diff --git a/src/app/features/desk/DeskEntry.tsx b/src/app/features/desk/DeskEntry.tsx
index a36ec8e4..8eab087f 100644
--- a/src/app/features/desk/DeskEntry.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/desk/DeskEntry.tsx
@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { Text } from 'folds';
+import { Box, Icon, Icons, Text } from 'folds';
+import { NavGutter, NavItem, NavItemContent, NavLink } from '../../components/nav';
+import { NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY, NavLabel } from '../../components/nav/styles.css';
 import { getDeskPath } from '../../pages/pathUtils';
 import { deskFor } from './source';
 
-/** The way into a Mind's desk, set in its navigator group header; nothing at all when nothing is open. */
+/** A Mind's desk, pinned at the top of its navigator group: always there, with the open count when there is one. */
 export function DeskEntry({ mind }: { mind: string }) {
   const open = deskFor(mind)?.open_count ?? 0;
-  if (open === 0) return null;
   return (
-    <Text as={Link} to={getDeskPath(mind)} size="T200" priority="300">
-      {`Desk · ${open} open`}
-    </Text>
+    <NavItem variant="Background" radii="400">
+      <NavLink to={getDeskPath(mind)}>
+        <NavItemContent>
+          <Box as="span" grow="Yes" alignItems="Center" gap="200">
+            <NavGutter>
+              <Icon src={Icons.Bookmark} size="100" style={{ opacity: NAV_ICON_REST_OPACITY }} />
+            </NavGutter>
+            <Text className={NavLabel} as="span" size="Inherit" truncate>
+              {open > 0 ? `Desk · ${open} open` : 'Desk'}
+            </Text>
+          </Box>
+        </NavItemContent>
+      </NavLink>
+    </NavItem>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/app/features/desk/DeskView.test.tsx b/src/app/features/desk/DeskView.test.tsx
index ede59229..ca10ea66 100644
--- a/src/app/features/desk/DeskView.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/desk/DeskView.test.tsx
@@ -139,12 +139,14 @@ describe('DeskEntry', () => {
     setDeskSource(() => ({ ...STATES.empty, open_count: 5 }));
     expect(entry('void')).toContain('Desk · 5 open');
   });
-  it('is absent at zero open, when nothing is published, and when only settled forks exist', () => {
-    setDeskSource(() => STATES.empty);
-    expect(entry('void')).toBe('');
-    setDeskSource(() => undefined);
-    expect(entry('void')).toBe('');
-    setDeskSource(() => ({ ...STATES.settled, open_count: 0 }));
-    expect(entry('void')).toBe('');
+  it('is pinned even at zero open, when nothing is published, and when only settled forks exist', () => {
+    const bare = (html: string) => html.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '');
+    const states = [STATES.empty, undefined, { ...STATES.settled, open_count: 0 }];
+    states.forEach((state) => {
+      setDeskSource(() => state);
+      const html = entry('void');
+      expect(bare(html)).toBe('Desk');
+      expect(html).toContain('href="/desk/void"');
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx b/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx
index 8066498d..c6285bc8 100644
--- a/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import { _RoomSearchParams } from '../../pages/paths';
 import { searchModalAtom } from '../../state/searchModal';
 import { getCanonicalAliasOrRoomId } from '../../utils/matrix';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
+import { useClientConfig } from '../../hooks/useClientConfig';
+import { isFileZone } from '../albums/isFileZone';
 import { useSelectedRoom } from '../../hooks/router/useSelectedRoom';
 import { useCallEmbed } from '../../hooks/useCallEmbed';
 import { ScreenSize, useScreenSizeContext } from '../../hooks/useScreenSize';
@@ -140,11 +142,9 @@ type CollapsibleProps = {
   categoryId: string;
   label: string;
   rooms: EstateRoom[];
-  /** Sits in the header beside the label, so a collapsed section still shows it. */
-  trailing?: ReactNode;
   children: ReactNode;
 };
-function Collapsible({ categoryId, label, rooms, trailing, children }: CollapsibleProps) {
+function Collapsible({ categoryId, label, rooms, children }: CollapsibleProps) {
   const mobile = useScreenSizeContext() === ScreenSize.Mobile;
   const selectedRoomId = useSelectedRoom();
   const roomToUnread = useAtomValue(roomToUnreadAtom);
@@ -168,22 +168,44 @@ function Collapsible({ categoryId, label, rooms, trailing, children }: Collapsib
         <RoomNavCategoryButton closed={closed} onClick={handleClick}>
           {label}
         </RoomNavCategoryButton>
-        {trailing}
       </NavCategoryHeader>
       {!closed && <NavLevel>{children}</NavLevel>}
     </NavCategory>
   );
 }
 
+/** The Mind's media pages (file-zone rooms) first, then its other rooms in their given order. */
+function useMediaFirst(rooms: EstateRoom[]): EstateRoom[] {
+  const mx = useMatrixClient();
+  const clientConfig = useClientConfig();
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    const isMedia = (r: EstateRoom) => {
+      const mxRoom = mx.getRoom(r.roomId);
+      return (
+        !!mxRoom &&
+        isFileZone(
+          {
+            roomId: r.roomId,
+            aliases: [mxRoom.getCanonicalAlias(), ...mxRoom.getAltAliases()].filter(
+              (a): a is string => !!a
+            ),
+            createType: mxRoom.currentState.getStateEvents('m.room.create', '')?.getContent().type,
+          },
+          clientConfig
+        )
+      );
+    };
+    const media = rooms.filter(isMedia);
+    return [...media, ...rooms.filter((r) => !media.includes(r))];
+  }, [mx, clientConfig, rooms]);
+}
+
 function GroupSection({ tierId, group }: { tierId: string; group: EstateGroup }) {
+  const rooms = useMediaFirst(group.rooms);
   return (
-    <Collapsible
-      categoryId={`${tierId}|${group.mind}`}
-      label={group.label}
-      rooms={group.rooms}
-      trailing={<DeskEntry mind={group.mind} />}
-    >
-      {group.rooms.map((r) => (
+    <Collapsible categoryId={`${tierId}|${group.mind}`} label={group.label} rooms={group.rooms}>
+      <DeskEntry mind={group.mind} />
+      {rooms.map((r) => (
         <EstateRow key={r.roomId} room={r} />
       ))}
     </Collapsible>