The desk weighs about 25 pounds and also converts to an easel. It hit Kickstarter on March 15 at a pledge amount of $349.
Accessories, including holders for smartphones, snacks and drinks, will be available to snap along the edge — get it? — to maintain the 20-by-30-inch desktop work space.
The desk has been the subject of demonstrations to more than 500 people, from a beefy football player to petite art student, at four shared office spaces and eight college campuses across the country, Rosenberg said.
Rosenberg’s partners are brothers Steve and Jeff Rehkemper, both of Rehkemper Invention & Design of Chicago, and Jeff Jones, who led development of the original Furby for Tiger Electronics, based in Vernon Hills, Ill.
The campaign wants to raise $165,000 for production. The founding team has already invested about $500,000 in the project, Rosenberg said.
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