My goal was to have the effect of a cohesive unit, rather than a "computer desk" that could be used generically with any monitor or computer. This is specifically, and emphatically, an Apple G4/Cinema Display workstation. The monitor legs rest in depressions on the top surface, which is sculpted to resemble sand dunes or water currents and eddies. These keep it from sliding in any direction.

The main structure of the proposed piece will be one-piece monocoque, fiberglass over foam, with a 30 pound anchor weight at the bottom of the support to counterbalance the weight of the monitor; the two forward support pieces will be welded from mill-finish aluminum. The resulting structure will be strong, durable, lightweight and easy to set up.
The use of more mechanical or openly structural forms for the "hardware" section-- the aluminum pieces-- contrasts with the upper, "creative" section's more organic feel. In this way, the workstation reflects the design process: the computer is a powerful tool for the expression of ideas, but the magic and pleasure of design is in the realm of ideas, not hardware.

(All photography by Izzy Schwartz, Sacramento, California)