Honestly, I agree that most bosses would probably find these more than a little excessive (especially that slumber party in the clouds thing going on in picture four) but I don't disagree with making your cubicle your own and making it more of a place you want to work.

Put up your Forbidden Planet poster but don't go wall to wall with a map of the constellations.

Get a creative candy dispenser but don't turn your workspace into Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

drhandsome

This is probably not so useful for the most of us -- c'mon, do you really see your manager, or even your office administrator, allowing you to decorate your office like a beach hut or the casino floor?

Creative? Yes.

Realistic? Not even close.

Pete

@eeefresh: I love the reference!!! "The Office" is definitely one of the best shows of all time :)

KMT

@onejdc: You could simply thumbtack / pushpin / staple fabric to cube walls, assuming you have those fabric-covered "cube walls." If you have real walls, you may need to check what type of fasteners are permitted by the facilities management.

KMT

@japapuss: I had the "cubicle police" where I worked too! They went around after hours and just threw away everything that was considered "contraband"

@eeefresh: Bobbleheads are okay tho.

LosLabsAmanda

You could get triops if you have the space
or sea monkeys

RiazM

Wow, so crazy seeing this book here! Kelley Moore is a local Seattle-based author, and in this book, all but two of the cubical designs have items purchased at the store I work at, a local store called Party @ Display & costume ( [displaycostume.com]). The book is really fun and she obviously has a knack for creative use of inexpensive materials!

trademark

Just don't hang any posters of cats playing musical instruments, because some people find that offensive.

eeefresh

Some of those are hilarious. I now need a framed DWG (Dead White Guy) painting for my office.

Whitehead

yeah - you dont want your office/cubicle ending up looking like a college dorm room - but a nice world map and a few interesting posters can go a long way.
I have a really big 60x48 world map up on the wall - with stickers indicating where I've been; a large print-out (32x28) of the information architects Web Trend Map 2007 --the one that looks like a subway map(sorry too lazy to link, but go to informationarchitects.jp and you'll find it) and a couple of small 8x11 printouts on the wall at desk-level.
The world map and the Web Trends poster are the best conversation starters and very often complete strangers will stop by just to ask about them.

Since all of the wall coverings can feel a bit imposing I try to keep the desk impeccable with only my dual-monitors (CPU is hidden under the desk) and keyboard and mouse.

Christopher

I don't think I could get any work down with all that crap hanging all over my walls.

Jarick

Does anyone know where to get good cubicle wall coverings? I thought about simple cloth fabric from Wal*mart, but I wasn't sure how to attach it.

Any ideas/suggestions?

onejdc

That's great and all but I don't want the gardener mowing my lawn while I'm on the phone or in a meeting.

Ken

That's all well and good if your employer allows you to dress up your cube. There's obviously a limit to how "creative" you should get, but I recently came off a contract job where the employees were forbidden to have anything in their cubes beyond a few photographs. The company even had "cubicle police" who regularly surveyed the workspace and reported any violaters! I thought I'd seen everything, but that took the cake.

japapuss

"easily affixed with Velcro"?
Or easily affixed with the adhesive on either side of the sticky-backed Velcro and when you remove the pre-printed corrugated paper there will be a bunch of Velcro halves left all over the walls? Nice.

pinecone99