Desk Construction

I’ve always found desks to be uncomfortable. I could never get the chair the correct height, the screen would be too close, or the desk always felt too high. I had originally chosen to study Cognitive Science when I determined that you could get a degree focused on making things easier to use. The desk is just another interface, so why not make that easier to use? I found that there were lots of resources on desks. There was definitley a big push for standing desks. I also found some interesting DIY desk designs that I started to take some inspiration from. My true friend for this project and real eye opener ended up being the morphology analyser. This is the first time that I realized that my measurements were a little out of the norm. Things started to snap into place. Why it’s so difficult to reach the handles on exercise equipment. Why shirts always seem too short and long at the same time. Why chairs are so uncomfortable. I have a really long torso, short arms, and short legs. After taking my measurments it was clear why no desks were ever the right fit. I needed the desk to be way lower to the ground so my feet could rest flat. I needed the monitors to be raised up so they were at the right level compared to my eyes. I needed the top of the desk high enough that my short arms would be at a 90 degree angle. I needed the desk to not be too thick so I could still sit under it. Once my paper prototype was diagramed, I was ready to roll.