Varidesk

Varidesk, LLC. changed its brand name to Vari on February 24, 2020. Vari is an American manufacturer of office furniture and equipment based in Coppell, Texas. It is notable for producing height-adjustable standing desks and related accessories. The company was founded in 2013 by current-CEO Jason McCann.

Vari (Varidesk, LLC)
Private
IndustryFurniture, Accessories
FoundedCoppell, Texas, United States (2013 (2013))
FounderJason McCann
Headquarters
Coppell, Texas
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Websitewww.varidesk.com

The company's products have sold in over 130 countries. Prominent customers have included American Airlines, The Container Store, Mary Kay, the National Institutes of Health, the Federal Reserve Bank, the United Nations Secretariat, Southern Methodist University, and Texas Christian University.[1][2]

History

Vari started as a sit-stand product from Gemmy Industries, a novelty and décor company.

In 2012, McCann noticed that a colleague had put his computer on top of a cardboard box. That co-worker wanted to stand and work to relieve his sciatic nerve pain. McCann searched for standing desks online but found products that were either too expensive or difficult to assemble. Soon after building a prototype, more wanted one. The standing desk later turned into a full-fledged product once people outside Gemmy heard about it.

By 2013, McCann made Vari into its own entity. Since the company launched in 2013, Vari has grown from two employees and one standing desk to more than 300 employees.[1]

One of the company's products, the Electric Standing Desk 60x30, was featured on the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley.[1]

gollark: Personally, I suspect the thought process is something like:- "Hmm, CC does not look like [Windows/MacOS/whatever the user was brought up on and uses lots]"- "I must make it like this! This is an obvious usability improvement."- "Clearly nobody has thought of this already or, as it's obviously better, it would be used everywhere."
gollark: And some bundled programs, primarily other people's.
gollark: The majority of "OS"es are glorified startup screens maybe with a GUI or something. This is *not useful*.
gollark: SquidDev explained it here: https://gist.github.com/SquidDev/6fa444798bbe01f4068bf82a76ac273f
gollark: "OS"es are one of CC's most popular projects, despite most of the implementations of them delivering near-zero value.

References
  1. "Are standing desks in the office of the future? This Coppell company thinks so". Dallas News. July 7, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2017.
  2. "Standing desks sit well with more employees". Washington Post. May 20, 2014.
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