Desk organizer – Quick Research

(this post is related to my product design class @prattinstitute)

Just wanted to share some notes i took in an evernote notebook for tonight’s class (if someone knows a way to share notebooks to posterous… plz share).

The classic organizer:

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My starting point:

For many people, their “desks” are where they live most of the day. And many of these environments are overwhelming disasters.

Assumptions:

• Desk organization is not as much “pen and stuff” than it is “cable, cords, light, electro devices.. mgmt)
• There is no more “desk” -> the desk is mobile
• There are enough desk organization boxes and so on, we need better workplaces (space planning, work habits, etc)

Some inspiration:

•    The “best” solution i found on the web
•    pictures of workspaces
•    kant table (merci @blancpain)
•    Ideo office in Palo Alto
•    Bounty towels in general 🙂
•    Fondue chinoise service
•    Camping necessaire
•    DIY-Moleskine enclosure

I made a quick solo Brainstorm and thought about the following attributes for Desk organizers:

• Display vs. Hide 
• Collect vs. Emphasis 
• every object has its place vs. the space is “open” 
• movable vs. fix 
• on desk vs. off desk 

Until now, all that i have are these 7 very well documented ideas 😀