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Name: Jakub Flizikowski Location: Bydgoszcz, Poland Occupation: High School student Room size: 12 m² (129 ft²) Cost of the setup: ~$4K Social media: Instagram, Reddit Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself Hi! I’m Kuba Flizikowski. I would like to introduce myself and share a little of my world with you. I’m a student at a high school N°6 in Bydgoszcz, Poland, the city where I was born and live now. I like to describe myself as someone who is interested and involved in computer graphics — whether it’s vector/raster graphics, 3D or even movie editing. All of these things…

What’s one item in your workspace that you cannot imagine yourself without? A decent monitor? A pair of noise-cancelling headphones? Or maybe an ergonomic keyboard? We challenged people around the globe to think about that one thing that matters to them the most when working from home and share the answer with us. No matter how small or big, expensive or not. Let’s see what they came up with. Mechanical Keyboard “If there is one thing that I cannot live without in my workspace, that would be my Keychron K8 mechanical keyboard. The mere fact that I could customise it…

Name: Nicholas Location: Kelowna, Canada Occupation: Software Developer and UI/UX designer Room size: 24,5 m² (264 ft²) Cost of the setup: ~$7K (including the chair, speakers, monitors, iPad, PC, etc.) Social media: Instagram Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself Hi! I’m a software developer and UI/UX designer that enjoys getting into the whys and hows of user interaction with the software. I have been working professionally in this field for a little over three years now and have been working from home for roughly two of those years. When I was younger, I was completely convinced that I was…

Name: Colin Chang Location: Cambridge, UK Occupation: Producer (Video Games Industry) Room size: 9 m² (97 ft²) Cost of the setup: $6,1K (£5K) Social media: Instagram, Twitter Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself Hi everyone. I’m Colin from the UK. I’m a producer in the video games industry for a developer called Flavourworks based in London. We’re best known for a title that came out a few years ago initially on PS4 called Erica. When I was in high school, I found that this was a viable career. I studied at Abertay in Dundee, Scotland. Then I landed my…

Name: Josiah Montassi Location: Melbourne, Australia Occupation: Part-time retail sales rep by day, Entrepreneur by night; Student at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) Room size: 4 m² (43 ft²) Cost of the setup: $6K (~$8,6K AUD) Social media: Instagram, Twitter, YouTube Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself Firstly, I’d like to say thank you for this opportunity to share my setup and story here on MakerStations.io I’ve been working in retail for the last three years in Melbourne. Two years before that, I was a DJ working for an entertainment agency. The biggest takeaway from working in these…

Double-decker bus drivers were twice as likely to have heart attacks as their bus conductor colleagues, who spent most of the day on their feet. That’s what researchers found in 1949. In 2018, the American Journal of Public Health reported that sitting down for more than eight hours can increase the risk of chronic diseases by 10-20%. At the same time, the research that assessed the health impact of standing desks, concluded: All in all, it’s a no-brainer: sit-stand desks make us healthier and more productive. We’ve asked people working from home to share their personal experiences and recommend the…

Generous workspaces with multiple monitors, extra-long desks, and different lighting scenarios are great for productivity. But what if you don’t have room for a full-size home office? This is especially true for those living in big cities like London, Paris, San Francisco or Tokyo. Limitations spur creativity. Challenges we’re facing in our home offices can help us explore unconventional ideas and new ways of working we wouldn’t have arrived at otherwise. We asked fellow makers all over the world to share their challenges, successes and tips for working at a small desk or in a confined space. Here is what…

Name: Vick Vahram Antonyan Location: San Francisco, California, United States Occupation: Platform Manager Room size: 19 m² (205 ft²) Cost of the setup: ~$3K give or take — including the laptop Social media: Instagram Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself I’m a startup guy from Silicon Valley. I work in early-stage startups, balancing tech and business. I wear both product and operations hats. I was lucky enough to get into the startup field while attending school at San José State University. I’ve been in startups ever since. During COVID, I started my own startup — humble help. It’s a…

Name: Michie Location: Ontario, Canada Occupation: Medical Illustrator Room size: A large master bedroom size Cost of the setup: ~$750 (not including MacBook Pro or iPad Pro or TV) Social media: Instagram, Twitter Website: Michie Wu Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself Hi! I’m Michie, a graduate student currently studying at The University of Toronto. The degree I’m studying for is a Master of Science in Biomedical Communications. For those of you that don’t know what that is, it’s a degree in medical illustration. For those that are further confused as to what medical illustration entails, I don’t blame…

An email notification, a phone call, a cat meowing loudly, a sudden urge to check Twitter or Instagram, “Let’s jump on a quick call” message… And then it’s lunchtime. Working from home is not a walk in the park — we are surrounded by distractions and temptations even in our own homes. Office distractions take up to 2,1 hours a day, studies have shown. But that’s OK — working from home can get lonely and weird. If you don’t have the right habits ingrained into your WFH routine, it’s easy to fall behind. We asked creators and makers all over…