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Industrial Design Student Updates Design Classic, Gets Production Deal
Tim Schütze's height-adjustable Eiermann M desk
In 1953 Egon Eiermann, a German architect and proponent of functionalism, designed this no-frills desk for himself. His aim was to make it as minimalist as possible.
Eiermann was a professor at the Technische Hochschule Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). Architecture students began producing the desk in the school's shop, for use around campus. The school continued producing the desk thru the 1950s and '60s.
The desk had never seen formal production, but in the 1990s, German furniture manufacturer Richard Lampert picked up the rights, and started selling the desk as the Eiermann 1. It did well on the market, and was recognized as a design classic.
In the 2020s, Tim Schütze was an Industrial Design student at the Berlin University of Arts. For his Masters project, he chose to give the Eiermann desk a modern upgrade: Making it a sit-stand desk.
To gain the height adjustability without tacking on a bulky motor, which would compromise Eiermann's intended aesthetic, Schütze devised a belt-drive mechanism that turned threaded spindles in the legs. He used 3D-printed components for the mechanism.
The user manually pulls on the belt to change the table's height.
After graduating, Schütze collaborated with Richard Lampert. The Eiermann M (for mechanical), as the update is called, is now in production.
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Clever!
I really love this idea! I've often wondered myself why no one has tried converting an Eiermann table into a standing desk before, so it's great to finally see someone explore it in a masters project. That said, I do have some concerns about stability when the table is fully extended. Since the bracing remains quite low in the frame, I'm not entirely sure how much rigidity it can provide once the height is increased. Still, it's an exciting and creative approach, and I'm curious to see how the design develops.