Technology gets
upgraded all the time,
but there have been
few innovations made
in the area of office
furniture over the years.
Now, from the phone-book-sized catalog of
those flat-pack furniture
geniuses at IKEA comes
a little desk that takes
tidiness and utility to
new levels. There’s a
workspace under the
tabletop that doubles
as a bulletin board and
includes document filing pockets, but the
most ingenious part is
the area carved out for
a power strip and cord
catchers, lifting the rat’s
nest of cables off the
floor and tucking it out
of sight. If you were
hoping to do a quick
and easy workspace
refresh, this desk would
be an inexpensive way
to pull it off in a hurry.
$99; ikea.com
LaCie
Wireless
Space. When
the hard drive on
your office computer
goes to pot, you can just
call the information technology crew and have them pull
an archive off the network. But at
home, where your files are no less
valuable, that option typically doesn’t
exist. This combination router and network hard
drive (in 1- or 2-terabyte sizes) enables you to save your data to a
local cloud, making sure files are easily accessible (yet difficult for
you to mistakenly destroy). Installation is a breeze, the Wireless
Space works great with both Mac and PC operating systems, and
it’s infinitely expandable through a slew of USB ports. The down-side: Primarily designed to connect to your computer wirelessly,
the device doesn’t play nice with large files—like when you initially
sync your gigabytes of existing backup data. $229; lacie.com
new
new york.
Savor the elegance,
love the location.
33 West 37th Street
New York, NY 212.448.1024
thestrandnyc.com
