Hasta La Ideas

Review and Images by Diana Hong

Who the hell stands at work all day? I discovered a lot of people, including some of my good friends.

There were a lot of articles about how sitting at your desk for more than 8 hours was killing your life and it kind of freaked me out. So I started to do my research and found out about the Giraffe Desk through a designer friend on Twitter, Matthew Siskin. His father, David and brother, Jared, had just finished producing a new line of desk extensions.

The Giraffe Desk is a gorgeous clear acrylic desk extension, designed to be placed on a supporting surface, raising your existing workspace while the user is standing or sitting on a raised stool.

OVERVIEW

The giraffe desk is offered in two sizes, medium (27″ x 32″ x 9″H) and large (27″ x 42″ x 10″H), with two static heights, but I was told that by the founders, the giraffe desk is also customizable. If there’s a lot of surface space given to me, I generally tend to pile lots of stuff on top of it, so I opted for a more minimal, medium sized giraffe desk. The acrylic extension desk is a sturdy 1/2″ acrylic that currently holds a 24″ apple display, my 13″ Macbook Air, wireless keyboard and mouse.

• Height Range: 9″ extension (medium) or 10″ extension (large) for pre-existing desk
• Max Load: 100 lbs
• Color Options: Clear – Transparent
  Light Sea Glass Green – Transparent
  Grey – Transparent
  Black – Opaque
  White – Semi Transparent or Opaque
  Frosted – Semi Transparent (textured) and other colors available upon request.
• No Assembly Required

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