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Evan Varsamis

1.) What is your name and where in the WWW (Whole Wide World) do you live?

Evan:  My name is Evan Varsamis and I am currently living in Athens, Greece. 

2.) What do you do for a living, what pays the bills? And what is the thing you do when you are not doing the thing that pays the bills?

Evan:  I graduated from high school last year and now I am in BCA College studying shipping. Two years ago, along with my friend Alex, we’ve opened a Graphic / Web Design Online Company which we dont have anymore. When I am not doing any assignments for college I am usually reading blogs, writing for my own site .SmokingDesigners, gathering wallpapers, organizing my photos in Aperture, orresearching random stuff on the internet.

3.) How much of what you do, personally or professionally, gets done at the work space featured?

Evan:  Well the station is located at my house and so I am doing most of my projects & research there, though I am going to Office three times every week in order to get familiar with the shipping industry.

4.) Typically, what time of the day do you normally find yourself at this desk, and for how long? Night owl, early bird? 

Evan:  I would say both, When I wake up in the morning I go and check my email, and then If I have nothing to do I will stick on my Macs for quite a long time. But on a daily basis I wont spend more than 6 or 7 hours there. 

5.) How much of what gets done at your desk is for work, how much is it to scratch your own creative itch?

Evan:  Uhm, probably 70% personal stuff and 30% work & studies.

6.) What are the essentials that can be found on your desk more times than not? How about those items just out of reach or out of sight? If it’s not on top of your desk what are the things you most often grab out of a top draw or cabinet? 

Evan:  I call my self “the absolute minimalist” so I don’t have many things on my desk except for the iMac, Macbook Pro, iPhone, second display, keyboard & mouse. On the left side of my desk you will find mostly books, my lucky Buddha, some pens, empty CD cases, and my 2 Western Digital External Hard Drives.

7.) What beverage/food/snack can one usually find at your desk, and why?

Evan:  Usually cappuccino or orange juice. 

8.) Do you have any reasoning or anecdotes that lend some insight into why your desk is setup the way it is, or the thinking behind certain item(s)?  How about the things around your desks? Decoration, wall art, figurines, statues, etc? Any particular reason behind those?

Evan:  As I said before I am a minimalist so I like my things to be simple and efficient when I either work or study. 

9.) How much of what you do, or aspire to do, influences your desk setup, tangibly and intangibly? 

Evan:  I keep my life simple and uncluttered, same with my desk. 

10.) Are you a Mac or are you a PC? What machine(s) are setup and used at your desk? If you are a little bit of both tell us why. How about any other tech gear that can be found at your desk or in your home?

Evan:  200% Mac! For about 5 years now I have been a straight Mac user. I have a 15” Macbook Pro Unibody (Early 2010), an iMac 24” (Early 2009) and a 15” Macbook Pro (Late 2008). I also have an iPhone 3G 16GB (no need for the 3GS), two 500GB Western Digital Hard Drives FireWire 800 for storing my photos videos and apps, and then my Home Cinema setup which includes a Panasonic 42” full HD 1080P, 5.1 Philips Dolby Sound System and my PS3 80GB for blue-ray movies.

11.) What’s the one piece of gear you could not live without?

Evan:  Well, that would be my iPhone.

12.) What piece of gear cannot be found on your desk, but you wish it could be?

Evan:  A 30 inch Apple Cinema Display instead of my 24 inch “Captiva” screen.

13.) Software; what do you use more often than not. What helps you get the job done? And what do you not use, but hope one day to incorporate in your workflow?

Evan:  Everyday I am using Mail, Adium, iChat, CloudApp, Pages, Keynote, and Cord to get connected to my jobs terminal. At home I mostly use Aperture, Safari, iTunes, Photoshop, Illustrator and OmmWriter. Within the next few weeks I am planning to purchase an app that organizes my day because iCal is not enough for what I need. 

14.) If you could change one thing about your desk, or the room it is currently in, what would that be? 

Evan:  Almost every month I am changing the decoration of my house and especially my desk. I might move the screen a little to the right or change its position, but for now I think I am doing great although I am planning to buy some new furnitures this summer.

15.) Workspace Breakdown;

Think of as many things as possible that comprise the setup of your office or workspace, anything from the paint color on the walls to the floor mat your chair rolls on, and list them out. Who makes your desk, how about the cabinet next to your desk, your lamp, the overhead light fixture? Anything and everything you can see in the pictures shown, give as much color and background on these items as time and memory permits. 

Evan:  

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If you would like to learn more about Evan Varsamis, his workspace, or his work, you can find him at the sites listed below;

Flickr

.SmokingDesigners.com

BeautifulMac.com

Twitter: SmokingDesigns

Vimeo

Email

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