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Name: Gavin Strange Location: Bristol, UK Occupation: Director & Designer Room size: 9 m² (97 ft²) Cost of the setup: $7,3K (~£6K ) Social media: Instagram, Twitter Website: Jamfactory Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself Hello! My name is Gavin Strange, and I’m a 40-year-old human that lives and works in Bristol. I live here with my wife Jane and two young kids, Sully and Sylvie, and our rescue greyhound Peggy. By day I’m a Director & Designer for Aardman — a creative studio also based in Bristol. It’s most known for its stop-frame animation work, such as Wallace…

Ever wondered why IKEA ALEX drawers are so popular? We spoke with many WFH creators around the world, and here are the top five reasons why they chose these storage units for their home offices. Below, you’ll find 34 authentic desk setups featuring IKEA ALEX drawers, along with direct quotes from home office owners about the pros and cons of their choices. Art Teacher’s Walnut Workspace with IKEA ALEX Storage “My room, filled with memories, has been mine since childhood — a space that’s grown with me. As I became an adult and started working, I began to want my…

Name: HL (Thoughtworthy Co) Location: Singapore Occupation: Content Creator Room size: 13,6 m² (146 ft²) Cost of the setup: ~$1,5K Social media: Instagram, YouTube Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself Hi! My name is HL, and I’m from sunny Singapore. My husband, Glo, and I run the YouTube channel Thoughtworthy Co. Glo was actually the one who started Thoughtworthy Co back around 2015. Our goal has always been to spread the message of health and happiness. Back then, the company looked very different. For a few years, we did fitness and nutrition coaching, but it wasn’t until 2019 when…

Name: Isabel E. Location: Quezon City, Philippines Occupation: Law Student, Full-time Mom Room size: 12 m² (129 ft²) Cost of the setup: ~$1,5K (₱78,9K) Social media: Instagram Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself I’m Isa or Bellie, as I’m known on my Instagram page bellie.welly. I’m a full-time law student at Arellano University School of Law and a mother of a 3-year-old. I also do a little content creation on the side with my studygram, which I started early into the pandemic as a form of accountability for my studying. It was also around this time when study with…

Name: Katie Eckstrom Location: Jersey City, NJ, the United States Occupation: Marketing Director Room size: 18,5 m² (199 ft²) Cost of the setup: $1,3K Social media: Instagram, LinkedIn Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself My name is Katie Eckstrom! I’m the Marketing Director at Plugable Technologies. Over the past five years, I’ve built a small but mighty 15-person marketing team from the ground up. I launched more than thirty successful products on Amazon globally and have recently started expanding my expertise into the B2B e-commerce space. One month after graduating from UW Foster Business School with a degree in…

Name: Dreamland Gem Location: North East England, UK Occupation: Community Manager for Nintendo Life, Push Square & Pure Xbox Social media: Instagram, Twitter Hello! Tell us a bit about yourself Hey, I’m Gem! Video game lover & artist from the UK. I’m the Community Manager over at Nintendo Life, Push Square & Pure Xbox. I help support and grow our incredible communities alongside managing social media platforms. In my spare time, I can be found posting on social media, probably talking about Kirby. Take us through your setup ItemModelMonitorx2 Acer KG271G Monitor light barLED Light strip from Amazon DeskIKEA Malm…

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…