Desk photos are cool for some reason. It could also be that the photographers knew exactly what they were doing to make cool photo out of seemingly mundane things.

Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/TQYTWfN1b7M

Credit: https://unsplash.com/photos/E3I9thV98kQ

Below is a test prototype I made.

Same prototype, but link generated with setting "Design Review" (so it has a footer)