The Desk Edit | Look 01:No. 02: Styling The Atelier

Last week, The Desk Edit opened with The Modern Founder: chrome, marble and clean lines. This week, the same desk becomes something completely different.

The Desk Edit is our weekly series at The Studio Co. Each week we take the same desk in our Central Coast photography and content studio and restyle it for a different kind of business owner, using pieces from our in-house furniture and props library. Same desk. A new business every week.

No. 02 is The Atelier.

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  Dark timber waterfall desk styled as a designer's atelier with an acrylic chair, pleated lamp, brass

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  Pleated linen lamp on a speckled cream base with two polished brass pots of pink, red and purple art

Who this look is for

Fashion and bridal designers, eveningwear labels, stylists, makeup artists, illustrators and anyone whose business is made by hand. An atelier is a designer's workroom, and this desk is styled to feel like one: soft, feminine and full of colour, with the work in progress on show.

The palette: cream, brass and a run of pink

Where The Modern Founder was black, white and chrome, The Atelier is warm and soft. Cream and ivory come through the lamp, the bouclé lounge chair and the plush seat. Polished brass adds warmth. Then a single colour story, pinks running into reds and purples, repeats across the art markers, the open book spread and the two gowns.

Repeating one colour family across several pieces is what keeps a colourful set looking edited rather than busy. Your eye travels from the markers to the book to the gowns and reads it all as one idea.

The props, and why we chose them

The gowns on the arched garment stand

Two tiered organza gowns, one in rust and one in magenta, hang on an arched garment stand beside the desk. They turn a desk into a designer's workroom in one move, and they show something important for fashion clients: there's room in this studio to bring your own pieces in and style them as part of the set.

The acrylic chair

A clear acrylic chair with an arched back and a plush cream round seat. Because it's transparent, it lets the light and the desk show through, so the set stays airy even with a lot going on. The arch also echoes the shape of the garment stand.

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  Close-up of the clear acrylic chair's arched back and plush cream seat beside the dark timber desk,

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  Clear acrylic chair with an arched back and plush cream seat at a dark timber desk, with a pleated l

The pleated lamp

A pleated linen shade on a speckled cream fluted base. Its folds pick up the vertical lines of the sheer curtains, and the soft, slightly

romantic shape sets the mood for the whole desk.

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Brass pots of art markers

Two polished brass pots filled with dual-tip art markers in pinks, reds and purples, plus a small brass cylinder. The markers are the working tools of a designer or illustrator, so the desk looks used rather than just decorated. The brass catches the sun and warms up the dark timber.

The bouclé lounge chair

A sculptural cream bouclé lounge chair sits in the corner beside the desk. It adds texture and a second seating spot, giving you a relaxed alternative to the desk for portraits and lifestyle shots in the same set.

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  View from the doorway past a cream bouclé lounge chair to the dark timber desk, pleated lamp and acr

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  Sculptural cream bouclé lounge chair in the corner beside the end of the dark timber desk, with shee

For a personal brand session on this set, a good shot list covers you seated at the desk mid-sketch, standing with your pieces on the garment stand, hands at work with your own tools, a relaxed portrait in the lounge chair, and close-ups of your products, fabrics or designs.

What's included when you book the studio

Every booking of our Photography and Content Studio includes:

• Our elevated furniture and props library, including our armchair and dining chair collection and styling pieces like the ones in this look.

• Godox lighting: two Godox Knowled M200Bi bi-colour COB LED lights with Godox 120cm parabolic softboxes, alongside the natural light from our architectural window and sheer curtains.

• A set styled to suit your business.

Podcast and video interview gear is available as an add-on: a RØDECaster Pro, RØDE PodMic microphones on PSA1+ boom arms, RØDE NTH-100 headphones, and smartphone roller stands, so you can film on your phone without a production crew.

The studio is $120+GST per hour and open 6am to 12pm, 7 days a week, at 13 Kerta Road, Kincumber.

Book your session

Ready to shoot your own version? Book the Photography and Content Studio online, email hello@thestudioco.com.au or call 0414 277 350.

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