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Modern Quests, a curated marketplace for well-designed home and work accessories, on organising, decorating, and making your desk feel like your own.

A calm desk often begins with good organisation, especially when it comes to tech. Multi-compartment desk organisers and tech pouches help contain the essentials—pens, memo pads, hard drives, USBs—without letting clutter creep in.

“Something we’ve always had at our desks, and probably always will, is a multi-compartment organiser,” say founders Anshul Khanna and Sheena Garg. It’s a solution shaped by lived experience: the need to keep frequently used items close at hand, while still maintaining a neat surface that allows for focus.

Beyond function, a desk should reflect what motivates and inspires you. Small objects that are chosen thoughtfully can spark joy through the workday.

For Anshul, it was once a handwritten note stuck to his monitor—a simple reminder of a goal that drove him in the early days of Modern Quests. Sheena keeps a travel souvenir nearby, a quiet cue for work-life balance. 

Customers echo this sentiment too, like one who keeps a Modern Quests hourglass on his desk, using the movement of the sands to concentrate or brainstorm.

Anshul and Sheena also recommend adding greenery, real or faux, to soften the workspace, make it calmer, more welcoming, and far less stressful.