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Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)

https://sam-burns.com/posts/concrete-laptop-stand/
63•sam-bee•2h ago

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jb1991•1h ago
There are some subtly weak desks out there, quite a few actually, where placing this on top could be brutal.
ramon156•1h ago
Next up: Brutalist desk
mft_•58m ago
Next up: structural engineering assessment of my office floor
HPsquared•24m ago
There are some subtly weak floors out there, where placing such a desk could be fatal.
bpavuk•1h ago
if we give it a little more polish, colder/greyer tones and "newness," it would fit very nicely for a Control fan :)

EDIT: https://store.steampowered.com/app/870780/Control_Ultimate_E...

jesse_faden•13m ago
as a control fan, i agree. the art direction in that game is something else.
xpe•1h ago
Also known as an inertial mass dampener for your sit-stand desk.

I appreciate++ the design except for the too-perfect rebar and the exposed wire directly _in_ the concrete. Pros would use a conduit methinks.

sam-bee•10m ago
The conduit is a good idea. I'm working on a Raspberry Pi stand in leather and walnut right now. Think I'm going to incorporate that somehow
crimsontech•57m ago
This is pretty cool looking, I like it, it must be really heavy though.

> For a medium-sized piece like this, a vibrating dildo is actually the best thing to use. Just think of it like any other power tool.For a medium-sized piece like this, a vibrating dildo is actually the best thing to use. Just think of it like any other power tool.

I used work on foundations for warehouses, huge concrete blocks as anchor points and this is exactly how we got the bubbles out, we had a huge metal vibrator they call them high-frequency concrete pokers.

tokai•52m ago
Isn't the ornamental 'urban decay' detail kinda the opposite of the utilitarian and functional style of brutalism?
seeeeebt•19m ago
Yes, Sam is probably just having a bit of fun here, but I think it's worth presenting brutalism correctly as it's often so misunderstood.

Concrete is simply the mass production medium of the time, many of the patterns and moulds used in Barbican for example feature pretty timber imprints, scalloping patterns, painstakingly pick-hammered textured panels, or pleasing swooping shapes.

Further there is always space for glass, brass, Terrazzo and lighting.

Sam's design does feel cold, unnatural and broken, definitely not what brutalist living is about.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/feb/22...

https://www.structuralrenovations.co.uk/portfolio/barbican-e...

https://www.barbicanliving.co.uk/barbican-story/construction...

gcr•40m ago
If you like brutalism, you might also enjoy the Quake Brutalist Map Jam 3, which released last month: https://www.slipseer.com/index.php?resources/quake-brutalist...

My favorite map is ‘One Need Not Be a House’ by Robert Yang, which was inspired by Louis Kahn's "brick brutalism" masterpieces in Bangladesh and India, as well as contemporary level design like The Solent Cartographer. The artist writes about their process on their blog post, https://www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2026/01/one-need-not-be...

The map jam is standalone and uses custom assets so you don’t need a copy of Quake to enjoy it. Check the website for the ‘standalone’ variant.

Sorry for derailing! Cool laptop stand!

cm2187•14m ago
You just need to cover it with graffitis to fully depict the experience of the poor souls living in brutalist buildings.

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