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My home office is a large table, Herman miller chair, a book case, an old cup/mug as a pen holder for pens, highlighters, marker pens, good mouse and mechanical

My home office is a large table, Herman miller chair, a book case, an old cup/mug as a pen holder for pens, highlighters, marker pens, good mouse and mechanical keyboard. I keep reference books and notebooks to hand. A larger whiteboard would be nice I have a small half whiteboard / half cork pin board. Post-it notes. A movable desk lamp with colour tone options (white - orange light) and brightness options. Two monitors although in truth I use my laptop screen and one monitor most often. I think one large monitor 32”+ would be good for me. I’ve been learning more about design and thinking about my workspace as a “studio” more than a workspace for purely laptop work. I Would like a second large table in the middle of the room to sit at to sketch and mind map etc. I wrote some notes about this: A good workspace should: - promote/enable good design - promote the idea of software craftsmanship (using tactile materials and work on paper as part of the process helps) - promote creative output without worrying about that output being final. - enable reading more - enable writing more and prefer evergreen notes and writing over temporary/time based writing when learning or making technical notes. - aim for a functional space and digital minimalism.

SenHeng 4y ago
Yes, I would love to have a proper whiteboard mounted on a wall! I would probably have it behind me so I could draw on it while doing video meetings. That or mount on the wall to the east. I was initially planning to have a small seating space to the side by the window for relaxing and sketching, but after actually standing in the area where the garden room would be, I've realised how tight things would be. I may move that area outside instead, under a pergola of some kind. Wouldn't be of much use during the winter though. Your notes remind me of something I learnt back in uni, though I can't remember the specifics of it. It was about the psychology of a space and furniture, and the habits we develop using them. Like say a reading chair where every time you sit in one, you instinctively and subconsciously do things that lead you to read rather than fuck around on your smartphone. That is what I aim to have with this space.

SenHeng 4y ago

Yes, I would love to have a proper whiteboard mounted on a wall! I would probably have it behind me so I could draw on it while doing video meetings. That or mount on the wall to the east. I was initially planning to have a small seating space to the side by the window for relaxing and sketching, but after actually standing in the area where the garden room would be, I've realised how tight things would be. I may move that area outside instead, under a pergola of some kind. Wouldn't be of much use during the winter though. Your notes remind me of something I learnt back in uni, though I can't remember the specifics of it. It was about the psychology of a space and furniture, and the habits we develop using them. Like say a reading chair where every time you sit in one, you instinctively and subconsciously do things that lead you to read rather than fuck around on your smartphone. That is what I aim to have with this space.