Problem.
The future of office design is open plan and hybrid office spaces which will involve more flexible working environments allowing employees to choose for themselves where and how they work.. This allows people to feel more trusted as workers and gives workers the opportunity to work more productively but there are disadvantages as well, such as loss of professional identity and personalised space.
Furniture design within office spaces have become more flexible and sympathetic to this change in the office collaborative atmosphere however product design has yet to catch up with this quickly progressing sector.
Laptops will become more and more important as more offices become wireless, open plan and collaborative but this could cause health problems at work without other equipment. Lengthy amounts of time spent behind a desk can cause serious and lasting health issues.
Solution.
Office design research points towards a device like a laptop stand that makes a person feel healthier, more unique in a company and allow people to work more efficiently and productively. This would involve reducing the footprint of a laptop on a desk and freeing up space for storage.
It would need to be adaptable because of the fast pace of change in the industry in space and furnishings like sit-stand desks for example. It would also need aesthetics that would fit into a modern open plan or hybrid office space.
Cable management, storage, portability and ergonomics are all key factors that need to be carefully considered for a product of this nature.
The Product.
Reach Laptop Stand is designed and developed to help improve the wellbeing and productivity of all office workers. Laptops are becoming more important at work and this design is tailored for the future of office design and to help people with the transition between private offices and open plan working environments.
Better height and angle means that peoples health improves through better posture without the need for a wireless keyboard. Its also been designed to make the smallest footprint on your desk as possible to help improve the work produced. This design has all the weight at the back of the stand to ensure that no matter what laptop you use it will never topple over. The extruded branch cross section provides room for storage and cable management and allows people to move their workstations around an office quickly with minimal disruption.
Its Aluminium body means it's lightweight for transporting around an office for new hot desk work environments. Its branch spoke pattern divides the laptop stand into compartments for transporting your laptop accessories. There is a small section at the back for wires to be fed through for better cable management.
Milled out sections on the sides allow for people to easily pick up and put down the laptop and a ledge ensures that laptops don't slide down.
