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Muxintian, a digital product photographer, approaches his workspace as reflections of two facets: his dual-zone configuration utilizes a dark-industrial base with aggressive red accents in the creative corner to 'stimulate jumpy, lateral thinking,' while the gaming zone is fully blacked out to maintain 'composed calm' during intense competition.

**Gear list:**

- Desk: Qudongle

- Monitor: LG 34GS95QE

- Keyboard: Sonic170 / Harpe65 / BNK16

- Mouse: Angry Miao Infinity / Rapoo VT1 Pro Max

- Chair: Ergomax Evolution2 Pro Max / Qingxian OC1

- Riser: Space Pro

- Audio: Sony HT-MT500 / TRETTITRE Soundmini / Bose QC35

- Other: NUC 11 Extreme Kit (Beast Canyon), Pulsar Superglide Mousepad

Part of World Desktop Setup Festival 2026 — a global desk-setup showcase.

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Richard is an industrial designer who treats his desk like a blueprint. In this monochromatic workspace, every shadow is intentional and every line serves a purpose. It is a study in visual discipline—where the darkness is not just a mood, but a canvas for precision and focus.

**Gear list:**

- Desk: 趣动乐P25 Studio

- Monitor: VG27AQL1A

- Monitor arm: 松能HT Zero

- Monitor light: BenQ ScreenBar Pro

- Keyboard: Nuphy WH80

- Mouse: Razer Viper V3 Pro

- Chair: ENOVA智慧家

- Audio: Edifier N300

- PC: CH270 (13490F)

- Storage: IKEA ALEX

- Desk Lamp: IKEA FORSA

- Mousepad: GWANG

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Monochrome as method, not mood. Michael's setup commits fully to the dark-and-white register — geometric arrow graphics on the wall, a curved ultrawide paired with a secondary display angled overhead, a white mechanical keyboard front and center. The Godox strobe standing in the corner makes the boundary between workstation and photography studio deliberately blurry. LED bars on the left, a gamepad on the desk surface, and what appears to be a 3D printer in the background — this reads less like a desk setup and more like a self-contained production space.

No color needed. The intent comes through anyway.

Gear list:

• Desk: IKEA / Hexcal setup, featuring Hexcal Studio desk organizer
• Display (desk): LG / Samsung G9 OLED (240Hz), G8 OLED (180Hz), G6 OLED (240Hz), or C1 OLED 48-inch setup
• Host: MacBook + Lenovo Legion 7i (equipped with high-end RTX graphics)
• Keyboard: Custom white/monochrome mechanical (from ROG, Angry Miao, Matrix, NuPhy, Luminkey, etc.)
• Chair: Steelcase Gesture / Leap (Liber Novo) high-back ergonomic
• Lighting: BenQ screen light bar, Yeelight, Cololight, and Godox strobe
• Camera & Drone: Fujifilm setup + DJI drone
• Audio: Audioengine speakers
• Fabrication: Bambu Lab (拓竹) 3D printer
• Accessories: Geekcable cables, DeltaHub wrist rest, Sharge / Tegic power accessories

The pitch black and clean white are not decorative — they are structural. Every surface reads the same stark, high-contrast hue, making the heavy multi-display layout, 3D printing station, and studio strobe feel like a single integrated production engine rather than separate hobbies pushed into an 18-square-meter room.

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rapbb is a graphic designer from Wuhan who treats the desk as a maker's cabinet — equal parts workshop and archive. The walnut surface sits under deep blue LED wash, while nixie tube displays push amber warmth back against the cool light. The pegboard behind layers controllers, tools, and cables by function rather than aesthetics.

