Sapper 50® Double Monitor Arm

The Sapper 50 monitor arm integrates the defining features of the collection, including interchangeability, adaptability and intuitive adjustment, and expands the capabilities of the collection to include support for two larger monitors and flat screen televisions of up to 30 pounds each.

Richard Sapper conceived the Sapper™ Monitor Arm Collection to set a new standard for intuitive functionality, ease of reconfiguration and unobtrusive visual elegance.

Intuitive adjustments

Sapper monitor arms offer unparalleled fluid monitor movement with intuitive, simple adjustments for ease of reconfiguration and unobtrusive visual elegance.

A comprehensive system

The Sapper Monitor Arm Collection is a highly flexible and reconfigurable system, with numerous options that adapt to the environment at hand. With the ability to mount monitor arms in a variety of configurations and using different connections, the collection can evolve with an organization’s changing needs.

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Product story

When Marketing asked Knoll Director of Design Benjamin Pardo to develop a new monitor arm collection — something that would be simple and intuitive without sacrificing usability — he immediately thought of Richard Sapper.

Sapper designed his eponymous chair for Knoll in 1979, a product celebrated for its quiet style and sensible control mechanisms. Pardo: “Here was an opportunity to work on a kinetic object with a guy who does that absolutely wonderfully.”

Sapper’s signature refined aesthetic brought simplicity and intelligence to a category crowded with overly-complicated, ill-considered designs. The Sapper™ Monitor Arm Collection sets a new standard for intuitive functionality, ease of reconfiguration and unobtrusive visual elegance, or as Sapper put it himself, “Everything is done so it explains itself.”

Richard Sapper

Richard Sapper’s diverse training in philosophy, anatomy, business, and engineering at the University of Munich has shaped his successful design career ― one which has been dedicated to finding simple, efficient solutions to technically complex problems. His expansive portfolio includes electronics, bicycles, cars, lighting, cookware, and furniture, all of which encompass his ability to synergize art and engineering to deliver thoughtful solutions in handsome packages. Born in Germany but based in Milan, Sapper accents German efficiency with hints of Italian flare.

In 1962, Sapper collaborated with Marro Zanuso to create the Lambda Chair for Gavina SpA (later acquired by Knoll), a piece that is now in the Knoll Museum Collection. In 1979, he worked directly for Knoll, creating the Sapper Office Chair series, a design with enduring appeal and brilliant utility. His most recent collaboration with Knoll resulted in the Sapper Monitor Arm collection in 2009. Both Knoll designs, engineered to perfection, exemplify his ability to reduce an object to its most fundamental elements and style it with his signature elegance.

Sapper is the recipient of 10 Compasso d’Oro prizes, Italy’s most prestigious industrial design award, and more than fifteen of his product designs are in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, including the Lambda Chair and the Sapper Monitor Arm. His most notable products are the Tizio lamp (Artemide) and the IBM Thinkpad. Additionally, he has designed for Fiat, Allessi, and Gavina.

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Construction and Details

INTUITIVE ADJUSTMENTS - Sapper monitor arms offer unparalleled fluid monitor movement with easy-to-use adjustments
ADAPTABILITY - Design incorporates elements to support a broad range of work environments
EASE OF RECONFIGURATION - The Collection is a complete system with a broad kit of parts and is highly reconfigurable
Each arm holds up to 30 lbs
Ships standard with fast release movement joint
Offers 117 degrees of monitor tilt up and down, 180 degrees of swivel left and right and 360 degrees of rotation for portrait or landscape viewing
Each arm offers approximately 18" of depth adjustment (depends on mounting option)
Each arm folds into itself to less than 5" deep when fully compressed
Incorporates easy-to-use external cable management which keeps wires tidy and accessible
A variety of mounting options and mast heights available

Sustainable Design

Learn more about Sapper 50 Double Monitor Arm product certifications and materials at Ecomedes.

AWARDS

The Museum of Modern Art Architecture and Design Collection

Product Note

Due to the ever evolving nature of technology and monitor design, Knoll encourages an extended mock-up of monitor arms with their intended monitors to ensure performance meets a client’s expectation.