Five Fabulous: Pen & Pencil Cups

1. PEN PEN by Essey, $23 Clear the clutter with this smaller version of Essey’s award-winning Bin Bin wastebasket design. Get it: Greener Grass Design

2. Pencil Cup and Pencils, $15 Instantly accent your workspace with a patterned pencil tin brimming with 22 crisp silver pencils. Get it: Susy Jack

3. Kami M Cup, $42 Handcrafted by Hidetoshi Takahashi in Japan, these gorgeously simple, lightweight cups are made from Castor Aralia wood. Get it: Merchant 4

4. Lampedusa Pencil Stand, $85 First introduced in 1967, Italian designer Enzo Mari’s sleek pencil stand has become one of the classic icons of 20^th-century design. Get it: Y Living

5. Pop Up Pencil Cup, $30 The classic drinking straw dispenser inspired this smart desk accessory by designer Paul Koh. Get it: MoMA Store.

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Where Other People Work

This probably should have waited until next week’s High Five’s but it’s just too good to sit on. It’s a Tumblr blog simply called Workspaces and it is an absolute treasure trove of work spaces – from an old black and white photo of Walt Whitman‘s sitting at his desk to a crisp white contemporary home office complete with Eames chair. Tumblr does these sorts of picture-driven, text-light blogs so well.