Forget the Office Space — Just Rent A Desk.

With half the world busily participating in the new Gigocracy, working from home or even from the corner Starbucks can get old fast. This is why we should all immediately up and move to London, where they’ve come up with a smart solution called Desk Space Genie.

Desk Space Genie is a new website that advertises vacant desk space. The service helps businesses make a bit of money from their unused office space and enables bootstrapping small businesses or freelancers feel more established. It also sounds like it would be a great networking tool; ever so much more social than taking tea with your pup.

Desk Space Genie lets space-seeking ‘deskers’ search for a space by postal code or town, contacting the advertisers directly. The site lists vacancies in most major cities around the UK, covering ‘all inclusive’ desk packages with wifi and other utilities, or more basic ‘pay for what you use’ services. The site is free to use until 1 May 2009.

While co-working is an awesome concept, Desk Space Genie sounds even simpler. Wouldn’t it be great if someone got this idea going over here? (Or will I be *forced* to move to London?)

Many thanks, as always, to the trendspotters at Springwise.com