New Job Gifts for a Desk That Looks Like Nobody Sits There

A new desk is the least personal object in the world. Grey surface, borrowed chair, a monitor somebody else used last week.

Whatever goes on that desk in the first month tends to stay for years, which makes it a surprisingly good moment to give something.

Small enough for a desk

A 21 x 21 cm hand-signed print at 35 euro fits on a shelf or a partition wall without needing permission from anyone. Smaller and more portable than anything framed at poster size, which matters if the job turns out to be temporary.

For the home office

Home office walls are the ones people neglect most and stare at most. Not Today, The Feelings Are Huge is a black cat professionally avoiding its feelings on a sofa, which is a reasonable thing to have in eyeline during a video call you did not want.

Save Point 11:59 for anyone who thinks in checkpoints.

Office-safe weirdness

Weird Pigeon is strange without needing an explanation to HR. Plastic Memories gets asked about, which is either the point or a reason to pick something else, depending on the person.

Under 10 euro

Stickers at 3,90 euro on the new work laptop are the cheapest way to make company property feel like it belongs to someone. Printables at 9,90 euro if they would rather choose the size.

If they are freelancing rather than employed

Six months of the Collector's Club at 47,40 euro is a small monthly thing arriving during a year that will otherwise be unpredictable.