Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

SMost Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012eeing how others have organized and set up their workspaces can be great inspiration for creating your own perfect workspace. This year, we had lots of inspiration. Whether your taste leans towards a minimalist approach or more eclectic style, here are the most popular featured workspaces of 2012 to get your ideas flowing.

Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

Plenty of Color and Lots of Personality: The Offices of Shopify

Work can be a lot more fun when your office inspires it, and that's certainly the case with Shopify. They took an ordinary series of workspaces and made them awesome with just the right amount of personality. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The IKEA-Hacked, Slim Storage Workspace

When you buy a desk at IKEA, you don't have to settle for what they offer. Most of their furniture can be hacked and customized to your needs if you can figure out a way to do it yourself. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Command Center Workspace

Today's featured workspace places the desk with multiple monitors front and center in the home office. From this central location, everything is within view and reach of IBM engineer and entrepreneur Daniel Heth Moran. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Dual-OS, Multi-Monitor Workspace

When you can't choose between Windows and OS X, don't. Reader and Flickr user abe5x didn't, showing us a workspace featuring multiple machines hooked up to several monitors. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The MacBook Air Workstation

Many of our featured workspaces are filled with complex cable management schemes, several monitors, and plenty of other gadgets. Flickr user Matthew Pearce found that all he needed for his home workspace was a MacBook Air, an attractive stand, and a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard to get things done. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

A Simple, Portable, Inexpensive Standing Desk Solution

There are plenty of standing desk options that you can build yourself, but most require a commitment and aren't terribly easy to move around. Reader Kelley Chambers put together a simple IKEA hack to make a portable standing desk on the cheap. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Classic, Retro Workspace

Today's featured workspace is clean and roomy, with a beautiful light wooden desk, some neat accessories, and good old GTD implementation. Lifehacker reader Tyler Brainerd uses an Ikea feet and shelf trick to raise his two Samsung monitors above the restored Marantz receiver and pull-out box. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

A Computer in a Leather Recliner: A Compact and Comfortable Workspace

It's not often that you can use the word "badass" to describe a workspace, but there's hardly a more appropriate word for this computer desk that stores the computer in a hand-crafted side table and attaches the peripherals to a leather recliner. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

Hidden Behind the Wall: A Secret Workspace

Even if you have a beautiful workspace, it may clutter up the landscape of a connecting room. Nexus Designs decided to solve that problem by hiding this workspace behind a moveable wall. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Designer's Dream Workspace

Today's featured workspace belongs to a designer in Paris. Although he has a lot of drool-worthy hardware on his large, beautiful desk, there's still room for art toys to add some personalization and style without cluttering up his workspace. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Most Minimal Workspace

A lot of things can clutter up a desk, and large workspaces don't fit into every home. Flickr user nevermindtheend put together a workspace that's about as minimal as it gets. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

Swing Out Panels and Towering Storage: The Pipe Dream Workspace

DIY desks are some of the best, and Simplified Building Concepts' pipe-based workstation is no exception. Using pipes and pipe fittings, they created an incredibly versatile workstation with a wonderful industrial aesthetic. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

A Tech Editor's Classic Workspace

This streamlined workspace with its vintage style belongs to Joshua Topolsky, co-founder and editor of tech news site The Verge. Topolsky's organized his space for a very pleasing, balanced visual composition and focused productivity. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Simple Wooden Tokyo Home Office

Natural light, beautiful wood, and simple minimalistic design only seems to turn out well for a workspace, and such is the case with Flickr user Fat Jaiii's apartment in Tokyo. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Gridded Home Office

You may be familiar with the Grid System as a handy framework for designers, but graphic designers Tom and Melissa used it to create an awesome wall in their home office. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

Well-Lit and Spacious: An Unusual Basement Workspace

Typical basements are cramped, dark dungeons you wouldn't want to work in, but today's featured workspace is the opposite of that. It's bright, organized, and roomier than most above-ground home offices even. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

A Bedroom That Doubles as a Home Office for Two

Not every home has room for an office, and often times a home office means giving up room for another practical space. Creative director and filmmaker Garret Murray decided to turn his master bedroom into an office for him and his wife plus a space for guests, to put the large room to good use. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Upper Deck Workspace: A Cool, Lofted Office

Today's featured workspace is a loft within a home with enormous floor-to-ceiling space. This lofted home office, suspended above a living room, has ample room for a large monitor, task lighting, and storage on the side. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Lofted Workspace

When you don't have a lot of space to work with, build up. That's what Flickr user chemb0t does here with his lofted setup. Now he's got room for a U-shaped desk (with one soldering/electronics station), three 27-inch monitors, and a place to sleep. More ?


Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2012

The Evolving Workspace

Today's featured workspace has changed a lot over the years, moving from a massive multi-screen setup to a neater, yet still productive workspace. Flickr user AndrewNez details the changes he's made since 2009, saying that getting rid of the standalone PC on his desk and using VMware Fusion... More ?


So, there you have it. It's been a great year for finding workspace design inspiration, drooling over some great gear, and peeking into others' home office setups. Whether your favorite made the list or not, we'd love to hear about your favorite workspace posts in the comments. (And, remember, you can always show off your own workspace by adding it to the workspaceshowcase forum with some details about your setup. You just might see it as a featured workspace on Lifehacker.) Cruise on over to the Most Popular Featured Workspaces of 2011, 2010, and 2009 to take a peek at our most popular offices of yesteryear.

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/ENRLD7JEpLs/most-popular-featured-workspaces-of-2012

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