Office Design Blog

Inspired by his enjoyment of letter writing, designer Michael Young created this charming writing desk which offers a modern reinterpretation of the traditional writing bureau.  Designed on behalf of Established & Sons, the writing desk stands on two distinctive A-frame legs and is constructed from wood conglomerate, steel tubing, and refined Corian.

The desk features an integrated drawer, an optional Corian inlay, and a concealed light hidden underneath the built-in hood which supports the specific function of the desk to provide a personal and private work space.

The popular social networking site Facebook recently employed the services of San Francisco design firm Studio O+A to design their new corporate headquarters in Palo Alto’s Stanford Research Park, and the results are not surprisingly quite impressive.

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Created by Eric Ku, a recent graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York, the PIN.S push pin project visually illustrates the concept of “a pin create[d] by pins”.  The project was made using 2200 one-inch bottom pins, each of which is was individually numbered and arranged in numerical order, and would for obvious reasons make for a pretty awesome piece of office art.

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For those people that can’t live without their memo pads, these Kudamemo fruit-shaped sticky notes made by D-BROS should offer a delightful twist on the traditional sticky note.  You can purchase them individually, or in “crates” of six.  More pics after the jump.

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As it turns out the simple shape of a common paperclip can make for a very cool looking office lamp.  Created by David Wykes and Benoit Collette, this Paperclip Lamp can be bent and shaped much like an ordinary paperclip, allowing you to position the direction of the light any way you like.

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