• Sam Flax

  12 West 20th Street, 212-620-3000

  Gone are the tech-boom days when offices were stocked with beanbag chairs and Ping-Pong tables; today, you’re lucky to get the décor of The Office. But your desk is still your domain, and Sam Flax is the place to brighten it up. Best known for art supplies and custom printing, the Flatiron branch of this mini-chain also features aisles of desktop eye candy. You’ll find some traditional items like Bosca leather desk sets ($45–$343) and Montblancs, but most things are modern and colorful: Spanish-made notebooks by Miquelrius; Rexite colored-plastic staplers and letter trays ($20–$60); and Romodex’s Rolodex-style tabletop CD cases ($20). And if you’re looking for something to put all these goodies on, there’s a furniture section in back.

From the 2004 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine