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Late August marks the twilight of out-of-office auto-replies and Summer Fridays. Work Week is our one-stop edit devoted to easing back into a routine—whether you’re logging on from home, the office, or a classroom. We’ve rounded up the sharp task lamps, fresh desks, and clever organization tools to help you along.
Life as a digital nomad doesn’t always mean jetting off to destinations that’ll make your colleagues envious. In my case, it simply means drifting from room to room within my one-bedroom apartment. Even in my pre-pandemic office days, coworkers might catch me answering emails from the lobby sofa, writing solo in the conference room after lunch, or brainstorming wherever the Wi-Fi reached outdoors. And since working from home became my default, I’d still refused to sit at a desk. Until recently.
Herman Miller’s Passport worktable is a fresh sit-to-stand setup built for restless WFH-ers like me. Two compact sizes (the larger is just over 2 feet at 27-by-20 inches), three tabletop finishes, and six base colors add up to more than 40 combinations, and casters make it a breeze to roll into any room. I went with the large (ample room for my ever-present coffee, a glass of water, and a snack within reach of my MacBook), pairing an ash top with a painted metal base in a rusty orange shade called canyon. The smaller version skips the casters—so that was a pass for me. I clearly need to stay mobile.
Passport Work Table, Herman Miller
Beyond letting me roam freely, the best thing about this workstation is how it moonlights as other furniture when it isn’t serving as a desk. Here’s what a typical day looks like with me and my table on the move.
8:30 a.m.
I begin the day seated, with my desk pulled up to the sofa, a few cushions stacked behind me for extra comfort. This is where I triage emails, map out the day, and tackle focus work.
1 p.m.
Post-lunch, it’s time to rise. I wheel my setup over to the living room window for a change of scenery (the light’s better for afternoon Zoom calls, too). A squeeze of the lever beneath the tabletop lifts the whole thing to standing height—it’s pneumatic, so there’s never a need to park near an outlet.
5 p.m.
As I wind down the day, the table migrates to the kitchen with me to prep for happy hour with friends. I don’t have a formal dining room, so when I’m hosting, I load the Passport up with charcuterie or cocktail glasses and carafes and wheel it back into the living area, where guests are piled onto the sectional. On a quieter night, it doubles as a chic TV tray for solo dinners while I catch up on my shows.
8 p.m.
I don’t trust bath boards, so rather than testing gravity over a tub of water, I bring a few essentials (usually a glass of wine, my laptop, a sugar scrub, and a candle) to the table. Another squeeze of the lever lowers the top to its lowest setting, and I slide it beside the tub for a wind-down session. A few sips of Cab Sauv and an episode of Succession absolutely count as self-care, right?
For hybrid workers—or a restless rising Sagittarius like me—the Passport is the ideal pick for anyone who’d rather not surrender square footage to a permanent WFH setup. Ranging from $600 to $1,020, it’s undeniably steep for its size, but as a multitasking piece from a name like Herman Miller, this investment will work overtime to earn its keep.
Raven McMillan
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