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Hey 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! :)

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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?

This definitely needs double/triple width slats to reduce some of the seam impact, possibly with some of the mount options. i.e. I would want 20-30cm uninterrupted in the middle of my desk, and that's probably also where I would want my monitor mount.

Non-replacable bulbs in 2018? That strikes me as a little wasteful.

I love the concept because modularity is clever. You can build many many setups with a few pieces, and it's easy to ship!

I've been shopping for a desk in Oxford & London and I was not satisfied with what I saw. Great timing, I will consider de-sk.

I'd love to see adjustable height. Maybe not with an engine, as that would make the desk too heavy to ship and too expensive or complex. I think a crank handle system would be enough for small frames.

I'd also love to see the possibility of buying solid wood modules, like solid birch, instead of plywood.

PS: You should maybe have a solution for the annoyance of writing over tiny gaps. It doesn't bother me as I always write on top of a leather pad, but I can bother others. Good luck.

the concept is slats, slats have been around since man started turning timber into lumber. Point to me what is new.

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.

A (well made i.e. realistic) video of assembly/unboxing would really highlight your value proposition. Also my first reaction is to the gaps or smoothness between planks, visually it looks like a deal killer, so maybe highlight that this isn't an issue in the top line copy or with a photo. Good Luck!

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