At the end of 2025, my desk tells a familiar work-from-home story, part writing station, part cat furniture, and somehow ...

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Before desks, and the auspicious arrival of the printing press in 1440, the few Europeans who had use for a pen made do with writing boxes. Portable wood contraptions, with flat or slanted tops, they ...

Yes, technically any surface — be it a dining table, kitchen counter, or mattress — can function as a writing desk. But for many people (and according to a Harvard productivity study), having separate ...

Writing is a mobile art. People do it on laptops, tablets, and phones. They write—or type—while walking, waiting for a doctor appointment, commuting to work, eating dinner. Although writing’s mobility ...

Thomas Jefferson accomplished a great many highly important things in his career as a Founding Father, statesman, diplomat, and politician—but he might have missed his calling as a furniture designer.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Alexander Hamilton’s thick mahogany travel desk was made to stand up to constant use. It unfolds in the center to ...

Book lovers have a rare opportunity to buy a travel writing desk and silverware set once owned by the British writer Charles Dickens. Both items are up for grabs at a sale organized by RR Auctions, ...

This week a regular customer to the antiques centre came in asking me to value a beautiful writing box that had once been his father's. It is worth a mention as it is very unusual. Portable boxes for ...