Hardcover Reading Lamp

Find illumination in a good book. The craft studio Typewriter Boneyard turns old books into desk lamps, often using old fashioned light bulb designs. Link, Via: My Modern Met | Previously: The Book Lamp | Via: Neatorama

CORVETTE DESK

“This desk is absolutely beautiful. Hand Built from the back of a wrecked C5 Corvette… The desk is handmade from only the highest grade materials. Hundreds of hours of craftsmanship go into each product. All materials are bought from American suppliers and our products are all MADE IN THE USA.” LINK

Han Solo Carbonite Desk

Custom-made Han Solo in Carbonite desk from Tom Spina Designs. LINK, [Via: The Daily What]

Caribbean Finger Drums

Bring a little of the islands to your desk with Caribbean Finger Drums. These miniature electronic steel drums feature eight touch-sensitive pads that make up one octave of a complete major scale. So, you'll be jamming your favorite songs in no time.

Includes a recording feature so you can play back your latest reggae riff. Requires 3 AAA batteries which are included. LINK: Youtube

Desk Lamp Rotates To Become a Light Box For Artists

If you dabble in art and design, you will immediately see the benefit of a lamp that can rotate and adjust positions to become a light box. Sketch Lamp

The appropriately titled "Sketch Lamp" is the brainchild of Ninna Kapadia and Hung-Ming Chen and, for the moment, it is still in the concept stage. Hopefully, that will change soon because light boxes are annoying, cumbersome beasts. [Ninna Kapadaia Via: DVICE], Via: Gizmodo

Dual Quad: Fred Baier’s Robot-Like Desk

Fred Baier said that his furniture are inspired by "industrial imagery," but we’re pretty darn certain that the deks above, nondescriptly titled Dual Quad, is some sort of a hidden robot that will rise and quash humanity for not using coasters when setting down their drinks on the lacquered birch countertop.

If you’d like one, it’ll set you back £11,000: Link, Via: Gizmodo, Via: Neatorama

7 Seriously Enviable Office Desk Setups

Considering how many people spend the lion's share of their daily life inside an office, it's surprising how few of us have taken steps to make our office setups more inspiring.

Website Ahoys explores seven workspaces so well kitted-out and stylised that they could feature in an episode of 'Pimp My Office.' LINK

The Oval Office Desk

The story of where the desk in the Oval Office came from is more intricate and exciting than you ever imagined.

In 1845, famed explorer Sir John Franklin set out in the Terror and Erebus to discover the Northwest Passage, thought to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by a water route above Canada. Last seen by a whaling ship in Baffin Bay, the Franklin expedition disappeared into the Arctic wilderness.

Years passed and, despite the ample stores the expedition had laid in, concern grew. The British Admiralty launched a rescue mission in 1852, led by Captain Belcher, aboard the Resolute, Pioneer, Assistance, North Star and Intrepid. Captain Belcher, a scientist, circumnavigator, war hero, venereal wife-suer, and controversially well-loved or hated explorer, bottled some beer for this cruise which resulted in the biggest and most expensive ebay mistake ever made.

You might wonder what any of this quote has to do with the Oval Office. For this to make sense, you’ll have to read the whole story. And then follow the many links for more information. Link, VIA: Neatorama