The D2L Brightspace online learning platform personalizes education for every student. To cement D2L as a leader in personalized learning, we decided to personalize the original learning platform: the school desk.As a metaphor for all the ways D2L personalizes learning, we created a school desk that could be just as personalized. Leveraging specific insights from students of all ages, the Unstandardized Desk could be reshaped and reimagined to meet their unique needs and desires.The Unstandardized Desk was manufactured using Nordic birch CNC-milled triangular panels connected by actuated tensile hinges covered by a neoprene skin. The wood is a nod to the wooden surfaces of traditional school desks. The ultimate goal is to mass produce the desk for classrooms around the world.
Over decades, education has changed, but one aspect of the classroom has remained resolutely firm: the school desk. Now, D2L, a global learning technology company transforming the way the world learns, has unveiled a one-of-a-kind example of how rethinking of the school desk demonstrates how a more personalized approach to learning can benefit learners from primary school to working age.