Stand

One folded sheet of aluminium that lifts the screen and hides the keyboard. No screws, nothing to assemble. Its small brother, a ruler, does the same for laptops.

Year: 2014—16
Kind: Object
With: friends
Scope: Design, prototyping, production

Stand under a screen, the keyboard slid in beneath it

Stand in real life: an iMac on it, on a white desk in front of a peeling blue wall

Problem

Back then the iMac, like most screens, had a fixed height. So we leaned in to it, or stacked books underneath.

A laptop on a bag, a laptop and a screen propped up on books

Solution

One folded sheet. The shelf lifts the screen to eye level, the ramp below holds the keyboard, and a hole in the back takes the cable.

Black stand from the side: one sheet, folded into shelf, wall and ramp

Close-up of the folded edges in black, white and silver

Stand from the front, with the cable hole in its back wall

Packaging

A kraft box in a black sleeve, folded like the stand inside it.

The box, closed: kraft card wrapped in a black sleeve folded like the stand

The box, open: black inside, the stand resting in it

Box label: Open to stand up right, with the stand drawn flat and folded

Ruler stand

The small brother, for laptops. Rubber at both ends keeps it still on a smooth desk.

portable
useful
helpful
neck friendly
helps with cooling

The ruler: a white triangular bar with orange rubber at both ends

A laptop lifted at the back by the ruler, with air underneath

One for the screen, one for the laptop.

Stand on a wooden desk, a laptop beside it resting on the ruler

Stand and its small brother, the ruler with orange rubber ends, as a 3D model turning slowly.

Sitting exercise: sit upright with your hands behind your head, bring one elbow down, then the other. Ten times, or as many as feel good.