Epic Design Pads

Our Blog

The stories and styles behind our designs.
A calm Japanese-style room with paper-screen windows letting in soft morning light, a pale ash wood desk and chair, and a large black and white Great Wave desk mat spread across the desk.

Japanese Desk Setup: What Goes Where, Colours That Work and Four Looks to Copy

— Epic Design Pads
Tagged: desk mats desk setup ink wash japanese minimalist
A Japanese desk setup is mostly empty space, natural materials and one piece of art. Here is the layout, the right mat size for your keyboard, and four complete looks built around Japanese traditional designs.
A bright attic study with snow outside the window. A large black-and-white world map desk mat covers most of a pale wooden desk, with a white keyboard and a mouse on it, a monitor behind them and a grey chair pushed in.

What Size Desk Mat Do I Need? A Step-by-Step Way to Measure

— Epic Design Pads
Tagged: desk mat size desk setup guide keyboard measuring
Pick a mat narrower than your desk that holds your keyboard with enough room beside it for the mouse. This guide walks through the measuring, with tables for every size.
A bright home office with a pale oak desk by a window, a sage green desk mat with white leaf line art under a white keyboard and mouse, and a plant and lamp beside the mat.

Minimal Desk Setup: Four Clean Looks You Can Copy, Piece by Piece

— Epic Design Pads
Tagged: cable management desk mat size desk setup minimal desk workspace
How to build a minimal desk setup: a quick checklist, cable and lighting tips, how to size a mat to your keyboard and desk, and four colour schemes to copy.