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# Tech-Integrated Desks
The SlatePro is Perfect for Keeping All Your Tech Neat and Tidy

By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2014-03-12 | Art & Design
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/slatepro
References: [kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iskelter/slatepro-personal-techdesk) & [iskelter](http://iskelter.com/products/slates/slatepro-personal-techdesk/)

The SlatePro desk is a dream for just about anybody who owns multiple types of technological devices and is sick of the mess of cables and wires that comes with them.

SlatePro's design has been carefully thought out to include pre-made slots and holsters for phones, tablets and keyboards, plus a [built-in mousepad](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/studio-pad) and a ventilated surface area that helps to keep laptops from overheating. The bamboo table is covered with a sleek acrylic surface, which looks especially beautiful since it is optimized to keep the table top cable-free. While the right side of the table is equipped with plenty of spots to hold your tech, the left side also has a great peg-like system to keep mail and other paper documents organized neatly.

The SlatePro desk has exceeded its initial crowdfunding goals on [Kickstarter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/customizable-desk-organizers) and the gorgeous table will be featured at MacWorld in San Francisco at the end of the month.

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 6.0/10
- Popularity: 99% | Activity: 73% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial
- Top markets: North America

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Furniture](https://www.trendhunter.com/furniture)

## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Tech-integrated Desks:** The SlatePro desk offers a disruptive innovational opportunity for furniture companies to integrate better tech conveniences into home and office designs.
- **Cable-free Workspaces:** The SlatePro desk highlights a trend for businesses to optimize and incorporate wireless technology into their workstations to alleviate desk clutter.
- **Ventilated Surface Areas:** This feature of the SlatePro desk introduces a trend for manufacturers in the tech and furniture industries to offer products with built-in laptop cooling systems for better performance and durability.

### Who This Affects Most

- **Furniture Manufacturing:** Furniture companies can benefit from the disruptive innovation opportunity that tech-integrated desks offer to cater to the ever-growing tech-savvy consumer base.
- **Technology Manufacturing:** The tech industry can benefit from the trend of incorporating built-in laptop and device cooling systems to increase the lifespan and sustained performance of their gadgets.
- **Office Supplies:** This disruptive innovation opportunity offers companies in the office supplies industry to expand their product range to include cable-free workstations to better serve customers seeking more organized work environments.

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