2. Saltsurf.com‘s blog is beautiful. Even if you don’t surf or have never been to the beach this blog takes you away from your desk for a few minutes and lets you indulge in gorgeous shots of beach and ocean. Plus their new canvas totes would hold your laptop rather nicely. Enjoy!

3. Design Observer for Adam Harrison Levy’s review of A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor. Sounds like a fascinating book.

4. Milo Paper for their cool notebooks. They’ve dubbed them “Men’s Collection” which is a shame because they really would be perfect for women too. So don’t be put off. Check them out – you can even personalize them.

5. SF Girl By Bay has revamped her site and now there’s even more great interiors for home office inspiration.

6. An Organized Nest for their 6 tips on dealing with mail – real snail mail not email.

7. Oki Ni for this awesome messenger bag/lap top carrier.

8. House Beautiful gives us a nice slideshow of 16 different home office styles.

9. Architizer for this amazing house by Blank Studio. It’s in a town called Superior at the base of the Superstition Mountain range in Arizona.

10. Brain Pickings for Maria Popova’s thoughtful post on Charles Eames (including a great link to an Eliot Noyes essay on Charles).

1. Eric Fischer’s amazing Flickr site. Fischer captures people’s photo-taking habits (locals and tourists) on maps and publishes them to Flickr. The images are really beautiful. Below is a snapshot of Chicago – the blue denotes locals taking photographs, the red is tourists.

2. Core 77′s store for their Hand-Eye Supply spiral bound notebooks that are wrapped shut with a strip of elastic that doubles as a pen holder. Clever.

3. PSFK for their piece on Mercedes mobile workplaces…more on this next week!

4. SFMoma’s artist’s series lets you buy prints from young contemporary artists. The latest contributor is Jason Munn and his clean-lined graphic work would make a great addition to your home office.

5. Danish architects MLRP for their amazing mirror house. Part fun house, part sleek contemporary design.

6. Designer Seung Yong Song’s wonderful Object-O.  A paper lantern perches on top of a chair – it’s the ultimate tiny home office.

7. Wallpaper for their W* House. Check out the study for some incredible home office accessories (yes, they have included our Airia desk)

8. W magazine wonderfully over the top House Tours series. Love this dark-walled library. I imagine you’d cosy up and get a lot of work done here!

9. Apartment Therapy – which has undergone a major redesign – for their coverage of digital decals for the home office.

10. Designboom for their online store selling original designs. Have a look at the 24k pencil. Nice accompaniment to the gold typewriter I covered yesterday.

1. New Yorker for Daniel Zalewski’s detailed portrait of architect Rem Koolhaus.

2. The Atlantic‘s regional modern series where they examine contemporary architecture and how it responds to place.

3. Listen to our very own Steve Frykholm on Debbie Millman’s Design Matters.

4. An excellent piece by Malcolm Gladwell on Steve Jobs and his real genius.

5. Peter Robb’s interview with Pritzker Prize winning Australian architect Glenn Murcutt

6. Christopher Hawthorne’s thoughtful essay on the ground-breaking Case Study program

7. Take a break from reading and wander through photographer Todd Selby’s wonderfully rich visuals.

8. Beautiful Finnish home featured in the New York Times Homes and Garden section.

9. An interview with Bill Jersey, co-director of Eames: The Architect and the Painter

10. With the airing of the Eames documentary it feels like the right time to go back to the source and watch the Powers of 10 again.

1. Four – as in four-legged friends. It takes a lot to get me to linger on a pet’s site so this wonderfully designed doggy destination was a surprise. Check out their post on Kuntzel+Deygas who painted the Eames chair below.

2. Designer Alvin Aronson‘s site for this cool prototype of a perfectly white digital clock.

3. Design Milk for their post on this pencil holder from Giha Woo.

4. Swissmiss for her post on Instagram – an obsession I share. It’s a lithe little bit of social media perfect for capturing just about everything and now it looks like the pics can be accessed more easily, making it an even better work tool.

5. Cool Hunting for the story on all-natural cleaning porducts. Perfect for getting that desktop sparkling.

6. Wallpaper magazine for their lovely “Letter from Japan” architecture update. Below – House in Seya, Kanagawa, by Suppose Design Office.

