Every Sunday, we showcase beautiful and functional desk setups from creators and makers around the world, and, most importantly, share the stories of the people behind them.

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We obsess about details. We don’t want to share just pretty pictures with you but rather fully-fledged insights into creators’ workspaces.

On average, it takes us ~24 hours every week to curate, edit and send one newsletter.

Some of our best issues

🇯🇵 Cosy Industrial Desk Setup in Saitama, Japan (by Roland)
🇺🇸 WFH Battlestation in New York City, US (by Ryoma)
🇬🇧 3D Artist Desk Setup in Brighton & Hove, UK (by James)
🤏 Low-Budget Desk Alternatives for Small Spaces

Read the full 2021-2025 archive.

Who are we?

Maker Stations is an online magazine at the intersection of productivity and inspiration — where we explore the workspaces of creators and makers through in-depth, beautifully crafted interviews.

Ilya and Lena first created Maker Stations in 2021 with the vision to bring alive the way people organize and structure their desk set-ups.

Zoom forward to 2025, Maker Stations became a Tool Finder publication. Still an independent magazine with the goal to cover the best desk set-ups & tours.

Tool Finder is a platform for finding the best productivity tools and tells the stories of what apps people use for work & life with Stacks. Tool Finder is owned and managed by Karl Hadwen and Francesco D'Alessio.

What people say

— “Maker Stations is one of my favourite places to go to when I’m looking for inspiration on how to improve my desk setup!” (Cam DiCecca, photographer)

— “A wonderful source of real-life insight and inspiration!” (Richard Soledad, Designer)

— “I spent an hour just looking at everything you wrote, and immediately signed up for the newsletter” (Paul Neeb, Student)

— “Awesome and inspirational stories from creators, that I could be reading for hours!” (Lisa Martinovska, Designer)