The misty blue panels of Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Thijmen van der Steen‘s Fading desk act as beautiful dividers between working space and living space.

The project was inspired by the way in which laptops and computers have infiltrated the living room without being a concious part of it, blurring the divide between work and relaxation.

The Fading desk is an elegant piece of furniture that provides a sheltered space for concentration without closing the workspace off from its surroundings. Vice versa, you can see the computer, but details disappear behind the misty print.

When work is done, the screen can be closed up, hiding any untidy work mess from view. Or, as Thijmen suggests, put a lamp in it and it becomes a special light object in your home.

- A.Morris