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Need a work-from-home office fast? Set up this Japanese cardboard desk in less than 1 minute

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By Scott Wilson, SoraNews24

Due to the global pandemic, more people than ever before are working from home. And while we’ve seen that some companies have used innovative cardboard solutions to try and make the workplace itself safer, for many simply working from home is the best solution.

But what if you don’t have a home office? Or a desk? Or even space to have a permanent desk in the first place?

That’s where Japanese company SOiRO comes in with their sturdy cardboard partition desk, the SOiRO-U.

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The SoiRO-U is made entirely of strong, 5-centimeter-thick cardboard, while still being light enough to easily move around, weighing in at only 7 kilograms. It’s also water resistant, meaning you shouldn’t have to worry about a spilled drink disintegrating it.

And, best of all, you can set it up and be ready to use it in under a minute.

If you’re living in a tiny Japanese apartment, this could potentially be a lifesaver. Instead of having a bulky desk that constantly takes up a significant percentage of your living area, you can simply set up the desk when you need it, then put it away after you’re done.

It’s kind of like putting away your futon after sleeping on it, opening up a lot more space to have your home feel like a home and not just an office.

▼ Plus it has three different height settings you can switch between.

Sitting, which is 71.6 millimeters high.

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▼ Standing, which is 101.6 centimeters high.

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▼ And child-size, which is 54.6 centimeters.

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▼ Here’s a diagram showing all of the different heights, plus the width and height of the entire desk. It’s like the size of a cardboard vending machine.

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▼ Plus it even comes with hooks to hang your randoseru backpack or otaku swag bag.

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One other neat part of the cardboard desk is that since it’s made entirely of cardboard, it’s easy to get rid of too. If your work-from-home stint comes to an end and you don’t need the desk anymore, you can just put it out with your regular cardboard recycling, no need to deal with a bulky plastic or wooden desk.

▼ At 26,400 yen each, they’re inexpensive enough to even set up a couple of workstations together if you’re so inclined.

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If you’re interested, you can check out SOiRO’s website here. They have a cheaper model that only has two height options, as well as a more expensive white-cardboard model too.

Source: Gililita Online StorePR Times

Images: PR Times

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Or you could just use your table, because if you really haven’t got room for a desk you won’t have room for this ugly cardboard monstrosity.

-2 ( +5 / -7 )

The ‘podium’ format appears to be the only cost-effective and practical version IF the top can raised or lowered periodically for different uses and/or storage, without destroying the integrity & integrity of the cardboard joints.

3 ( +4 / -1 )

The recent Olympic push of these designs seem to be acclimating young people to the ideas that their potential futures may in fact be living within the confines of cardboard.

Plus, those ‘drink’ shelves and cubbies are a disaster waiting to happen.

0 ( +4 / -4 )

Seems extremely overpriced. If it were in Daiso for 300yen, I'd probably get one.

But at 26,400yen, it's a hard pass. Can buy a cheap laptop computer for less than that!

5 ( +6 / -1 )

26,400 yen  for a piece of cardboard when you can by a real desk for cheaper? I'll pass.

5 ( +6 / -1 )

At 26,400 yen each, they’re inexpensive enough to even set up a couple of workstations together if you’re so inclined

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I’ll go down my local supermarket and pickup all the cardboard boxes for

0 yen-that’s inexpensive!

5 ( +5 / -0 )

26,400 yen for pieces of cardboard? The concept is interesting but the price is absurd. You can get a proper desk and chair set on Amazon for much less.

3 ( +4 / -1 )

Might possibly be useful if you needed a bulky but portable "light" weight desk, though I can't think of any reason you would need it.

2 ( +2 / -0 )

Enough with this cardboard furniture stuff.

You can get a nice wooden desk for less money from IKEA.

0 ( +5 / -5 )

No.

-1 ( +1 / -2 )

A piece of CARDBORD FOR 26,400 yen each? なんでやねん!You can make a real one for much less which I have and I have used it for years.

3 ( +3 / -0 )

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