7. Design Applause‘s coverage of Belkin’s green power strip.

8. Dwell’s excellent “Small Spaces” series (the house below is the most recent addition to the series).

9. A Brief Message for Hugh Graham’s short essay on design – “We have the opportunity and the responsibility to create a world where each object and experience is filled with value, where living with less but better is both joyful and meaningful.” We couldn’t agree more.

10. Field Notes new red notebooks. I use these little notebooks in the car and always have one on hand in my purse. Nicely designed, small and light weight.

1. Forbes.com Join the “world’s business leaders” and dive into Forbes’ magazines online presence. Where to start: A great story on classic chair design that includes the Aeron.

2. Wallpaper magazine This magazine’s online site is a well edited world of design. Where to start: New office space. Great place for home office inspiration.

3. Shelterrific A blog launched by founder Angela Matusik in 2006 covers design and interiors. Where to start: Miniature Eames.

4. Designsponge Grace Bonney imbues her  crafty, stylish design blog with an upbeat vibe that makes it a joy to visit. Where to start: The awesome library of sneak peeks.

5. Bloesem A  design blog with a decidedly feminine touch. Where to start: Stephanie Rammeloo’s amazing home (and home office) in Amsterdam.

1. Teuxdeux A beautifully designed way to keep track of your week. This simple to-do list app that’s the result of a collaboration between studio-mates swissmiss and Fictive Kin. There aren’t bells and whistles – but then who needs that distraction when you’re trying to keep track of everything? Where to start? Watch the video.

2. Canadian House & Home The Olympics may be over but that doesn’t mean we have to completely abandon Canada. Canadian House & Home is a super stylish magazine with a content-rich website. Where to start: The home office gallery is full of inspiring spaces.

3. Notcot Founded by Jean Aw in March 2005, Notcot Inc is a blossoming group of design sites that includes NOTCOT.com. The special thing about Notcot is it’s voracious appetite for all things design. Where to start: Go straight to the Home+Decor section.

4. Murketing Written by Rob Walker , the man behind the New York Times’ magazine’s Consumed column, Murketing is a blog that covers the murky world of marketing. Walker says he’s not a traditional design critic, but he sure reads like one. Whatever he is, Walker has authored a really enjoyable, smart blog. Where to start: An interesting post on Gen Y and work.

5. Aisle One It’s always good to find a blog that covers design and is beautifully laid out – designer Antonio Carusone has created one of those rare gems. He’s a senior art director at Ogilvy and a member of the Thinking for a Living network. Where to start: It’s all very lovely to  look at but I found myself lingering in the shop. His letterpress calendar is on sale!

1. “I’m blogging” | David Airey He’s a graphic designer who creates visual identities for big corporations and little one-person start ups. He’s also smart and funny and his blog is a must-read for anyone trying to understand this weird online world we regularly find ourselves in. Look out for our interview with David next week. Best place to start: Check out his post on design agencies and studios who use Twitter well (and those who don’t).

2. Core 77 I know this wont come as a surprise to most of you. This online design mag has been around since 1995. Under the keen eye of editor-in-chief Allan Chochinov it just keeps getting better. Best place to start: The news sections are excellent but don’t overlook the photo galleries. Funnily enough I didn’t make it to Dutch Design Week last October but Core 77 did and they’ve got the pics to prove it.

3. Modern Tom Andersen and Gina Federico blog from their own modern home in Westchester, New York. While the design of the blog is a little rough around the edges, their obsession with all things modern plus a strong sense of style makes this a fun read. Best place to start: Check out the woodpile studio Piet Hein Eek designed for musician Hans Liberg.

4. Discovering Design OK, full disclaimer – this addition is slightly self-serving in that it is part of Herman Miller’s website. But I’ve seen the stats and I don’t think enough people know about this cool design source. Best place to start: Choose a product or designer and just click. I like George Nelson’s audio files – especially him talking about the origins of the wood slat bench.

5. Design Observer After you’ve looked at lots of pretty pictures it is time to get down to some smart writing and this is the place to be. The site was founded in October 2003 by Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, Jessica Helfand and Rick Poynor with design and technology by Ruby Studio. It’s one of the few places you can still read essays online. Best place to start: An excellent piece by ex-I.D. editor-in-chief Julie Lasky about the demise of that beloved design magazine.