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A standing desk is a resource for the home office that’s increasingly common, but they’re still not affordable or convenient in most cases. The Press Fit standing desk began life as a Kickstarter project designed to fix both those problems, with an innovative standing desk design that’s easy to assemble/break down and reassemble, and that won’t break the budget. (Read More)

A look back at the week’s greatest crowdfunding campaigns. (Read More)

Standing desks are seemingly all the rage these days, what with the growing body of research on the evils of days spent sitting at a computer. (Who'd guess that staying on your feet could lower the risk of heart disease, cancer and diabetes?) But of all the models out there, the Press Fit standing desk may be the one best tailored for New Yorkers. (Read More)

David Yamnitsky and Isabella Tromba are grad students at MIT, with degrees and degrees-to-be in the unchallenging, trifling fields of Cryptography, Math, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Computer Security--or as we ID'ers refer to these fields collectively, Meh. (Read More)

The three crowdfunding campaigns for this weeks #CrowdfundingMailbox are Vincero watches, a standing desk and Swivel Card. (Read More)

Standing desks are hot, but even if Isabella Tromba and David Yamnitsky had just designed a plain old boring sitting desk, this would be a great story. The MIT grads have given us a taste of what might be the future of manufacturing in America: they use an industrial-scale CNC router to slice and dice local formaldehyde-free plywood. The clever design then snaps together: " The Press Fit Standing Desk is made from precision-cut parts that assemble like a jigsaw puzzle without any screws or tools. It's so simple there's no instruction manual." (Read More)

This article is about a neat little standing desk that requires no fasteners. It is held together by tension. (Read More)

The $149 maple plywood furniture can be assembled in seconds. (Read More)

David Yamnitsky and Isabella Tromba designed the Press Fit Standing Desk, an affordable standing desk cut from locally-grown maple plywood. (Read More)

Chairs had better watch their back now that the Pres Fit Standing Desk is on Kickstarter. This work station is meant to be both durable and easy to assemble/disassemble. Many pieces of furniture can already be assembled using either pushpins or a tool or two. Ergonomic furniture, such as standing desks, are often hard to put together and don't come as cheaply as furniture from places like IKEA. (Read More)

Using one-step, digital manufacturing, MIT graduate students David Yamnitsky and Isabella Tromba are producing standing desks that can be assembled in seconds without screws, tools, or even an instruction manual, and they're selling them at a starting price of $149 through a Kickstarter campaign. (Read More)

Don't kill yourself sitting — or paying for an expensive alternative. (Read More)

Be it for health or comfort reasons, it looks like standing desks are here to stay. One drawback of desks like the StandDesk, however, is the high price point. And options like StorkStand and the cardboard standing desk are lacking the form some are looking for. With that in mind, the creators of the Press Fit standing desk are launching a desk that comes with a lower price and a more traditional form. (Read More)

Wow! Thank you to everyone who has helped take this project from zero to funded in less than 36 hours!!! In that time we were also named a Staff Pick and featured on Gadgetify and Gizmag! This means that your desks, stools, and keychains WILL BE... (Read More)

Everybody knows that sitting for too long each day is a bad idea. You could develop all kinds of dangerous health issues if you don’t move your body often throughout the day. Getting a standing desk would certainly help. But not all standing desks are affordable. The Press Fit standing desk is different. It is a portable and affordable product that packs flat and can be assembled in seconds. It is made of precision-cut parts that assemble like a puzzle without any screws. It is made of sustainable material (maple plywood). (Read More)