[malandrew]

The one thing that you miss with a desk like this is the ability to have a far off focal point behind your monitor. When you are working and thinking hard at a desk and you want to rest your eyes, it helps to have the space behind the monitor to be open so you can gaze off into the distance.

Mounting the desk on the wall means that you can only gaze at a wall to rest your eyes.

If I recall correctly, this design pattern is discussed in Christopher Alexander's "A Timeless Way of Building"

[rsaarelm]

You could put a big mirror on the wall.