Versa Desk, U.S.-based manufacturer

I first came to know Versa through WorkNest, one of their newly launched products — not as a shopper, but from behind the scenes, building out their social media presence and spending time with the product story day after day.

Versa is a U.S.-based manufacturer, designing and building their products in Los Angeles, and that grounding shows in the work. There’s a clarity to how things are made — engineered with intention, built to last, and designed for real use rather than trends.

WorkNest rethinks what a cubicle can be. The structure is metal, paired with tempered glass panels that create separation without heaviness. It feels open, modern, and surprisingly calm. Not boxed in — just defined enough to focus. A workspace that gives you boundaries without closing you off.

Working closely with the product made me notice the details: the weight of the materials, the balance between industrial strength and visual lightness, the way material surfaces soften the overall feel. Everything is modular and adjustable, built for movement — standing, sitting, shifting throughout the day.

Versa’s approach feels very Los Angeles to me. Practical, but design-aware. Engineered, but not rigid. Everything is built to support productivity without demanding attention, which is harder to do than it looks.

Working on their social content meant translating function into feeling — showing how these desks live in space, how people move through them, how work actually happens inside them. And the more I worked with it, the more I appreciated how much thought went into making something that quietly supports the everyday.

A desk doesn’t need to be beautiful to work — but when it is, you feel it.
And when it’s designed with intention, it changes how a space feels to be in.

This is the kind of design I’m always drawn to: useful, adaptable, and quietly confident — built to hold the work, not overshadow it.