The desks of yore are dying.

For centuries, they were hulking pieces of furniture, a reflection of the needs of their owners to write letters, balance ledgers or intimidate subordinates.

As technology permeated the modern workplace, they were crammed into increasingly shrinking cubicles or cramped open floor plans, stuffed with unread employee handbooks, unused office supplies and forgotten snacks. They were also the mantle on which to place photos of loved ones, bobbleheads and joke calendars.

But after two years going largely unused, the office desks of 2022 are going to look quite different than their predecessors.