The Standsome is an upgrade with a mission: To make everyone’s working day healthier and more sustainable. To achieve this, it transforms any standard desk into an individually height-adjustable standing workstation – set up in seconds using the plug-in principle. What matters to the Standsome is the right standing, both externally and internally: It not only strengthens the back of its users and helps them to achieve a healthy posture, but also shows backbone through all phases of production: made exclusively from FSC-certified birch wood in Germany, packed plastic free, and shipped in a 100 percent climate neutral way. With every Standsome sold we donate to Life-Giving Forest e.V. to plant a tree in the Philippine rainforest. These are all reasons why Standsome was nominated for several prices, among others the German Sustainability Award 2021 and the Green Product Award 2021.

We sit. We sit all day. We sit for too long. We move way too little.

This leads to backpain, joint disorders and skeletal diseases – which are some of the most common reasons for sickness absences.

The Standsome is our tool on our mission to integrate more movement and flexibility into our lives. It allows working while standing and invites you to change your body position again and again. But for us, it is not only about the physical posture. We want to change the inner posture, too. Which is why we produce fair and sustainable, cooperate with owner-operated, Germany-based crafts businesses, and plant a tree for every Standsome sold. Furthermore, the Standsome can be put on your pre-existing desk and, by that, reduces waste.

You would love to hear more about that? Please feel free to check out our mission page.

Please note: All press releases are in German only. If you are interested in one of the following headlines, please feel free to contact [email protected]

09/15/2021 Boards that inspire the world: Mainz-based furniture startup expands to North America #successstory

09/08/2021 Health for young and old: Standsome donates to Mainz-based child cancer initiative #donation

07/01/2021 End of the home office obligation: does the future belong to hybrid work models? #homeoffice

04/22/2021 Standsome on Earthday: why we don’t just want to make the working world healthier #company

04/19/2021 “Just do it” – Mainz-based founder in conversation with New Work podcast  #podcast

03/23/2021 Using augmented reality in online retail – Office furniture startup Standsome enables digital tryout of their desk top with app #products

03/08/2021 Home office obligation extended – How employers* now can support their employees  #homeoffice

02/18/2021 Mainz-based startup Standsome guest on podcast “Unternehmerkanal” #podcast

02/01/2021 Standsome nominated for Green Product Award 2021 #nomination

11/17/2020 The great Standsome competition for your team in the home office #homeoffice

07/31/2020 Startup from Mainz nominated for German Sustainability Award 2021 #award

07/08/2020 Multifunctional standing desk: Standsome Free Crafted #products

04/29/2020 Dr. Captain #stayfit: #stayathome: When German “festsitzen” is taken literally #homeoffice

04/09/2021
How to Reduce Sedentary Behavior at All Life Domains
Olga López Torres, Pablo Lobo, Valeria Baigún and Gabriela F. De Roia (2021). How to Reduce Sedentary Behavior at All Life Domains [Online First], IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.97040. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/how-to-reduce-sedentary-behavior-at-all-life-domains

04/05/2021
The impact of standing desks on cardiometabolic and vascular health
Bodker, A., Visotcky, A., Gutterman, D., Widlansky, M. E., & Kulinski, J. (2021). The impact of standing desks on cardiometabolic and vascular health. Vascular Medicine.

03/12/2021
Does breaking up prolonged sitting improve cognitive functions in sedentary adults? A mapping review and hypothesis formulation on the potential physiological mechanisms
Chandrasekaran B, Pesola AJ, Rao CR, Arumugam A. (2021) Does breaking up prolonged sitting improve cognitive functions in sedentary adults? A mapping review and hypothesis formulation on the potential physiological mechanisms. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2021 Mar 12;22(1):274. doi: 10.1186/s12891-021-04136-5. PMID: 33711976; PMCID: PMC7955618.

01/07/2021
Gesundheitsfördernde Arbeitsgestaltung im Homeoffice im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie
Mojtahedzadeh, N., Rohwer, E., Lengen, J. et al. (2021) Gesundheitsfördernde Arbeitsgestaltung im Homeoffice im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie. Zbl Arbeitsmed 71, 69–74.

09/21/2020
The effectiveness of sedentary behaviour interventions on sitting time and screen time in children and adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews
Nguyen, P., Le, L.KD., Nguyen, D. et al. The effectiveness of sedentary behaviour interventions on sitting time and screen time in children and adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 17, 117 (2020).

08/26/2020
Changes in sedentary behaviour in European Union adults between 2002 and 2017
López-Valenciano, A., Mayo, X., Liguori, G. et al. Changes in sedentary behaviour in European Union adults between 2002 and 2017. BMC Public Health 20, 1206 (2020).

07/06/2020
Association between sedentary behavior and the risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yan, S., Fu, W., Wang, C. et al. Association between sedentary behavior and the risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Transl Psychiatry 10, 112 (2020).

05/12/2020
Recommendations for Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic
Ricci F, Izzicupo P, Moscucci F, Sciomer S, Maffei S, Di Baldassarre A, Mattioli AV and Gallina S (2020) Recommendations for Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behavior During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic. Front. Public Health 8:199.

04/2020
Sedentary Behavior and Public Health: Integrating the Evidence and Identifying Potential Solutions
Owen N, Healy G, Dempsey C, Salmon J, Timperio A, Clark B, Goode A, Koorts H, Ridgers N, Hadgraft N, Lambert G, Eakin E, Kingwell B and Dunstan D (2020) Sedentary Behavior and Public Health: Integrating the Evidence and Identifying Potential Solutions. Annual Review of Public Health Vol. 41:265-287.

• Standsome offers standing desk tops and desks in different sizes and colours
• Founded in 2016
• Founders: Leonard Beck (CEO), Dr. Dennis Albert
• 21 employees
• Headquarters in Mainz, Germany (Frankfurt area)
• Over 10.000 trees planted in cooperation with Life-Giving Forest e.V.
• Prices and nominations:
  • Hessian Founders’ Price 2018 (Hessischer Gründerpreis 2018)
  • Innovation Pitch Award 2020
  • German Sustainability Award Design 2021, Nomination (Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis Design 2021)
  • Green Product Award 2021, Nomination
• Reference customers: Zalando, MAN, Burda Forward, Engel & Völkers, Betahaus Hamburg, Universal, Facebook
• Previous media mentions i.a.: brand eins, Gründerszene, Green Lifestyle, Wirtschaftsforum, Business Punk, Cosmopolitan
• Press discounts for journalists upon request