I’ve always been a little bit obsessed with office goods — and as a writer here at the Strategist since 2018, I’ve tested dozens of notebooks to find the best of the best, interviewed doctors and chiropractors to find ergonomic office chairs that won’t mess up your back, and, when the pandemic hit and working from home became a necessity and not a perk, I talked to 27 people with impeccable taste to find out what they had bought to make their setups more pleasurable.
Here, with the Office 100, I tried to envision the ideal home office. I started with the obvious best essentials — keeping in mind that everyone is working with a different space — like office chairs, desks, and laptop accessories. Then, I dug up longtime favorites from our archive (the planner our editors have been using since 2017 and the pen that beat out 99 others to be crowned our favorite), lots of tech (our favorite noise-canceling headphones), and plenty of beautiful stationery (Italian-made pushpins and an adorable stapler shaped like a whale). I also picked out things that will hopefully just make your workday better, like a “happiness-inducing” desk toy, a warmer that will keep your coffee hot as you tackle your inbox, and a lovely Noguchi lamp.
Scroll through to find the goods you need to transform your home office (even if you work from a desk next to your bed).
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