A company run by Quest University alumni has pitched a product on Kickstarter that has gained considerable popularity.
Orijin Design Co., based in Vancouver, has netted over 2,900 supporters who’ve thrown in more than $118,000 as of late morning March 29. Its original funding goal was to make $10,000.
According to the company, the product met its initial cash goal in less than 48 hours and was listed among the Top 5 live projects in design and tech on Kickstarter out of more than 800 live campaigns.
The product also happens to be quite appropriate for this time of year — an egg.
But it’s not the kind left by the Easter bunny.
Called “The Thinking Egg,” it’s a token that you keep in your pocket to remind people to slow down and take a breath.
“You take the Thinking Egg everywhere you go and hold, rub, fiddle, meditate etc., whenever you need to without it being distracting to you or anyone around you,” reads a news release from the company.
“Many people (including ourselves) wear our overstimulation as a badge of honor; "the more we do, the better,” wrote Orijin community manager James Blumhagen in an email. “We want to steer away from that socially constructed mindset and wanted to create a useful tool to help remind us to slow the hell down.”
The egg-shaped pieces of art are made from brass, pine and howlite, which are described on the company’s Kickstarter as materials that have soothing properties.
