It's an honour just to be nominated <3

Have your office's PAT test guys flagged those exposed mains cables yet? :)

Do I like it? No. Do I want one on my desk? Absolutely not. Do I think it's even brutalist? Not in the least.

But it's still a cool as hell project. People need to do more things just because they want to, and to hell with what anyone else thinks.

It's very liberating, crafting something for yourself with no intention of selling.

Yes! Trying to make something that other people want is a good way to take the joy out of a project, and it dulls the uniqueness that could the result something truly special.

Sums up my mother's sculptures, or my kids' drawings.

If it serves the artist, it served a purpose.

Personally, I have an aluminium laptop stand which makes the laptop dockable but which isn't portable or makes screen/keyboard usable (secure for cats though) and I have a portable, foldable, lightweight plastic one [1].

I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete. The latter material isn't nice for scratches (and every time it is put or leaves concrete is a potential mark).

So in this case, I believe a second monitor (or larger primary one) plus a vertical laptop stand would fit in the shown office.

[1] https://nexstand.eu/collections/foldable-laptop-stands

Perhaps having a scratched up laptop matches the concrete stand.

> I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete.

How else could your laptop echo the theme of "Urban decay?"

I mean, maybe you should not? The desk does not pertain that idea either. Nor does the monitor frame or laptop frame. It also does not fit in dynamic desks which are common these days. To me, the concrete laptop stands out too much in the office picture compared to the desk.

I am reminded by Mathilde µP's 'stone age computer' [1] which gave people a terminal in summer 1993 (at HeU 93 hacker conference) at a time where terminal access was more sparse. It served a purpose and gave a real feel through interfacing, but not ergonomic.

My smartphones have leather cases (not fake leather, real) and this gets interesting results with regards to scratches, grease and other wear and tear. My laptop case has the same (again: not fake leather, real). I could keep the laptop in the case if I use a hub to connect it. The heat goes up, and peripherals can connect. Put that in a vertical case and it fits in the shown office environment. Another option could be a wooden case for the laptop; these exist.

[1] https://oertijd.home.xs4all.nl

>I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete. The latter material isn't nice for scratches

Shouldn't the laptop have feet on the bottom to avoid this?

>I also do not enjoy the idea of using the bottom of a laptop on concrete. The latter material isn't nice for scratches (and every time it is put or leaves concrete is a potential mark).

You can get concrete pretty smooth. Look up what some people do with polished concrete floors. Epoxy is sometimes used on top as well. You can get it as shiny as a bowling alley, and smooth enough to slide around on in your socks.

But it doesn't scale...

And yet that laptop stand is not even the slightest bit slanted, one of the crucial details. I could simply take a book and put the laptop on top of that, to get the same ergonomic features. I am aware that ergonomic use is not the main point, but it would certainly not have hurt to consider that angle at least a little bit.

That would have destroyed the brutalist cred.

Use a random cement brick instead of a book, then.

No, gotta use concrete.

Haha, consider that angle. (I'll show myself out.)

I found your comment funny and I only realized this pun when I read my own comment after posting it. I hope you keep your humor, despite being downvoted. You are probably downvoted, because people think it doesn't add much to the topic, and not because it isn't funny. (I hope so, at least.)

That's a heartwarming response, thank you!

Why would this matter? If you were typing on it, that would be helpful, but this is for a laptop that sits on the side, while the user types on a separate (and likely much better) keyboard.