A desktop cutting plotter with a wooden top, adjusting roller, and a small black green-handled roller stand nearby, set in a minimal workspace.

A Simple Machine

A Simple Machine

This is us.

8 hours every day.
A lifetime long.

A woman in a yellow blazer sitting on a chair, working on a laptop, with a stack of chairs on top of her. The room has a window, toys scattered on the floor, and various objects indicating a cluttered workspace.

We spend most days sitting at a table.

Working at the office, working at home.

Woman exercising on a standing desk treadmill while working on dual monitors, wearing casual clothing.

Current products

often offer one-dimensional solutions to the unhealthy effects of sedentary life.

Quick fixes / short lifecycles.

The market is flushed with products rushing to appeal to current trends. Lacking vision on long-term use from an emotional and material point of view.

Colorful modern armchair with a red backrest, blue seat, and black frame with yellow accents.

Classics remain.

What if work furniture piece were, again, considered objects of desire?

A person with dark skin is pressing down on a structure made of green blocks with black tabs, resembling dominoes, using a black handle attached to the top of the blocks.

A redefinition
of quality

..is necessary for a healthier and more sustainable workspace.

We need a broader story addressing context, how we act, and our relation to the products we surround ourselves with.

Our mission is to create circular furniture that stimulates healthy working behaviour.

Disassembled green metal components of a furniture or equipment parts laid out on a light gray floor, including rails, brackets, screws, and rods.
Side view of a modern, minimalistic ping pong table with a net and some green paddles stored underneath, set against a plain gray background.

Designed for repair. Designed to last. Designed to keep.

Metal table with adjustable legs on a white background.
An art installation featuring a green work table with a roller beneath it, placed on a wooden platform. A horizontal light fixture hangs above, casting a blurred shadow on the white wall behind.

HUMAN POWERED

HUMAN POWERED

Nudging healthy behaviour.

Instant adjustment without the need for an external power source.

Counterweight Table Small [150x90] pictured

Person standing behind a large drafting table with a rolling stool in front, in a room with white walls and orange and black 'analogue' and 'proof' branding.

Stimulating autonomy.

Intuitive operation,
visually triggering curiosity.

Gas Spring Table Large [200x95cm] pictured

Close-up of a green folding table with a metal T-shaped leg and support mechanism on a plain white background.
A person’s hand gripping the seat of a small mobile stool with a wooden top and teal metal base with wheels.
Close-up of a green industrial machine with a white and orange component, metal rods, and black adjustment screws.

The inside-out design displays its straightforward analogue systems, its’ inner workings.

Close-up of a skateboard wheel with an orange graphic design, attached to a gray skateboard deck, against a white background.
Low-angle view of a green industrial ladder or platform with a red safety reflector and metal rungs against a plain white background.

Transparency and accessibility facilitate repair - and invite a deeper understanding of form and function, maximising lifecycle.

"A Simple Machine is an honest interpretation of engineering and materials. The collection uses engineering principles to elevate working. It celebrates the construction elements of the materials and you can immediately see the function – it wears it on its sleeve."

— Dezeen ‘22 Judges