**Gear list:**

- Monitor: BENQ

- Monitor light: YEELIGHT

- Keyboard: TickType DP104

- Mouse: Logitech MX Master 4

- Mouse pad: beesir

- Storage: deskdocker × aboStudio PLATE

- Audio: HIVI X3

- Camera: Sony A7M3

- PC: DIY build

- Dock: ELEKSMAKER

- Charger: SHARGE

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Harry Shou, graphic designer in Vancouver, runs a dual-machine workflow — Acer Predator Orion 3000 + MacBook Pro M1 Max — framed by shelves dense with art prints, figures, and Bambu Lab builds, all lit by warm Edison-bulb ambient.

**Gear:**

- Desk: Progressive Desk Solo Ryzer

- Monitor: MSI MAG41QR

- Monitor arm: AOC AM400 Plus

- Monitor light: Xiaomi Monitor Light Bar

- Desk riser: Hexcal Studio

- Keyboard: LG NyPhy Air75 V3 / Iqunix MG65 Pro / Meeek MADE68 Air / Lofree Wonderfree

- Mouse: Logi G502

- Chair: MotionGrey Cloud Mesh

- Storage: IKEA ALEX Drawer + FJÄLLBO Shelf

- Laptop: MacBook Pro M1 Max (TwelveSouth Arc Flex)

- PC: Acer Predator Orion 3000

- Dock: Ulanzi D200H

- External storage: Satechi USB4 NVMe + MSI SPATIUM M470 PRO 2TB

- Tablet: iPad Pro 11" 2024

- Audio: JBL 104 / AirPods 4 ANC / CMF Buds Pro

- Mic: Razer Seiren V2 X / DJI Mic Mini

- Desk mat: HumanMotion Felt + BeeSir Cotton & Linen

- Camera: Canon R5

- Ambient: IKEA TVÄRHAND + LUNNOM / Govee LED Bars + Strip

- 3D printer: Bambu Lab A1 + AMS Lite

- Charger: Anker 100W Smart Display

Hexcal Studio serves as the riser foundation — power and cables consolidated so the collector's surface stays clear no matter how deep the shelves run.

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The handle translates to 'an idealistic salted fish' — a self-deprecating phrase for someone with dreams and a relaxed pace. The desk contradicts it. Design inspiration fills the monitor, a curated art wall of prints and posters covers every inch of the pegboard behind, and a Nintendo Switch sits in tabletop mode mid-session. Warm wood tones, a dark felt mat, figurines and a coin plant in every corner. A space built for making things, with permission to also just exist in it.

**Gear:**

- Monitor: flat-panel display

- Monitor light: add-on lightbar

- Keyboard: round-keycap wireless keyboard (cream)

- Mouse: white wireless mouse

- Storage/riser: wooden tiered shelf

- Other: Nintendo Switch Pikachu edition (tabletop mode)

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Jeffy — the 'slow life' behind the handle — runs an ad agency by day and builds his desk around the inverse logic: no aggressive lighting, no visual noise. His stated premise is that a setup drowning in RGB might photograph well but becomes genuinely uncomfortable to sit at for three hours. So everything here is warm-toned and intentional, designed for the long Shanghai evening with the skyline doing its own work outside the window.

**Gear list:**

- Desk: Haber sit-stand (ZhiJia Furniture)

- Monitor: Samsung Odyssey G9 OLED (ultra-wide curved)

- Monitor light: BenQ ScreenBar Halo2

- Keyboard: CHERRY XTRFY

- Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3S

- Chair: Humanscale Freedom

- Laptop stand: Yi Zhao Yi Xi riser

- Audio: Marshall ACTON III Burgundy

- Camera: Fujifilm X-H2

- Ambient: interest tech Edison lamp

- PC: ASUS ProArt PA602

- Laptop: Apple MacBook

- Tablet: Apple iPad

- Phone: iPhone 13 Pro

- Clock: Gixie Nixie tube clock

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Ghost — 鬼鬼 — built a workspace where the monitor doubles as a record wall. Dozens of album covers tile the display in a mosaic grid, treating music not as background but as the room's actual art.

