Workspaces - Fatih Arslan

• I love using a clean desk, so I always minimize my gear.

• I have an Apple XDR Pro display. I love using a single display and having a big 32" inch display helps. When I purchased the display, Apple didn't have the Studio display.

• My keyboard is the Kinesis Advantage 360 Pro. It's an ergonomic split keyboard, and I love it. I wrote an extensive review if anyone is interested.

• My desk speakers are the AudioEngine HD4. I had the HD6 versions but later switched to the HD4 because of the headphone input. That allowed me to simplify my desk. I wish the Pro Display had integrated speakers, though.

• I use Sennheiser HD 6xx headphones paired with Shure MV7 microphones for my meetings. I completely switched to a wired setup after constantly thinking about whether my headphones were charged.

• My desk chair is a Herman Miller Aeron Remastered. I've used the same chair for many years and love the customizability. The mesh seat is also very comfortable during the summer.

• I have a standing desk with integrated control. I have used it for almost six years and love it. The desk is from a local company called Nurus in Ankara, but they used de actuators and motors from LINAK.

• Next to my desk is a Kawai KDP120 Digital Piano. Even though it's in my room, my son and I are learning and playing the Piano.

• I've custom-built my espresso bar. When I built my house, I ensured I had a dedicated place to brew coffee in my office. I use it on a daily basis. My office is also where I invite my friends, so it's handy as I can prepare coffee with no fuzz.

• The bar has a faucet with two outputs, one from the pipes directly and another from the RO system. My espresso machine is also plugged into the RO system.

• The two shelves above the bar counter display my Teenage Engineering Choir and various coffee-related books and magazines. It's constantly changing, though. Sometimes I display a set of pour-overs that I use occasionally.

• As you have seen, I love mid-century design. I try to collect various designer furniture. I usually like warm and clean colors. I have an Eames Lounge chair that I wanted forever. It faces both my room and the garden. I love sitting there, sipping coffee, and reading a good book. I also do my photo editing via my iPad or sometimes with my Macbook Air.

• I have three more pieces of furniture from the Eames couple: the famous LCW (Lounge Chair Wood), the Wire Base Low Table, and the Eames Stool that I use as a side table with my Eames Chair. But if I have a lot of guests at my place, we also use it as a stool.

• I love Isamu Noguchi's Light sculptures. I have a large Akari 75A lamp pendant in my room and the Akari 1A desk lamp (which sits on the shelves).

• I have a Nelson Bench for my coffee table. Even though it's a bench, it can be perfectly used as a table.

• My shelves are from Ikea, and the model is called Elvarli. I initially wanted to get some Vitsoe 606 shelves, but when we moved two years ago, I wasn't sure what I wanted. So I waited and settled down. But now that things have settled down, I'm planning to replace the shelves soon.

• Above my Ikea leather couch, I have a large wall art from a contemporary Turkish painter, Halil Akdeniz. The painting was done in 1989, and I bought it from auctions. It perfectly blends with my room's environment.

• On my shelves are various synthesizers and gears from Teenage Engineering. I love what they are trying to do as a company; they create delightful, well-designed instruments that spark joy.  I have various of their Pocket Operators, such as PO-20 (arcade), PO-12 (rhythm), PO-128 (Megaman), and PO-133 (street fighter).  Next to them, I have an OB-4, a little portable device, but it's beautiful and reminds me of Dieter Rams's legendary T 52 Radio.

• For Photography, I'm using a Leica M11, with a Summilux 35mm F1.4 FLE. I recently switched to Leica from using Fujifilm cameras for a decade. I wrote a lengthy review if anyone is interested.

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This is a tricky question to answer, and I have so many things that I love to use daily. If I have to pick one, it's probably my Eames Lounge Chair, which I wanted forever and could finally obtain last year.

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I love to read new things. It's primarily various subreddits customized to my interests, people I follow outside my work environment (such as designers or photographers), and books. Being exposed to all this information is a trigger for creating new things. But creativity also isn't something you can find somewhere. Just like happiness, it's not a mood you cannot pursue forever. Creativity only happens if you can cope with boringness. Embrace boring things, and occasionally you'll find certain things you enjoy working on.

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As a Parent, seeing my kids grow and being able to grow with them is the best thing about working from home.