I am old enough to remember badly designed computer labs—and when I say bad, I mean terrible, no good, very bad bad. The last literature class I sat in was arranged in pentagonal pods. Each segment had a large monitor (old TV type of large), keyboard, mouse, and tower. This is a long way of saying that when you sat at your desk, there was absolutely no room on which to put anything. Forget a notebook; you were lucky enough to fit a pen!

Times have changed, and today’s students and workers are reaping the benefits. Take Smart Lift by KI, for example, an ingenious garage for flat screen monitors and keyboards that pops up when you need it—and disappears when you don’t.

Intuitive and Quiet Technology Garage

KI explains, “Smart Lift table is an intuitive and secure response to managing flat screen monitors within learning or teaming environments.”

Smart Lift. Manufactured by KI.

The ease of operation means that wherever you have Smart Lift, you have options: open the storage garage when you need computers; close it when you don’t—and leave a clean, level surface on which to work. Smart Lift is also quiet, so it won’t sound as if you’re playing Transformers in the background when a room full of Smart Lift tables engages.

As with most KI products, Smart Lift is designed to withstand years of use (and perhaps abuse): “Smart Lift is engineered to provide years of trouble free operation through a reduction of parts and the elimination of complex mechanisms.” Whether in the classroom or in a corporate meeting environment, Smart Lift will “stand up to the rigors of intense environments.”

About the Manufacturer: KI produces innovative furniture and movable wall systems for education, healthcare, government, and corporate markets. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin, KI also has subsidiaries around the world, including KI UK Ltd., KI East Asia Sdn., and KI Canada. KI “offers far more than furniture,” because they study their core markets and tailor their products to their specific needs. Innovative, fun, and environmentally friendly designs for education lounge areas and residence halls include Sela, available in a wide range of unexpected colors.