Natural daylight through white shutters keeps the surface bright without washing anything out. The keyboard is a deliberate contrast: pink aluminum case, rainbow keycaps, nothing understated about it. A character-design mouse pad, a Bose speaker to the right, and plants on both ends close out the setup without cluttering it.

**Gear list:**

- Desk: Sit-stand, light wood surface

- Chair: Black mesh ergonomic

- Monitor: Large display with monitor light bar

- Keyboard: Pink mechanical, rainbow keycaps

- Mouse pad: Character-design illustration

- Speaker: Bose (tabletop)

- Ambient: Monstera + ferns, kinetic desk sculpture

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A photographer from Foshan who treats lighting as infrastructure — he advises anyone starting out to layer point light sources first, because atmosphere is built before anything else gets placed. His own setup delivers on that principle: a Yongnuo LUX100 LED overhead, a Yeelight candle ambient, and a Yeelight Screen Bar Pro layer warm amber across a dark-walled wooden desk that reads as a shooting location as much as a workstation.

**Gear list:**

- Desk: Solid wood

- Monitor: AOC U27N3C

- Monitor arm: Songnen T7 1H (space grey)

- Monitor light: Yeelight Screen Bar Pro

- Keyboard: Logitech MX Keys

- Mouse: Logitech MX Master 3

- Chair: Recliner

- Riser: Solid wood riser

- Audio: Harman Kardon Crystal 3 + Apple HomePod mini ×2

- Headphones: Sony WH-1000XM3

- Laptop: Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch M1 Pro

- Tablet: Apple iPad Air 5 (64GB)

- Camera: Sony A7C II

- Storage: Samsung T7

- Desk light: Yongnuo LUX100 LED

- Ambient: Yeelight candlelight lamp

- Phones: iPhone 13 Pro Max + OPPO Reno11 Pro

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A fashion designer's desk shouldn't look like a workstation — DZDREAM's Beijing setup treats the surface as a stage. Twin displays (LG Studio Display paired with an LG UQ850V, both on a 松能 double-arm) fill a 180×90 cm stone-top desk with enough real estate to run design references and production work side by side, while Nanoleaf and 榜威 ambient lighting push the whole scene deep into cinematic amber-crimson territory.

**Gear list:**

- Desk: Customed sintered stone top, 180×90 cm

- Monitors: LG Studio Display + LG UQ850V (dual)

- Monitor arm: 松能 dual-arm mount

- Monitor light: LYMAX M6 ×2

- Keyboard: Keychron Q14 Max + unknown error studio coiled cable

- Mouse: 怒喵 Wob + 重力星球破茧 trackball

- Chair: 京东京造

- Riser: Hexcal Studio

- Dock: CalDigit TS4

- Laptop: MacBook Pro M4 Pro on 松能 stand

- Tablet: iPad Pro M4

- Mousepad: WALLHACK glass pad

- Mic: 闪克

- Camera: Canon R6

- Ambient: 榜威 + Nanoleaf

- Phone: iPhone 16 Pro Max

Hexcal Studio anchors the center of the desk — consolidating power delivery and cable routing so the dense dual-display stack stays visually coherent.

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Chan built this room around one deliberate atmosphere: warm amber backlighting and a terracotta palette, creating a space where modern digital utility and a cozy, lived-in nostalgia share desk space without competing.

Gear list:

• Desk: Loctek (乐歌) "Chuixue Pro" height-adjustable sit-stand (white)
• Display (desk): AOC monitor on AOC AM400plus adjustable arm + Philips EVNIA display
• Host: Mac mini + iPad Air 5
• Keyboard: Nuphy Kick75 mechanical
• Mouse: Logitech MX Master 2S
• Microphone: Maono PD200W
• Speaker: TRETTITRE dome-style on desk
• Camera: Sony A7C2
• Desk pad: Terracotta
• Lighting: Sanfu (三弗) "Chuiguanzhe Pro" desk lamp, Xiaomi screen light bar, warm under-desk LED ambient strips
• Storage & Power: ENOVA "Alloy Master" desk shelf, ORICO MiniMate, Move Speed (移速) charging station, magnetic wall-mounted rack

The warm amber backlight is not decorative — it is structural. Every surface reads the same nostalgic hue, making the dual-display layout and digital accessories feel like a natural extension of the room rather than cold, clinical tools pushed into a 2-square-meter space.

