I’m beginning work on a small print/web project about creative people’s work spaces. The interest came to me when I visited a friend of mine’s studio in Queens (Ziv at Fluxure for everyone who knows him) last weekend. It was very interesting how hugely different our spaces were and reflected our work preferences.

To be included in the project, please email spaces@patrickbennett.us no more than 5 .jpg files of your creative space at 600×450 pixels with the word “Spaces” in the subject along with a brief description of who works in the space, what is created there and how the space supports the work. (It would be helpful if there is at least 1 overall photo and then a couple detail shots.)

This project is wide open to anyone in a creative field, so please pass along the information to anyone you’d like. The more photos received, the better. Check back here for more information or email any questions or comment.

Four new desktop patterns have been added to the downloads section. Each set of four (currently up to 3) has been designed around a main theme. The theme for these four is a very brief and hopefully comical look at creative professionals working within typical offices burdened by or, in some cases, creating the typical problems that linger in these environments. Visit the downloads section to grab them.

After some feedback on one of the German desktops, some tweaks were made in order to make it more desktop friendly. The amount of colors and the difference between them were just too great. These desktops are supposed to rest rather unobtrusively behind a user’s windows without distracting from them too much. Take a look at the revised desktop in the downloads section.