Shi Miao's dark desk setup — China

If you're looking to create the perfect desk setup, you can start by browsing Bilibili or YouTube for inspiration.

Shi Miao's black desk runs on a Hexcal Studio shelf and Hexcal monitor arm — both branded openly, one edge-lit with a built-in strip that washes the desk surface white. An LG ultrawide sits on the arm above a white keyboard and mouse, wallpaper reading "essentials" over an astronaut photo, a quiet joke against a desk this deliberately stripped down.

A framed iPhone teardown diagram leans on the shelf, and a LEGO Astro Boy figure stands guard beside a trailing potted palm at the desk's walnut-edge corner — the one collectible allowed into an otherwise all-black, all-function build. The plant's leaves brush right up against the model's red boots, the only soft material anywhere in frame.

Shi Miao's own advice tracks directly: invest in cable management first. With this much gear routed through one shelf, none of it is visible — the discipline is the point.