When walking into my dorm room, one of the first items you will notice is my desk. This desk is brown, with a wood-like print on it. The desk is smooth with no outstanding textural parts. Attached to it are 6 draws that only open and clothes, each draw has a metal handle attached. Coming with the desk is a wooden rocking chair, that unfortunately is not always trustworthy when rocking. There are two levels to the desk, one being the surface level, another that is placed at least 10 inches higher. Connecting these two shelves are wooden blocks placed on each end.
On the backside of the desk, facing you, is this thick rough feeling brown block. This is there to give the student an opportunity to hang up things that are usually hung up in a dorm or bedroom, like miniature white boars, calendars, etc. Adding this onto the desk was a very mindful and considerate choice. This was also added to maybe prevent students from using the wall too much, since many are only staying a year they rather not have the walls ruined. This board in the back is, in a way, indestructible, and can be used repeatedly without even being able to notice it was used once. There are 3 identical desks that go down the row next to where you sit. These desks are long and enable you to fit a bunch of things you need within them so you don’t have to use a lot of surface desk area. As sturdy as the surface of the desk is, it is always more visually pleasing to not have many things on there other than the essentials, like a desk lamp/mirror and your laptop or notebooks, arranged neatly.
The hardest part for me was trying to go in depth about what this item meant and creating a “deeper” analysis of it. What was easy was just saying what I saw, but in all it didn’t feel as easy to do as the other ones while also trying to follow Sullivan’s structure.