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About Workspaces

An independently run archive of real desk setups and home offices, gathered from interviewing creative people around the world.

A light oak desk in the corner of a bedroom under a shelf of framed art, with an Apple Studio Display, a brass lamp and a microphone on an arm, and a mesh chair in front of the window. No. 551 · Jonathan Reed A long oak desk against a backlit slatted oak wall, with a monitor and laptop, a lava lamp, trailing plants and an electronic drum kit by the bay window. No. 550 · Simon Pickles A standing desk in front of a window, with a MacBook Pro on a folding stand, an ASUS monitor lit by a clamp-on light bar, a Bose speaker, headphones, a stack of books, an orange Hydro Flask and a Magic Keyboard and Mouse. No. 549 · Vas Frolik A white desk at night with an Apple Studio Display showing a Monet water lilies lock screen, a chrome anglepoise lamp, a blue Totoro plush and small figures lined up below the monitor. No. 548 · Daniela Muntyan A walnut desk under a window, with an LG monitor showing a Figma file, a MacBook Pro on a stand and a brown leather chair, lit warm against a dark brown wall. No. 547 · Rob Simpson A wood-slat home office with white bookshelf speakers either side of a monitor showing a teal gradient, and a black skull pennant on the wall. No. 546 · Tristan Green

Workspaces is an independently run newsletter and growing archive of real desk setups and home offices gathered from interviewing creative people around the world.

Founded in 2020, it has grown to feature 500+ real-life workspace tours with one new setup added each week.

Workspaces launched on April 5, 2020 — at the exact moment the world shifted to remote work. Founder Ryan Gilbert noticed something: professionals everywhere were suddenly sharing photos of their home offices, and those photos were genuinely interesting. Not just the gear, but the personality behind each setup. The plants, the art, the weird cable runs, the specific chair someone spent too much money on.

The idea was simple: interview one person a week, ask them about their setup, publish the photos and gear list. Five years and 500+ issues later, that's still exactly what it is.

Each feature includes workspace photography, a short bio, a full gear list with links, and four interview questions. New issues go out every Saturday morning.

What’s in an issue

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A light oak desk in the corner of a bedroom under a shelf of framed art, with an Apple Studio Display, a brass lamp and a microphone on an arm, and a mesh chair in front of the window. The room

Photos of the guest’s own workspace, and a short bio.
  • Logitech MX Creative Console
  • MacBook Pro 16”
  • Apple Studio Display
  • Oakywood standing desk
  • Herman Miller Aeron
The gear

The list of what is on the desk, from the monitor to the chair.

What is one change you’d like to make to your current workspace?

The interview

How they work and why they chose what they did, in their own words.

Shown: No. 551, Jonathan Reed, October 31, 2026.

By the numbers

21k+Subscribers

Newsletter readers as of 2026

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70k+Followers

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551Desk tours

Published since April 2020

History

Read Issue #001 ›
500 subscribers February 2021
1,000 subscribers May 2021
5,000 subscribers March 2022
10,000 subscribers October 2022
15,000 subscribers September 2025
20,000 subscribers April 2026
April 5, 2020

Issue #001 published

Workspaces officially launches during the global shift to remote work. The very first interview featured Shivkanth Bagavathy, who was an engineer at Facebook at the time.

October 2021

100 interviews

A hundred creators had shared their desks and workflows with me.

August 2022

Workspaces is acquired by Loops

Loops acquired Workspaces and joined the team with it. New resources, a bigger platform, and a real chance to grow the thing I'd built.

May 2024

Re-acquired by me

I got laid off. But I wasn't ready to let Workspaces go — so I bought it back for $1.

July 2026

v4

The most ambitious change to the project in 6+ years. A full rebuild with a searchable Gear Directory, product comparisons, deep-dive guides, and more. Six years of consistent work packaged in a way that finally does it justice.

Founder

Ryan Gilbert

Ryan Gilbert

Founder, Workspaces

Ryan started Workspaces in 2020 as a side project and has run it independently ever since. He's interested in the intersection of environment and creative work, the idea that where you work shapes how you work.

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