Humanscale’s QuickStand

Minimal and wildly functional, this flexible platform makes any surface into a sit/stand workstation

Sponsored by Humanscale

Many of us long for jobs that don’t require sitting down for eight (or more) hours a day. For those who don’t want to change what they do, just how they do it, Humanscale‘s QuickStand is the latest in their line of products that changes your seated workspace into one that easily and quickly converts to a standing one. We’ve been testing it out at …

RIIND’s Machined Aluminum The Pen

A continuous cam implement that can fit 35 different types of ink cartridge refills

We’ve mentioned this before, but there’s no better (and more enjoyable) way to write than with a good pen. It just feels different—from the pressure fingers apply to the angle with which it is pulled. And while there is an array of heirloom quality pens out there, new design house RIIND (founded by two MIT engineering grads) has a more affordable alternative called The Pen. …

Cool Hunting Video: Rockwell Unscripted for Knoll

David Rockwell shares the details of the brands' latest collaboration

When Knoll was looking for a design partner to collaborate on a collection of furniture that suited modern work styles and environments “there was only one person to call, and that was David Rockwell,” says Benjamin Pardo, Knoll’s Creative Director. Two very different sensibilities that may at first not seem like the most obvious partnership leverage the design firm’s expertise in theater, play, co-working and …