Sam is Helmm's chief designer and inventor of our S-Desks and Laptop Stands. Sam grew up working with wood in his Father's kitchen workshops but went on to study graphic design and after a few years working in London agencies set up his own graphic, exhibition and product design business in 2000. Gradually the business evolved into a digital agency but the calling to work with wood again was too strong and in 2013 Sam started designing furniture again in his spare time. In 2015 his first concept prototypes were produced and now Sam is focussing on designing amazing furniture that improves the user's wellbeing and makes a design statement in any space. Sam is husband to Kia, Helmm's marketing expert, and a devoted father. He likes to spend his spare time drawing, shooting video and photos and is a bit fanatical about bicycles. Follow him on Instagram here: helmm.co

wooden standing desk converters

The S-Desk – a Work Surface Elevator

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When 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…

Different style of CNC pocket hole

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I love CNC manufacturing but when using round mill bits, pocket holes are necessary for carving out interior shapes for component interfaces. Although not ugly, the pocket holes can ruin clean lines and always seem like a compromise. So I’ve been exploring ways of making them appear more attractive and integrating them into the design. I see lots of opportunity here for some very nice corners and joints in our furniture. Will need lots of physical testing to make sure there is no structural issues, but I have hopes that I can banish visible pocket holes from all our future work