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  Lance

  13 years ago

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  Haters gonna hate. If you had grown up with these and had to go back to the originals, you'd find flaws with the originals. It's only uncomfortable to accept because its so different. Early adopters will be progressive schools that "get it".

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  James Barber

  14 years ago

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  I doubt this desk was designed for classrooms where students would be using it as a cheep thrill. This would be great for progressive learning environments that would benefit from adaptable classroom configurations. Not having to drag your desk back and forth or scoop up all your stuff every time you want to move around would be so nice.

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  jim

  14 years ago

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  How do you carve your name into it?

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  Dave

  14 years ago

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  I prefer the original

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  makka

  14 years ago

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  A good eye idea is done.

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  dylan

  14 years ago

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  Cool...more crappy plastic furniture that takes 10,000 years to break down...but at least you can assemble it in 30 sec's.

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  Ryan Siemers

  14 years ago

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  I love the concept of a modular classroom environment and I think this goes along way to help that. I'm concerned about a few factors though.
  
  A: Durability.
  #1 The Casters look like 2nd class $20 office chair plastic. Perhaps metal or rubber could take the test of time better.
  #2 The rotating table top could really use a little beefing up, kids will likely be laying on them at some point.
  
  B: Human Factors.
  
  #1) The Casters and table top, should have some way to lock. Either after a certain weight load is placed on them, or a click that would engage at least two wheels at once. Why? Imagine anyone standing next to a chair wanting to take a little load off by leaning on it.
  
  #2) I remember my backpack habitually being to tall for under my chair. I wonder how the loading of this will affect a chair while empty of student. (but were all going digital right? no need for backpacks when we just carry our tablets.

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  Stefan Hartwig

  14 years ago

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  Can I have the original one back? The new one, while chock full o' features looks medical.

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  Pete Mortensen

  14 years ago

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  Really not seeing the benefit here, and a fair number of downsides. The materials look nice, but the desktop surface is exactly the same size as existing solutions, and beneath-the-chair storage is already there, too.
  
  The casters are actually a problem, potentially. I can just see harried teachers having to deal with kids rolling their desks around the room, just wiggling them back and forth -- or even playing bumper cars with them. It depends on the inertia of the casters in question, I'm sure. But even a typical office chair kind of roll could be disruptive in class.
  
  The noise issue when desks are rearranged has been handled by teachers already with the tennis ball hack:
  
  http://www.visuallee.com/weblog/images/tennisballs.jpg
  
  Could there be a solution more like that? Allowing quiet rearrangement without actually turning the desks into vehicles?No one has solved it yet.

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