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Re: Ori Pocket Office

#31
These solutions always look slick, but in my experience, they work seamlessly only either in very modern apartments or apartments that have been re-built around such features in mind. I have yet to see a mass-viable product like this.

Love the concept, would pay $2-3k for this, would not pay $20k and a month of re-building my room to fit this in.

Re: Ori Pocket Office

#32

These solutions always look slick, but in my experience, they work seamlessly only either in very modern apartments or apartments that have been re-built around such features in mind. I have yet to see a mass-viable product like this. Love the concept, would pay $2-3k for this, would not pay $20k and a month of re-building my room to fit this in.

Yes, too expensive. People who live in $5k per month matchbox apartments in global alpha cities are not the type of people who buy luxuries.

Ask any high earner in a place like HK, central London, or Singapore.

They will wait for a cheaper Chinese copy.

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#34
My current office pretty much looks like this, except that the walls don't move (I have a standing desk opposite my real desk: https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2020/07/19/1630).

I quite like this setup, really, although I'd prefer to see some sort of rails (ceiling and floor) to make sure it doesn't topple.

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#37

Awesome design. Does it have a hidden metal rails and some electronic for moving or is it all manual?

The animated graphics show button presses I think. So electronic.

I'm sad there is no animation of the up / down button on the controller.

Re: Ori Pocket Office

#38
I have two questions (after "cats: how does it deal?" which is answered in other comments, kinda-sorta):

1. Where does the chair go when the Pocket Office is closed? (Illustration shows a generic office chair: I'm not sure there's space in there for an Aeron, much less anything really funky).

2. What is this "work/life balance" the designers seem so keen on enforcing? (sarcasm). And why do they think that after a day spent staring at a monitor their users can only relax by staring at a different type of monitor (the kind where there are no input devices and some corporation provides the constant screencasts for a monthly subscription)?

Re: Ori Pocket Office

#39
post #20

I know this is a subtle detail, but when I see this I fell neck pain. The ideal mounting height for the TV is such that when you are in your comfortable viewing position, your eyes should be roughly aligned just below the top part of the TV (for big TVs this is difficult so I aim for 20% from the top). I've seen countless HGTV make-overs where they put the TV other the freaking fireplace - just horrible. This is slig…

I see where you're coming from, but in this case I think it's not too bad. In the end I guess it depends on how you sit on your couch, but AFAIK the ergonomic guideline would be that your eye line should be aligned to the top of the display. Meaning that, if you're sitting on your couch, you're sitting slightly reclined, and the eyeline would be angled upwards. That's why you often seen the rule of thumb for home the…

We’ve got our TV mounted near the ceiling, and tilted way down. Because we like to lie on the couch while watching TV. That’s about fireplace height, but you would still want it to be tilted down.

Re: Ori Pocket Office

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post #15

This has been floating around design blogs for years, I wonder if over supply of tiny condos + covid is finally going popularize the design. Wonder what safety features there are to prevent people from getting crushed/trapped.

This one has at least been delivered enough times to justify creating a "What to expect during installation" video for new buyers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d17RyUAjzNs. I don't know whether that's 2, 20, or 200 units, though.
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