Flip
Desk

The elegant Flip Desk is a fold-away workstation that is very suitable for home working and flexi-working. It is an eye-catcher in any interior that takes up surprisingly little space.

The Flip Desk combines a practical storage compartment (which can accommodate items such as a laptop, magazines, or writing utensils) with a small worktop and is easily mounted on the wall. To use the worktop, the front can be flipped down supported by a specially designed wooden hinge.

The hinge is inspired by that of a laptop, leaving the entire work surface free for use. This allows the Flip Desk to maintain its minimalist look. After use, the work surface can be folded back up and stays in place by thanks to a strong magnet. The surface covers the storage compartment, creating a tidy look.

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Vij5
steps from
the Flip Desk

Transparency of the production chain comes naturally to us.

For us, that doesn't just mean giving information about where something has been produced. Our chain starts much earlier: with the designer of the product!

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The Flip Desk was designed by by Swiss architect and designer Charles O. Job. Charles was born in Lagos, Nigeria, but has lived and worked in Zurich for many years. In addition to running his own design studio, he also teaches architectural design theory at the University of Applied Sciences in Bern.

In his design studio, Charles focuses on research, temporary architecture, and furniture design for international clients. A constant quest for simplicity is a recurring theme by his work. His Design are minimalist, ingenious, accessible, and easy to understand because of their simple, playful logic.

His design for the Flip Desk was inspired by an old-fashioned wall-mounted kitchen scale. Like a scale, the Flip Desk is intended to be a functional and elegant "household utensil" that takes up little space. A tool that fulfills its function as simply and unobtrusively as possible, without sacrificing aesthetic quality.

Charles O. Job

"In all my designs I am constantly asking myself how to achieve the simplest solution without sacrificing functionality and elegance."

Charles O. Job

The Flip Desk has been part of the Vij5 collection since 2022. Charles reached out to us in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, when working from home was “top of mind” for everyone. We felt that working from home was going to become more mainstream and thought it would be a good idea to add something to the collection that could truly support that mindset.

Right from the very beginning, the design’s simple concept and minimalist look caught our attention. Naturally, the simple and minimalist appearance of the Flip Desk was also Charles’s priority as a designer. A collaboration was born, and we all committed to keeping the design as minimalist as possible throughout the translation process—even though we knew it would likely be quite a challenge!

Through email and video calls, we were able to begin translating the ideas and sketches from the Flip Desk into an initial prototype. Charles conducted a “proof of concept” test for the hinge, and we worked with a steel manufacturer to create a mock-up of the storage compartment.

At one point, Charles was able to visit us in Eindhoven, and together we worked on further optimizing the design, combining all the different parts, and making the desktop as stable as possible without adding any visible extra hinges to it. We were also able to go into detail about how to mount the desk to the wall and made decisions regarding the colours and materials.

While we were still in the middle of this process, we showcased the desk as a preview at OBJECT Rotterdam and Design District to gather additional feedback from future users, and we incorporated that feedback into the development process. It gave us extra motivation to get started on “ by ”! In the end, all the pieces of the puzzle fell into place, and we’re incredibly proud of the final result.

The Flip Desk is made entirely in the Netherlands, and a great deal of handwork goes into its production.

The steel structure of the storage compartment is first laser-cut from a flat sheet, then formed and welded. The storage compartment is then powder-coated.

The countertop is made by by covering both sides of the plywood with Forbo Desktop linoleum. This is a precise job because any minor imperfections in the process will be visible in the final result.

The wooden hinge is made by hand exactly to size from solid oak in the workshop of Vij5. Then all the parts are assembled. Mounting the Flip Desk to the wall further strengthens the construction. This last step is obviously carried out by the end-user!

In the material passport you can find where and by whom the different parts of this product are made.

Would you like to see this product in real life?

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Showroom

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Vij5 Ambassadors are specialists in, for example, our lighting, furniture and/or accessories, and are happy to advise you. A beautiful selection of products from our collection is available in their stores. If a particular item is not in stock, a Vij5 Ambassador can always order it for you.