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Opløft

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The Opløft sit-stand desk raised on its black scissor-action frame, with a monitor, keyboard and mouse on the white worktop
The Opløft lowered flat, a slim white worktop with a black edge and silver grips, holding a monitor, keyboard and mouse
Underside of the Opløft worktop tilted up, showing the mounting rails and mechanism above the crossed black scissor legs
Side view of the Opløft raised on its crossed scissor legs, with a monitor standing on the worktop
Side view of the Opløft fully lowered, its slim black base and worktop sitting flat beneath a monitor, keyboard and mouse
Close three-quarter view of the Opløft with nothing on it, a white worktop with a black edge and two curved silver handles
Exploded view of the Opløft with the worktop, brackets, cable and mechanism parts separated around the black frame
Three positions of the Opløft overlaid in one image, showing the worktop folding down from raised to flat on its scissor legs
The slim white Opløft stood upright on its edge between a dark leather armchair and a sage green wall, with its curved silver handle showing
The Opløft lowered on a pale wooden desk in front of an exposed brick wall, carrying a monitor, keyboard and mouse
Three-quarter view of the empty Opløft on its black scissor frame, with the white worktop and two silver handles facing the viewer

The brief

The concept was fully funded after its launch on Kickstarter by a Danish engineering firm. Afterwards the design was acquired by Posturite.

They tasked us with redesigning and engineering Opløft to perform more effectively, conform with safety, hit a commercially viable unit cost, whist retaining its Scandinavian good looks and ultra slim profile.

The bang

We turned Opløft into a commercially viable product. We were responsible for making the concept work in the real world, whilst maintaining a beautiful aesthetic.

In the Kickstarter campaign video, the desk looked great and performed well. In reality, friction was causing the desk to be incredibly stiff to close and was not locking solidly in its different positions. It also failed its external safety review on many points. We solved all these challenges, testing iteratively with multiple prototypes, built in-house.

The result

In a saturated market, we are managing the large volume production of Opløft.

After our re-design, Opløft met all safety requirements, as well as being easier and more ergonomic to use, with a greater level of mechanical assistance. While maintaining its ultra slim 30mm depth, locking solidly and raising/lowering smoothly.

Interested to learn more about Opløft? See it on the Posturite website, or Amazon.

Opløft has also been featured in the news. See our blog post.

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