#64

Finally caved and bought the Output desk after a recent move. Have to say it’s worth every penny. It’s impressive to clients and looks really nice in the room (for all you experience design nerds, you’ll know the importance of this at the beginning of a client interaction). It’s also decluttered my space via its design, hiding much of the mess in the built-in gutter behind the desk. Can recommend.

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#65

After a few weeks with mine I must say I am still extremely happy with it. It’s hard to overstate how much it’s improved my home studio.

#66

Such a shame it’s so much more expensive in Europe - $549 in the US but then 699 Euro in Europe. Not exactly budget anymore…

#67

I’m finding myself wishing there were some open source plans for such things.

Similar to the eurorack cases that nonlinear circuits put up on Thingiverse.
https://www.thingiverse.com/nonlinearcircuits/designs

Another project for the “someday” list…

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#68

On the Output website, there are measurements for the desk! You can take them and run from there for sure!

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#69

Good to know, thanks!

#70

I’m sure it will happen soon, with magic tools like this starting to be delivered:

Though - might be cheaper just to buy the desk. :wink:

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#71

That’s a really cool tool, but there’s nothing about this particular desk design that requires accurate curves. Really basic wood shop tools will suffice, and there are already lots of ways to find such tools in publicly available makerspaces.

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#73

Yeah so since platform isnt available where i reside and skilled labour is quite affordable, I basically had an almost platform built…they didnt quite get the angle in the legs right but the rest is pretty good

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#74

That is awesome! I’ve gradually jury-rigged a setup like this on top of a desk but am thinking of restarting with a purpose-built desk like yours. Do you have plans or other materials? Or did you just take the Platform idea and run with it by approximation?

#75

No real plans but the general dimensions are there on their website + pictures from as many angles as I could find. Just used the rack standards for the shelf stuff

#76

What’s the rohde schwarz box between the speakers?

#77

Abstimmbarer Anzeigeverstärker UBM

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#78

I don’t believe they have any studio specific desks, but Open Desk makes (or at least used to make) their designs available to download, which you can then have made via a local shop, or a maker space with a CNC wood router such as a ShopBot: https://www.opendesk.cc/ .

I quality “or at least used to make” because it looks like some of their designs are currently not available to download, not sure if that is a temporary thing or not.

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#79

Interesting! I hope they bring back the DIY aspect of it soon.

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#80

I’m from Opendesk and we’re currently running a short experiment to get to know our users better. While we currently ask for some information about how our files are used when you download, most people don’t tell us a whole lot - and we want to try and understand the Opendesk community better :slight_smile:

If you’re interested in the Studio Desk, please drop us a line at support@opendesk.cc so we can help you out regarding the files.

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#81

What about the all important studio chair? Currently on the look out for one and wondering what advice is out there for all of us who sit in strange postures for most of the day. Looked at some pricey herman miller stuff but no idea whatelse is out there.

#82

I had back and neck problems from sitting too long.

I burned through various chairs, exercise balls, stools, … and then I put a note on my desk that is a reminder to stretch for 5 minutes of every hour, do yoga every day, stand up and walk around while reading short things on paper, and go for a walk or to the gym every day.

Back problems gone. Despite getting significantly older have not returned…

So to me it isn’t the chair, it is how you occupy it and what you do in your day.

YMMV.

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#83

I’ll echo what @Random said, and add that the Aeron chair is worth the expense. I’ve had many many desk chairs, and this is the only one I find consistently comfortable and durable.

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#84

Hmmm Im looking at their Sayl chair…the aeron is a little out of the budget…its promoted as giving a little more freedom to move and im someone who likes sitting with their legs up on the chair n weird stuff like that