Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by dodomodo on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:21AM (#47675838)

I don't like it, from a pure brutalistic view point this obviously doesn't make any sense, it isn't practical and it doesn't make any effort to create a shape that is esthetically pleasing. The urban decay is even more outrageous, the whole appeal of urban decay is that it is "real", it's the thinking about all of people that went through the same structure throughout the years. Of cause it doesn't mean you can't make art about or featuring urban decay, but you have to be smart about it.

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by gred on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:45AM (#47676248)

> this obviously doesn't make any sense

That's debatable, but it's a moot point; it's pastiche, so it doesn't have the same goals or motivations as the original.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastiche

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by vunderba on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:50AM (#47676330)

Exactly. This is more like the pre-ripped jeans version of brutalism.

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by augustk on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @10:59AM (#47676459)

Something that would be useful in my case is a monitor stand stand. Does anyone know why almost no current monitor can be raised so that the upper edge is at eye level? Is it due to incompetence among the current breed of designers? Quite a few of my colleges have a stack of books beneath the monitor stand.

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by inanutshellus on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:59AM (#47677329)

Law suits / claims, I'd expect, as tall is unstable.

If I sell a Monitor With Really Tall Monitor Stand and then you lightly bump your desk and break your monitor, you might want a replacement and call my stand "an unstable PoS".

If I sell you a Monitor and you stack books under it and your monitor falls... well... dummy, tall stuff falls over. Time to buy a new monitor.

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by augustk on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @12:08PM (#47677472)

Isn't the manufacturer to blame if I get neck problems then?

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by inanutshellus on Thursday April 09, 2026 @10:49AM (#47704515)

Nonsense, that's your seat height. Lower your seat and magically the monitor is the right height.

Your keyboard may be chin-height but hey, your monitor height is no longer a problem. ;)

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by augustk on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @03:17AM (#47845565)

That sounds like shoulder pain.

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by bayindirh on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:55AM (#47677272)

Try getting “Enterprise” monitors like Dell UltraSharp or HP EliteDisplay. Not they only come with better feet (height adjustable & pivoting), they are calibrated and have really good panels which you can stare at for hours without fatigue.

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by gnopgnip on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:27AM (#47676863)

Many monitor arms on gas struts have extended range and this is no problem. Ergotron was one of the first

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by bluGill on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:32AM (#47676926)

Monitor arms are cheap enough and better than a stand. Clamp the arm to an edge and you can put things under the monitor, plus put the monitor where you want it.

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by bookofjoe on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @01:03PM (#47678290)

I bought this Hyper HyperStand some years ago:

https://techaeris.com/2020/11/01/hyperstand-review-solid-por...

It's perfect: nice looking, highly functional, beautifully designed, and collapsible.

$29.99.

Alas, discontinued.

Perhaps eBay?

Edit: I just found a tricked-out version on eBay here:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226769239456?_skw=Hyper+HyperStand+...

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by braelyn on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:46AM (#47677131)

Whether this monitor stand was decayed through history or artificially makes no difference if he's compelled by the elements of decay that he's replicating. You can get angry over design philosophy or you can just appreciate that this man crafted something with a very unique aesthetic.

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Re:Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024) by p-e-w on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:01AM (#47676485)

It’s unfortunate that brutalism has become synonymous with “crumbling concrete”. That was certainly not the intention of the brutalist architects, but rather a side effect of the poor quality of the (sometimes experimental) concrete mixtures. 21st century (neo-)brutalist buildings won’t suffer from this.

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