Show HN: De-sk, modular office desk system
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#2Hey HN! I'm Jonathan. I've spent the last few months working on designing and launching a new concept for a desk. It's mainly targeted towards companies / offices -- ie banks of desks. I was inspired by my experience starting a co-working space, and subsequently meeting lots of others running offices and co-working spaces.
It's my first non-digital product, and I'm super excited to share it here first.
I'd love any feedback on the product and the site! :)
Re: Show HN: De-sk, modular office desk system
#3Hey HN! I'm Jonathan. I've spent the last few months working on designing and launching a new concept for a desk. It's mainly targeted towards companies / offices -- ie banks of desks. I was inspired by my experience starting a co-working space, and subsequently meeting lots of others running offices and co-working spaces. It's my first non-digital product, and I'm super excited to share it here first. I'd love any f…
It seems the surface is broken down into 10cm wide pieces. This is rather narrow, not even wide enough for an A4 sheet to sit on without crossing a join.
And how are the slats held down?
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#4There is a lot of questions regarding the way this works
How does the frame even work?
How does resizing work?
Won't writing a piece of paper on this desk be an unpleasant experience?
Your product & site needs a video
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#5Site is down for me at the moment it seems. Not loading.
Re: Show HN: De-sk, modular office desk system
#6Hey HN! I'm Jonathan. I've spent the last few months working on designing and launching a new concept for a desk. It's mainly targeted towards companies / offices -- ie banks of desks. I was inspired by my experience starting a co-working space, and subsequently meeting lots of others running offices and co-working spaces. It's my first non-digital product, and I'm super excited to share it here first. I'd love any f…
This is awesome. But I feel the audience overlaps with standing desks and not offering a hydraulic standing desk base may be a missed opportunity.
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#7I didn't immediately see some desktop covering that would make the surface flat and smooth. This is something that some users would have to have - for writing on paper on the desk, and for mousing.
And since I don't want to have to have a special "desk mat" that looks odd and may slide around, I would skip this desk. Perhaps you can devise one that fits the style and provides the flat smooth surface that some of us would want.
Re: Show HN: De-sk, modular office desk system
#8Hey HN! I'm Jonathan. I've spent the last few months working on designing and launching a new concept for a desk. It's mainly targeted towards companies / offices -- ie banks of desks. I was inspired by my experience starting a co-working space, and subsequently meeting lots of others running offices and co-working spaces. It's my first non-digital product, and I'm super excited to share it here first. I'd love any f…
This is awesome. But I feel the audience overlaps with standing desks and not offering a hydraulic standing desk base may be a missed opportunity.
That'd be a great niche too - giving users at one of those horrifying hot-desking benches a way to customize surface height.
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#9It's an interesting concept. You need more photos - I need to see how the slats interlock, I need to see photos of how the frame works. My immediate thought was that with a long enough desk (de-sk?) it would bow in the middle. A lot of questions I have don't seem to be answered on the landing page. I think overall, the landing page could be simplified and cleaned up so I don't need to go hunting through the "FAQ" and "Why De-sk?" pages to know if this is the desk for me.
As others have pointed out, I think the biggest weakness is the seams. It looks like it would be impossible to write on. I would suggest that you include some sort of optional desk pad as an add-on.
I'm from the US. Although it doesn't look like you're shipping here yet anyway, you might include inch/pound units too if you plan to ship internationally at some point.
Cool concept, good luck.
EDIT: Here's what I meant by a desk pad, in case it wasn't obvious. This one has a lip so that it stays put, and a metal backing so that you wouldn't feel the slats underneath while you were writing: https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40246156/
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#10Way too expensive, sorry. I just built my own: 400cm oak wood tabletop: 200 Euros. IKEA Legs: 18 Euros. IKEA ALEX drawer element: 60 Euros. Putting everything together took an hour.