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Posts tagged “tables & desks”

Bamboo Lap Table: Buckwheat Keeps Your Lap Cool

A laptop and a pillow. That is our home office. With the temperature being what it is now and as the snow continues to fall, a warm laptop sitting on our legs is actually a good thing. When summer rol...

Look! Plexiglass Computer Desk

Yes, we know, clear plexiglass furniture can seem a bit 80s, but there's something we love about the combination of this see-through office desk in this very traditional and au natural home of Night ...

The Recycled Airplane Wing Computer Desk

It's rare enough to think about using airplanes in industrial design. It's even rarer to recycle their parts for furniture. That's actually a fabulous idea. That's what Deborah is. A recycled computer...

Desk, Stool & Lamp with Integrated Charging Stations by Jarl Fernaeus

In addition to integrating a charging station for phones, cameras and MP3 players, this desk and stool combo from Swedish designer Jarl Fernaeus features an integrated lamp and storage compartments......

The iPhone Coffee Table

What would be better than an iPhone? An iPhone Nano or a giant iPhone? Needless to say that a giant iPhone would be pretty useless, unless it's used as a product display for some manner. How about an ...

CI Desk: The Perfect Mobile Workstation

When more than one person share an office, things can get cramped very quickly, especially if you are both working from home. That's why people enjoy finding different places to work on their computer...

The Slimdesk: The Perfect Hideaway Desk to Get Rid of Clutter

We know you have clutter. Anyone who works from a desk will have some form of clutter on it. It might be temporary, or it might just grow with time. It all depends on how you manage your workflow. Nee...

An Update on an Already Cord Controlled Desk

Back in February we took a look at Flickr user Blupic's hidden wire desk. He's since updated his table, after moving into a larger apartment this Spring. He bumped up table size from a 60x38 Andover ...

Flickr Finds: Evil Genius Desk Makes Work Kinda Creepy

We don't know if we love it or are scared of it, but this is a home office desk you won't find at West Elm. Designed by Detroit crafter Jef Hancock and found in the home of Flickr member John Manoogi...

OneLessDesk: Sleek, Svelte, Strong Computer Workspace

A little while ago Range wrote about 5 aesthetically compatible desk and computer combinations. We'd like to add the Heckler Design OneLessDesk as another great space saving workspace solution for tho...

The Neat Freak's Dream: Out of Sight Out of Mind Desk

We think we're in love with something not (yet) real: the “Out of Sight Out of Mind” (OSOM) table concept. The task desk is an organizing, neat freak's dream of a workspace, offering storage for j...

The Stylish Home Arcade: Surface Tension Arcade Coffee Tables

We still mourn the death of the arcade...as much as we love our consoles, there was something magical about strolling up to that cabinet to play game du jour, whether it was SF2, Rampart, or Ring King...

Look! Custom Floating Desk Mates Ikea Kitchen and Office Parts

We love built in floating desks. They are the perfect way to get valuable workspace without the visual heaviness that comes with legs. You know what we like even more? Built in desks that both look go...

Hot Posts 10.18.08: This Week's Top Ten Unplggd Posts

Have you ever played Dawn of the Dead on Xbox? It's pretty scary. Yup, that's what we're doing this Saturday afternoon, and then we're going to continue the fright fest by checking out Quarantine. ...

Kotatsu: The Heated Small Space Desktop

We were chatting with a friend who spent several years in Japan about the Japanese proficiency for maximizing usable space in the home when he mentioned the kotatsu, a low multipurpose table that tran...

Creative Re-Use: X-Ray Light Box Makes For a Cheap and Dramatic Desk

We have always been huge fans of floating desks. Having no legs means that something that is typically big and heavy becomes very light and clean. What also very much interests us at unplggd is crea...

DIY: Wall Mounted Charging Station and Laptop Desk

Having a charging station for all of your gadgets is a necessary solution to cable management if you have a lot of them. Finding the right charging solution isn't always easy. That's why we thought th...

Closeup: Concealed Office Storage by Jeremy Levine Design

How do you keep a home office completely free of clutter? One, you are either a true minimalist and don't really keep anything. Two, you hide it in a closet or three, you fake it with clever storage ...

Blogging... New York Times Looks At Living on a Student Budget

As we enter a recession (yes, we said it), the New York Times has published an article looking at inexpensive and creative solutions from students in New York City. There are so amazing ideas here, l...

Tactile Cabinet: Jaw-Dropping Design, Price Tag

It's possible the price tag alone may cause ambivalence or immediate "run-for-the-hill" syndrome during these times of economic peril, but the Tactile Cabinet remains one of the nicest media cabinets ...

iDesk: If You Love Macs But Hate Wires

We think you'd have to really hate dealing with cables to spend $3000 on this desk, but it does go eerily well with your iPod, iPhone and iMac in both styling, compatibility and, of course, nomenclatu...

Go White! Tank Collection Desk Radiates Elegance

For those opposed to going aluminum, why not sway to the lighter side with Tank Collection's Height-adjustable Desk. It's glossy smoothness is reminiscent of Apple's shiny white Macbook, but its playf...

Brainball: The Relaxed Party Game

This is not a game of Cranium, but rather a game that is won or lost based on what is going on in your Cranium. How do you play? Make sure that there is nothing going on in your head. Literally. Check...

DIY Project: 1 Door Plus 2 Lack Shelves = 1 Desk

Keeping with the white theme we have going on in home theater setups and even TV's, we are now taking this clean color into the home office with a DIY project that is both cheap and easy....

LED Pong Coffee Table

Sparkfun is known for modding retro gadgets with new school tech -- their rotary phone that accepts cell phone SIM cards was just one of those ideas. Now the company has made a coffee table that lets...