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XZ built this room around one deliberate split: wall-mounted TV for ambient content and music visuals, desk monitor for focused work — 'DO MORE.' on screen spelling out the thesis.

**Gear list:**

- Desk: Height-adjustable sit-stand

- Display (wall): Large 4K TV, wall-mounted

- Display (desk): Monitor on adjustable arm

- Soundbar: Bar speaker above desk display

- Keyboard: White mechanical

- Trackpad: Black

- Chair: High-back ergonomic, gray

- Desk pad: Light grey

- Speaker: Dome-style on desk (blue ambient glow)

- Headsets: ×2 — left stand and right pegboard

- Lighting: Cobalt blue LED strips throughout

- Storage: Right-wall pegboard + shelves, figurines and collectibles throughout

The cobalt blue is not decorative — it is structural. Every surface reads the same hue, making the dual-display layout feel like a single integrated system rather than two separate screens pushed into one room.

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Guzy13's desk reads like a production house compressed into a single room — Sony FX3 on standby, Samsung 5K anchoring the center, and an Amstful Pro softbox overhead that means business before the workday starts.

Three keyboards in rotation (Lofree Hypace, MelGeek Centauri 80, Cyberboard X2) suggest someone who doesn't settle on one answer — the desk itself carries that same restless precision: nothing provisional, everything considered.

**Gear list:**

- Monitor: Samsung 5K

- Camera: Sony FX3

- Laptop: MacBook Pro 16

- Keyboard: Lofree Hypace / MelGeek Centauri 80 / Cyberboard X2

- Hub: EGIOZR Hub

- Headphones: AirPods Max

- Riser / Lightbox: LiberNovo

- Lighting: Amstful Pro

- Other: aboStudio, iPhone 17 Pro

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Mu is a photographer in Taizhou, Jiangsu, who built around a single material commitment: walnut. The desk surface, the wood riser, the shelf brackets — all pulling the same warm grain through. The ASUS 34-inch ultrawide sits centered, Audioengine A2+ v3 speakers flanking at equal height. Behind it: a floor-to-ceiling window with a city bridge arcing over the river. Not a backdrop Mu designed, but not one worth hiding either.

The pegboard on the left handles tools without disorder. Plants fill every corner that isn't gear. The result reads as lived-in rather than staged — personality accumulated over time, not curated for a single shot.

**Gear list:**

- Desk: Loctek SE2 T (sit-stand)

- Monitor: ASUS 34-inch ultrawide

- Monitor arm: Songeng

- Monitor light: Eyespro light bar

- Keyboard: ROG Strix Scope

- Mouse: Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro

- Chair: Steelcase Gesture

- Riser: Zaomuzumu wood riser

- Audio: Audioengine A2+ v3

- Desk pad: GWANG

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YUENIII is a photographer in Hangzhou who built around contrast — a dark, low-lit surface broken up by red oak grain and a handful of white peripherals. Nothing here shouts. The desk is tuned for mood and daily use in equal measure, which is the harder thing to pull off than either alone.

Sound sits at the center. A pair of Edifier MR4 monitors flank the display at equal height, framing the screen instead of crowding it. The infi75 anchors the surface in a seagrass colorway with side-printed legends — the one warm-cool note that lifts off the dark Galaxias felt. A Logitech MX Anywhere 3 sits beside it.

Light does the rest of the layering. A Yeelight RGB bar washes the screen and the wall behind it, a Lofree lamp glows low to one side, and a Divoom Times Gate runs pixel-art and the handle in the corner. The Sony A7 III resting on the desk isn't a prop — it's the trade showing through.

