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Home offices that share the room with plants, from one pot to many.
Browse 63 real plant-filled setups and home offices from Workspaces interviews. The most common gear across them is the MacBook Pro (35 desks), the Apple AirPods Pro (15) and the Apple Studio Display (13).
Rob Simpson
Self-Employed Designer and Developer
Oksana Popovichenko
Ukrainian software engineer based in Toulouse, France
Viktor Vlahek (Ekaeoq)
Independent Watchmaker and Programmer from Croatia
Jacob Titus
Artist, Photographer, and Creative Director based in South Bend, Indiana
Luca Defreitas-Hansen
Founder and Designer based in Miami, FL
Spencer Scott Pugh
Tech Creator, Writer, and Digital Media Strategist based in Virginia
James May
Account Manager in Kent, United Kingdom
Luboš Volkov
Designer from Prague, Czechia
Mathieu Brageul
Freelance Graphic Designer living near Paris, France
Sam Hox
Multidisciplinary Designer from Europe
Jenny Wen
Designer at Anthropic based in NYC
Vidyadhar Thatte
Serial Maker living in San Francisco, CA
Brett Williams
Founder of Designjoy, a $1M one-man design agency
Dinesh Dave
Co-founder and Creative Director at Work is Play
Rishad Amarkhel
Art Director and Designer based in the SF bay area
David Tyler
Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of ModWood
Sean Woolsey
Artist, Maker, and Craftsman from California
Luca Defreitas-Hansen
Founder based in Miami, FL
Marie Pelletier-Matte
Marketer based in Montreal
Kevser Topçu
Senior Product Manager based in Turkey
Mateus Almeida
Social Media Manager based out of Austria
PG Gonni
Award-winning Product Designer from Forlí, Italy
Karlie Place
Full-time Travel Creator based in Salt Lake City
Peter Edebeatu
Product Designer based in Nigeria
Rachel How
Independent Product Designer
Muhammad Raufan
Indonesian Product Designer based in Tokyo, Japan
Sayed Essam
Multidisciplinary Product Designer focused on creating memorable digital experiences
Amlan Mohanty
Tech Lawyer and Policy Analyst based in Bangalore, India
Mandy Thao
Crafting digital experiences to improve how technology complements our lives
Rebecca Ramos
Brand Designer at Lattice and a Musician based in Atlanta, GA
Mine Canan Göldaf
Content Creator at Canva for Türkiye Community
Sebastian Curi
Artist, Illustrator & Animator based in Los Angeles, CA
Charles Patterson
Senior Staff Product Designer from London
Sara Loretta
Certified Notion Consultant and the founder of SYSTMSTM, a digital operations agency based in Austin, TX USA
Alexander Sandberg
Self-taught iOS and macOS Developer
Francesco D'Alessio
Host of Keep Productive and the creator of Bento
Patrick Morgan
Writer of the ‘Better By Design’ Substack and Principal Product Designer at cybersecurity startup JupiterOne
Rauno Freiberg
Staff Design Engineer at Vercel
Hyunjoo Cho
Product Marketing Manager at Oyster
Vyshnav Gangadharan
Designer and Creator based in India
Keli Callaghan
Head of Marketing at Algorand
Zack Onisko
Previously the CEO of Dribbble
Matt Wright
Senior Product Designer at Mercury working on the iOS and Android apps
Suzan Bond
Writer, Leadership Consultant, and Exec Coach to Tech Leaders
Connor Jewiss
Product at Phavour, startup development at DECKO, and is a Venture Partner at Timeless VC
Jeff Anders
Co-founder of Ambrook living in Denver, CO
Alex Dales
Design Intern at Autodesk and 3rd year student at the University of Waterloo
Adam Elmore
Host of aws.fm — a live audio show and podcast about AWS
Andrew Gray
Product Designer based in New York City
Julius Tarng
Designer based in Seattle, Washington
Alex Cohen
Director of Product at Carbon Health
Jessica Strelioff
Independent Brand Designer and Creative Director.
Rachel How
Self-taught Product Designer, Content Creator, Webflow Developer, Community Builder
Katie O'Connell
Community Manager at Substack
Freddie Carthy
Senior Software Engineer at Twitter working remotely from the Pacific Northwest
Dalia Katan
Founder and CEO of Presently
James McDonald
Designer at Tailwind
Benjamin Hoppe
Freelance Product & Web Designer from Toronto
Ariel Lam
Student and Apple Intern
Teresa Man
Leading design at Superhuman
Sarah Hollingsworth
Founder & CEO of Poppylist
Greg Gunn
Illustrator and Animator that has worked with clients like Disney and Starbucks
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The gear in plant-filled setups
The gear database ›83%are on Apple / macOS
33%use a standing desk
11%run multiple monitors
13%use a mechanical keyboard
8%use a monitor arm
Most-listed apps
- Notion12
- Figma11
- Spotify8
- Slack7
- Final Cut Pro3
- Lightroom3
Of the 32 plant-filled desks that list their software.
Counted across all 63 plant-filled desks on Workspaces, from the gear each guest listed. A desk that does not list a category is not counted in it.
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All comparisons ›Questions
What monitor is most common in plant-filled setups?
The Apple Studio Display — it appears in 13 of the 63 plant-filled setups on Workspaces.
What chair shows up most in plant-filled setups?
The Herman Miller Aeron, seen in 9 of 63 setups.
What keyboard is most popular in plant-filled setups?
The Apple Magic Keyboard, in 11 of 63 setups.
What apps show up most in plant-filled setups?
Notion, Figma, Spotify lead — Notion shows up in 12 of the 32 setups that shared their software.
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