times has obtained company-wide email from Sundar Pichai indicating...