The editorial office of <n>The New York Review of Books</n>.

Artist <n>Yoshitomo Nara</n>'s studio in Tochigi, Japan, featuring a cardboard sculpture. Photo by <n>Jiro Konami</n>.

Designer <n>Richard Sapper</n> in his studio with his <n>Sapper Chair</n> for <n>Knoll</n>. Photo by <n>Ramak Fazel</n>.

The desk and record collection of author <n>Haruki Murakami</n>. Photo by <n>harukimurakami.com</n>.

Designers <n>Marc Newson</n> and <n>Jony Ive</n>.

<n>Gottfrid Svartholm Warg</n>, co-founder of <n>The Pirate Bay</n>.

Swiss psychologist <n>Jean Piaget</n> in his home office, 1979.

<n>Ernest Hemingway</n> writing at his home, <n>Finca Vigía</n>, in Cuba.

<n>Sofia Coppola</n> for <n>Financial Times HTSI</n>, September 2023. Photo by <n>Mélodie Mcdaniel</n>.

Journalist <n>Bob Woodward</n> photographed by <n>Annie Leibovitz</n> for the <n>Vanity Fair</n> Hall of Fame in 2018.

The office of <n>Albert Einstein</n> on the day of his death, photographed by <n>Ralph Morse</n> for <n>LIFE Magazine</n> in 1955.

<n>Stokely Carmichael in SNCC Office</n>, 1967. Photo by <n>Gordon Parks</n>.

Author <n>Yukio Mishima</n> in his study.

A recreation of <n>Joan Miró</n>'s Mallorca studio, originally designed by <n>Josep Lluís Sert</n>.

President <n>Barack Obama</n> in the Oval Office on December 5, 2010. Photo by <n>Pete Souza</n>.

Designer <n>Richard Sapper</n>'s desk, photographed by <n>Ramak Fazel</n>.

<n>Steve Jobs</n> in his Palo Alto home, 2004. Photo by <n>Diana Walker</n> for <n>Time Magazine</n>.

The studio at <n>Casa Barragán</n>, designed by <n>Luis Barragán</n>. Photo by <n>Armando Salas Portugal</n>, 1951.

<n>Steve Jobs</n> in his Palo Alto home office in 2004. Photo by <n>Diana Walker</n> for <n>Time</n>.

<n>Thomas Edison</n> and <n>Edwin C. Barnes</n> in the Library of Building 5, circa 1911. Photo by <n>Thomas A. Edison, Inc.</n>

Interior of <n>Charles Darwin's study</n> at <n>Down House</n>. Photo by <n>Wellcome Library, London</n>.

The installation <n>Le Studio d’Orphée</n>, a reconstruction of <n>Jean-Luc Godard</n>'s studio at the <n>Fondazione Prada</n>.

The famously chaotic London studio of artist <n>Francis Bacon</n>.

<n>Albert Einstein</n>'s desk, photographed by <n>Ralph Morse</n> for <n>LIFE Magazine</n> the day after his death in 1955.

Japanese author <n>Yukio Mishima</n> (1925-1970) in his study with his cat.

A 2007 photo by <n>Callie Shell</n> for <n>TIME</n> shows <n>Al Gore</n> in his office with three <n>Apple Cinema Display</n> monitors.