Use code onyourfeet20 at the checkout for 20% your whole order! Valid until 1st May 2018. http://onyourfeetday.com/britain “Get up offa that thing” The On Your Feet Britain Challenge dares you to take James Brown at his word and convert ‘sitting time’ to ‘standing time’. Follow some simple changes – it’s easier than you think: Stand during phone…
DetailsLast week we attended a MeetUp at the Grant Thornton collaborative workspace in Milton Keynes organised by the Workwell. Once we got our head round the parking nightmare that is Central Milton Keynes, we unloaded a couple of our wooden standing desks and made our way to 4th Floor of Victoria House. We were welcomed…
DetailsA couple of weeks ago we were invited to one of the Workwell’s first open coworking events at the MK Bier Garten in Wolverton, Milton Keynes. Now we love a spot of craft beer and have been hooked on the crazy flavours from brewers around world since Brew Dog first released their Punk IPA, so…
DetailsWhen we began designing the S-Desk we had very clear goals about what we wanted to achieve: To design a wooden standing desk converter that would sit upon existing desks or tables To be made from sustainably sourced wood To be produced from sheet materials that could be CNC machined To produce a minimal amount…
DetailsThe lovely people at YOGA Magazine published a full page article on our standing desks in their December issue. Edited by Dr Yogi Malik, YOGA Magazine is a well regarded and attractive magazine published in the UK, USA and Italy. We are very grateful indeed to be featured. Seek out a copy at all good…
DetailsDisclaimer: This post is about standing desks (or stand up desks if that’s what you prefer to call them), how awesome they are and how designers can benefit from them. Just saying. A long time ago, in a studio far, far away… I got my first design job as a junior graphic designer for a…
DetailsWhen beginning the design process for the Helmm products that are out now, upon seeing my designs, I had a lot of concern from colleagues, friends and families about someone else copying and selling them under a different brand. I have been a designer for my entire working life and have witnessed plenty of incidents…
DetailsIt’s not you… it’s the desk… no, no, it’s me… oh, I’m not sure I’m ready for this… Personally I have spent most of my adult like as a designer, sat at a desk working on a computer, and it was only when our coworking space introduced standing desks that I first tried them out.…
DetailsBefore setting up Helmm (we make standing desks like this) I ran a coworking space for nearly 10 years and I have mentored people from all walks of business on the one thing that plagues everyone at some point or another; procrastination. For the self employed at least, procrastination can be a major major issue. It…
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