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Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by paultopia »

BossingAround wrote: post #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.

At anything over 10k, you can get a perfectly good custom solution.

Source: the fact that I have a reputable, insured, etc. carpenter working on a floor-to-ceiling built-in bookshelf rig all along one wall, with a fold-out Murphy bed style desk incorporated that should be perfectly fine as a work space. Total cost at big city prices: < $9k.

Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by gravypod »

paultopia wrote: post #49
rendall wrote: post #3

Looked for price, but it looks like a "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" situation

This. I don't understand why people make websites purporting to offer products to the public, but refuse to provide basic information like price or how to buy the alleged product. Is this just a concept sketch?

Likely the same reason why developers, who purport to offer software on GitHub, don't always offer licensing/support contracts. This could be a proof of concept that someone has drawn up for their firm to gain mind share.

If you look at their main website it seems they mainly work with commercial developers: https://www.oriliving.com/

In the same way that I may have useful software on GH/GL but I only work for my employer. It's a "if you like what you see you and you're worth the time feel free to get in touch" kind of thing.

Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by frostburg »

itronitron wrote: post #14
lngtmelistener wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks like IKEA had some kind collaboration with Ori, but I'm not sure if an actual product is / was available https://newsroom.inter.ikea.com/news/ikea-and-ori-team-up-to...

Interesting, I think production by IKEA is the only feasible direction for producing and selling this as people's homes are too varied for any single configuration to work. It looks very nice. I might be willing to spend ~1K on this but only if it exactly fits my needs, and even within just my current residence the window sizes and ceiling heights are dramatically different from room to room. Speaking of which they s…

From a cursory look, this is more a 10k than 1k piece of furniture. The hinged cabinets alone would cost significantly more than 1000$ (the materials aren't stellar, however, especially the laminate wood, ugh).

Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by slantyyz »

paulie_a wrote: post #46
FullyFunctional wrote: post #9

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…

Not to mention that putting it above a fireplace is a great way to shorten the lifespan of the tv

I think it depends on a bunch of factors - how often you use the fireplace, whether it's a gas or wood burning fireplace, etc.

We had an LCD TV over our fireplace (gas, vented directly outside horizontally) for 12 years. While it just got moved in the past month, it's still going strong.

Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by cstross »

brassattax wrote: post #41
cstross wrote: post #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…

Regarding your second question, we have a family room with a TV which doubles as a work-from-home office.. would be nice to be able to hide the office stuff when it's not in use. Also this design (depending on the size of the room) seems to still allow for use of the TV out of the view of the office space.

My point was, I'd be more impressed if there were options other than "glorified TV stand". (I may be unusual here but I don't really watch TV.)

Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by slantyyz »

dahauns wrote: post #20
FullyFunctional wrote: post #9

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…

> But yeah, TV over the fireplace is still terrible.

I think it ultimately depends on the individual situation and layout. We had our last TV over the fireplace for 12 years. Our seating was ~15 feet away, and we did not need to crank our necks to watch TV.

I think I'd be much more critical of those things if I was 20+ years younger, when I was more into "home theater" than I am now, but my attiude nowadays is "if it works for you, who cares what other people think."

Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by simonebrunozzi »

I think they missed an opportunity for a great product; let me explain.

You only needed to add the ability to "enclose" your office space with some sort of sound-proof film or panel, and voilà, a much more interesting piece of furniture.

The current Ori simply offers the ability to neatly "collapse" the "mess" of a home office, and substitute it with a wall-mounted TV piece of furniture. Ok, fine, but... Meh.

Instead, give me a chance to have a sound-proof bubble I can use for phone calls and video calls, so that screaming kids in the other rooms are not ruining the call, and similar issues. Then I'm interested.

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