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“My desk occupies the front hall of the apartment I share with my husband, illustrator David Flaherty and our mini dachshund, Fritzie. In the beginning of a project, my desk is sparse with a few notebooks and a sketchbook where I work on ideas. As the process continues, the mess builds. I have a long shelf [...]

“I work out of Studiomates, a co-working space I started 2.5 years ago but really started thriving once the lovely folks of Workshop took over the neighboring space 1.5 years ago.  I call it my happy place. Imagine being surrounded by super smart, nerdy, creative folks every day that push you to make good stuff! [...]

“The Office of Paul Sahre or (O.O.P.S.) occupies the 3rd floor of a run down four story walk up on 6th avenue and 14th street in Manhattan. The office is in a busy, nondescript seam between Chelsea and the West Village. Belonging to neither. This is not an area you would expect to find a [...]

“What you see here is an example of very good intentions. My husband and I recently bought this house in northeast Los Angeles, a Spanish revival built in 1932, and for the first time in my life I have a whole room that’s a dedicated office space. It’s beautiful and light-filled and the windows swing [...]

“The desk is over ten years old and bears the scars to prove it.” FROM YOUR DESKS: Your desk resembles Prouve table; did you design it with that in mind? GEOFF McFETRIDGE: No, when I built it with a friend of mine I did not know who that was. Michael Reisman is an architect and [...]

“This is the desk I share with my boyfriend, Trevor Alixopulos, who’s also a cartoonist. We take turns using it and each have some crates for filing, etc. Our place is really small so for now this is the extent of our workspace, at home.I mostly use just pencils, ink, and watercolors in sketchbooks or [...]