A minimalistic desk to handle cables and electronic clutter elegantly

Wow, this thing is beautiful. I love the cost to have it built: $190USD. I'm fairly certain it would cost me 3 times that to build it myself here in Michigan.<p>Is it solid wood or veneer? Also, anything you would do differently?

Rain gutters also work great.<p><a href="http://lifehacker.com/#!5299994/rain-gutters-as-cable-management-tools" rel="nofollow">http://lifehacker.com/#!5299994/rain-gutters-as-cable-manage...</a>

That is a beautiful desk. I also found the link to the underdesk with the peg board to be ingenius. I currently use a glass top corner desk. The glass is pretty awesome because I can use it as a whiteboard :D. However, a smaller corner desk is kind of awful for the 3 monitors I work with.<p>One problem I see is if you had the desk up against the wall, it would be a huge pain to access everything to say remove drives or add new stuff. Though judging from the picture he doesn't keep it by the wall.<p>Fantastic design though! Too bad I'm sure it would cost a fortune more to have it done here in Cali :(

I really like the look of the slot. My only concern would be small stuff (e.g. writing utensils) falling into it, but I suppose as long as it wasn't backed up against the wall it wouldn't be an issue.

The binder clip cable catcher ... so simple ... so perfect!

This looks fantastic! I may incorporate some ideas in my standing desk when I get it built later this year.

Have you considered adding something like recessed USB ports on the desk front for flash drives and other transient USB accessories? I always thought that would be pretty slick, but I haven't had a chance, and this desk, being custom designed seems like a great place to try it

Any chance you are planning on selling this commercially? I would definitely purchase. Awesome work.

This is neat, is sort of reminds me of a desk I have hade my eye on:<p><a href="http://www.bluelounge.com/products/studiodesk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bluelounge.com/products/studiodesk/</a><p>I'd really like to see one that is counter height so that I could sit or stand as desired.

Well done. My thought thought is to fashion a vanity panel for the back to obscure the cable or device clutter if you are going to keep the desk out on the open. Something like two panels to cover the back affixed by magnets. Maybe one in each corner.<p>Another possibility would be to make the shelf back on a hinge affixed to the underside of the desktop so that you could access the gear on the shelf from the front. if the desk was ever positioned against a wall it would be painful to access that back area to install new gear or retrieve the odd pen that fell into the table top slot.<p>A very cool design to be sure

All I can think of when I look at that desk is constantly losing things into the gap, pens being the main loss.

I've done something similar with a standing desk. I'll clean it up and post pictures soon.

Unfortunately this wouldn't work for an office where other people may be sitting on the other side of the desk for meetings.

you can get just the adjustable lift/legs parts from Geekdesk GDB1 the base-only is expensive, but not so expensive. My company is about to build about a dozen desks based on the Geekdesk legs and custom tops. but now that we see your desk, we may build a cable slot/box on the back that matches your design. Awesome.

I love it. A simple, elegant solution to a seemingly complex and frustrating issue.

Instead of changing your desk, get rid of your electronics. A phone and a laptop are all you (probably) need.

That's clever, but I wish you had chosen a nicer-looking veneer. For all that work, the result hilariously cheap- and cheesy-looking. Jennifer Newman's slot desk, by contrast, is gorgeous; love the firetruck red (although the grey is also lovely).