Our story
A quieter way to move at work.
Why a work-from-home dad in Berlin spent two years building a walking pad out of wood, with no motor inside.
From the founder
Working from home with a desk job and two little kids meant almost no time for workouts. So I decided to build something better: a quiet, compact, durable manual walking pad. No motor. No remote. Just movement, powered by you.
Who we are
The people behind it.
Building the Office Walker has been a mix of physics, engineering, design and creativity, brought together by a small but passionate team in Berlin.
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Johannes Kettmann
Founder
A physicist by training with over a decade as a software engineer, and a lifelong builder of side projects. After years behind a desk he set out to solve a real problem for people like him. He has founded several businesses, but the Office Walker is the one that blends his technical background with hands-on making.
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Andrii
Mechanical engineering
Andrii and his team at Defir handled the mechanical engineering, from CAD design and structural calculations to FEA analysis, so every component is built for reliability and real-world use.
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Büsra
Design
Büsra brought the design sensibility, making sure the Office Walker doesn't just work well but looks right in any modern workspace. It became a real family project.
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Chris
Growth
Chris directed and managed the prelaunch advertising campaigns, helping reach early supporters and build momentum before launch.
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Roxana
Photography & video
Roxana captured the essence of the Office Walker through professional photography and video production, showing the product in its best light.
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Ziga
Advisor
Ziga has followed the Office Walker from the very beginning. An experienced Kickstarter creator and mentor, his feedback, ideas and guidance have been invaluable throughout.
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Saeid Noorian
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Malik
Why we built it
The electric ones broke. The good ones cost thousands.
A walking pad changed how I worked, easy 10,000 steps while I worked, more energy, more focus. But the electric models I tried were noisy, unreliable, and not built to last. The high-end manual ones were bulky and priced in the thousands.
So in mid-2024 I set out to build something better: a manual walking pad for real home offices, quiet and compact enough to actually live with.
The invention
A new mechanism, patent pending.
The first prototype used the mechanism of traditional curved manual treadmills, but it could never be made compact enough. That pushed us to invent a completely new mechanical system, for which we've filed a provisional patent.
In early 2025 I built a tiny laser-cut proof-of-concept at home. It worked. From there we refined it into the full-size Office Walker, smooth, quiet motion in a remarkably small footprint.
What we stand for
Made to keep, not to bin.
Great products should stay in use for years, not end up in landfill. The Office Walker is designed to be repairable: clear repair guides, spare parts shipped to you, and a walking surface you can swap in minutes. Two bolts and a few screws open the whole thing.
Careers
Join us.
We're a small team in Berlin building something we believe in. If that sounds like you, get in touch and tell us what you'd want to work on.
One pad
Keep one thing for good.
Built by hand in Berlin. Shipped flat. Repairable for life.
From €1,149 in the EU. 2-year EU warranty, up to 5 years on the frame.