Dark, layered, practical. Atmosphere that accumulated rather than got staged.

Gear list:

• Desk: Beyond Desk · red oak top (150 × 71.5 cm)
• Monitor arm: Beihu (北弧)
• Monitor light: Yeelight RGB bar
• Keyboard: infi75 (seagrass, side-printed keycaps)
• Mouse: Logitech MX Anywhere 3
• Chair: Sihoo C300
• Speakers: Edifier MR4
• Ambient lighting: Lofree lamp · Divoom Times Gate
• Laptop: MacBook Pro (M1)
• Camera: Sony A7 III
• Sensor: Mijia Temp & Humidity Meter Pro
• Desk pad: Galaxias felt (80 × 35 cm)

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Wang Wan's desk is curated, not assembled. A mechanical engineer from China, she keeps what she loves within arm's reach — Doraemon figures along the black pegboard shelf, a ceramic tea set beside the keyboard, Kitano's *Kikujiro no Natsu* and a *CUBA* travel poster anchoring the wall above. The cherry blossom street wallpaper on the Xiaomi G27Q isn't decoration; it completes the room's logic. Every object here earns its place.

**Gear list:**

- Desk: DIY custom build

- Monitor: Xiaomi G27Q

- Monitor stand: Hexergo AE3-103

- Keyboard: Keychron K3

- Mouse: Razer VGN Dragonfly Y2 Master

- PC: DIY build

- Laptop: Lenovo YOGA 14S

- Chair: LinShiJuJu

- Riser: MOYE HOME'S

- Speakers: Edifier

- Desk lamp: Yeelight Tube

- Phone: HONOR 500Pro

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V., a game scene designer from Shanghai, builds around a single spatial principle: if you have the wall for it, run a long desk across the living room and let it handle everything — work, gaming, leisure — on the same surface without switching modes. The setup's visual language was matched deliberately to the home interior (warm wood, art prints on the left wall, a cork board of photos on the right), so the transitions between design work and a Cyberpunk session feel continuous rather than compartmentalized.

**Gear list:**

- Monitors: AOC + Samsung (dual-display, wide span)

- Monitor arm: AOC

- Keyboard: Razer

- Chair: OSIM

- Speakers: Harman Kardon

- Headphones: Sony

- Laptop: Apple on Vocamo stand

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The creator goes by 周末不在地球 — 'Weekend Not on Earth' — and the desk delivers on the name. Warm lava-lamp amber washes the surface from the left; an oversized wall-mounted halo anchors the right. In between: a careful arrangement of collectibles, figures, and cultural artifacts accumulated over time and placed with obvious intent.

The setup is not minimal. It is also not random. Everything visible was chosen, and the warmth it produces — visual and otherwise — is the whole point. The desk reads less as infrastructure and more as a standing invitation to stay longer than you planned.

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桃与橙, a Hangzhou-based freelancer, runs a setup that operates in two registers at once. The desk surface is white, spare, and deliberate — everything on it has earned its position. But look up to the shelf above the monitor and the story shifts: a Saturn V rocket model and a Buzz Lightyear figure hold permanent residence there, making the whole setup read as something personal before any spec list comes into it.

**Gear list:**

- PC: Mac Mini

- Monitor: Dell U2723QE (27-inch 4K)

- Audio: B&O A1

- Clock: MUJI

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Paul.Y's setup reads like a curated display as much as a workstation. SZA's studio album holds the wall; a Porsche GT3 RS wallpaper owns the monitor. The watch winder, the car model, the white-and-black mechanical keyboard on acrylic — every piece is something he chose because it belongs, not because it completes a spec sheet.

The overall aesthetic is dark and deliberate: black desk, black AutoFull chair, Yeelight bar dialed low. A workspace built around what the person actually collects.

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