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Thinksmart View Plus | 2022-2023
Thinksmart View Plus | 2022-2023


Designer: Lenovo Design Innovation Team, Lenovo, Morrisville, North Carolina, USA
Manufacturer: Lenovo, Morrisville, North Carolina, USA


ThinkSmart View Plus is an integrated device with a 27-inch multi-touch display, premium video and audio, whiteboarding features, and built-in compute. Designed for addressing the unique personal productivity and collaboration needs of today’s shifting office environment.

In these times of hybrid work people need a solution to address shifting environments that current technology was not delivering. That’s why the designers designed the ThinkSmart View Plus, combining a powerful high resolution camera, adjustable display that adapts to any desk or office setup, a built in speaker and soundbar, and whiteboarding features with fully integrated Microsoft team’s support View Plus is the ultimate collaboration station for this generation of needs. The modular design of the product combined with the expandable feature-set is designed so it is easy to set up for both end user and IT managers.

In monitor mode, the device allows for comfortable productivity with its ergonomic stand and convenient cell phone stand on the base Integrated Vesa mount and detachable components truly make it a one size fit’s all solution

The integrated physical camera shutter is not only an iconic design element, it gives users privacy they can trust. The modular camera and soundbar allow end user’s to pick and choose their needs and gives great flexibility to the system as a whole working for any environment. Dedicated whiteboarding and Microsoft Teams features truly makes it a purpose-build meeting workhorse.

In these times of hybrid work in a post Covid-19 world users are looking to more flexible product to address the changing landscape of the office environment. Specific dedicated and bulky office devices are less appealing to the largely hybrid work force of today and users yearn for more flexibility and options when it comes to collaboration devices. the designers wanted to created a simple solution that met both the needs of end user’s and ITDM’s by creating a modular and flexible system that gives Lenovo customer’s the agency to pick and build out their ideal meeting station. This coupled with the powerful teams tools and collaboration kit could be the most flexible meeting tool the designers have ever designed. Additionally the design is purpose built with the same camera, microphone and display technology as other devices in the ThinkSmart portfolio creating a holistic family of devices.

The designers were tasked with creating a product that adapted to a wide range of different workplaces, user needs and office settings, upon iterating on this the designers quickly realized that a traditional form factor would not deliver on all the broad spectrum of environments this product could be used. That led to the design of a modular system that allows users to remove and rearrange the camera, soundbar and display as they see fit to accommodate whatever best suits them. Whether you are vesa mounting the display to a wall or using the product as an all in one meeting station the ThinkSmart view has been created to accommodate your specific requirements. In addition to this the designers try to leverage as many internal components from other ThinkSmart products as possible, both keeping the product at a competitive price compared to other products in this category and creating a more holistic design treatment in terms of the way the designers treat individual details and elements on the product.

The ThinkSmart View Plus incorporates a fabric speaker bar that was designed to appeal to the home aesthetic of modern office environments creating a device that would be at home in a warm and comforting atmosphere. View Plus is designed with hotdesking capabilities in mind with a main use case being the ability to start an ad hoc meeting. Using View Plust you will have all the tools at your disposal to go above and beyond in terms of presentation quality and deliverance to deliver simple yet effective presentations.


Thinksmart View Plus | 2022-2023
Thinksmart View Plus | 2022-2023
Thinksmart View Plus | 2022-2023

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