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Architect Benjamin Hall started making furniture with his own hands in the middle of the rolling hills of Washington, where the only road marker was "Mile Post 112."

Remember when your desk accessories consisted of sticking your pens and pencils in an old coffee mug? Thank goodness those days are over and designers like Héctor Serrano have come out with great desk-worthy options like Desktructure for Seletti.

Sometimes a living space just isn't big enough to fit a desk in it but, boy, it sure is handy to have a workstation sometimes. The Flatmate aims to give you just such a spot without taking up the valuable floor space that most desks do. Designed by Michael Hilgers for Müller Möbelwerkstätten, the slim design barely sticks out from its spot against the wall but gives you plenty of room to attend to all of your desk duties when opened up.

Barcelona-based lagranja design has created a colorful line of tables, cabinets, and shelves for the Spanish company Sistema Midi. The collection is made such that you can mix and match the leg, drawer, and door colors to customize your piece to your style.

We've featured a couple of the Nikari designs from their 2012 Designs for Nature project where they collaborate with 12 designers to craft new objects in wood. Each design must follow the sustainable wood philosophies that the company practices as a standard for their business and the next design in the year-long project is the November Desk by Danish designer Louise Campbell.

France-based cabinet maker Paul Venaille's answer to the theme "fragmentation" of the “diplome des métiers d’art” in cabinet making is the Subduction Desk. Representing the phenomena of a subduction and its features, the desk is composed of two parts: one is fixed and the other is mobile.

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Founded by product and furniture designers Robbert Ramaekers and Rogier Rensen, Belgian company MaaK creates modern furnishings that span classification. Some of their products feel mid-century, some feel ultramodern and others are more Scandinavian. You be the judge.

Julie Arrivé's new Home Desk for Singularité-Editions was inspired by a traditional school desk, but updated for working adults.

French designer Caroline Gomez is well known for her simple yet functional objects that focus on natural materials. Pöl is the latest collection that consists of two desktop organizers that serve different purposes. The overall organic shape is meant to reflect a puddle, which is the English word for Pöl.

Italian firm Novae Architecture churns out of a variety of design including both architecture and furniture, with their latest being the FOLDONE Table. The table appears to be a series of folds from one continuous piece of iron, which creates functional areas capable of storing your things.

PROOFF recently launched the #006 SideSeat that was designed by the Netherlands-based duo Studio Makkink & Bey. It's the latest item they've released that begs its users to be "flexible with their working space." The multifunctional design is not just a chair, it also features a desk and storage.