#2 Designers Desk

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This week my desk is quite tidy, which is a pleasant surprise. Usually there are blobs of dried glue, pieces of cardboard dotted around and no form of any organisation, just pure chaos! The mess usually progresses onto the carpet, where I form a second space to work. 
But this week is great, i'm trying to keep a tidy workspace to keep a tidy mind! Lets hope this sticks.

My essentials!! 
1. Macbook - a recent convert to the mac world and I love it 
2. Diary - Filofax design purchased from Paperchase 
3. Artists' Carry Box - my toolbox to keep my stanley knife, ink, tubes of paint, stamps and any other items 
4. Tracing Roll - tracing paper to loosely sketch out ideas, without the rigidness of a sketchbook 
5. Pantones - the architecture colour palette, at a pricey cost of £95 for the set, but a beautiful watermark finish leaving no connection lines 
6. Sharpie pens - a mini collection also attachable to your keys. who doesn't love anything small
7. Scale & Metal ruler - for the precision to ensure buildings stay up!
8. Architects Pocket Book - a present from a friend a few years ago, and I can't live without it; it provides a basic guideline to   sizes within the building industry and building regulations
9. Drawing tools - graphite pencil to create a strong, confident sketch, and a fine 0.5 Pentel twist-erase automatic pencil for accurate drawings. 
10. Sketchbook - produced in the UK, 'Seawhite' cartridge paper is acid free and chlorine free with extra wet strength, with a reasonable price of £5.75 from a local art supplier. 
11. Cutting Mat - to save my desk from endless slices and marks, a  cutting mat is always a good idea to save any surface!
12. Set Square - adjustable triangle to ensure correct angles and right-angles 
13. Book - the book i'm currently reading by David Lowenthal


If you have any question about the things I use please feel free to ask or if you know of any great pens, pass your ideas on, as a stationary store is like an Aladdins cave to me!!

From 0.05 to 0.8 technical drawing pens.
I use a range of brands:
- Pilot Drawing Pen 
- Staedtler Pigment Liner
- Uni pin fine line