The idea to create a customized desk pad was born back in 2019, while working a demanding 9-5 job in the office. Being seated in front of a computer all day was causing aches in wrists and elbows. But the biggest nuisance came from the absence of air conditioning during summer, causing forearms to get tacky regardless of whether it was a bare desk or PU mat.

Anti-fatigue arm supports quickly proved to be clumsy and impractical in the long term and were more successful at cluttering desk as you couldn’t put anything on top of it. Surprisingly, nothing was to be found on shelves that ticked the boxes for what we had in mind. That’s when Rus (the founder) started toying with an idea of making a custom desk mat that would tick all the boxes for us.

Our idea was that this desk accessory should be both comfortable to elbows and wrists (so that you could spend long hours at your desk without developing fatigue), and it should look professional and sleek so it would provide a pleasant aesthetic to a workstation. Some sketches were tried, and a few contacts were made there and here. But nothing really began until the spring of 2020, when Rus found himself with a lot of spare time during a month of furlough and shortly after followed redundancy from his purchasing job (oh the good old lockdown times).

Using the redundancy money, he took a risk and spent it all on a trial batch Fusionstrike Wetsuit Desk Pads. The concept behind it came from browsing a sample book of a rubber gasket supplier that he worked with at the last job. Going through dozens of all kinds of rubber samples, one piece stood out above all due it’s unique combination of thickness, softness, sturdiness, and tender fabric lamination. All it had in description was “wetsuit neoprene”. The only issue with this material was that we used up the last remaining few meters of it and the factory long discontinued it due to its expensiveness. A new challenge was born.

On a tight budget, over a span of a year and a half, slowly but surely, we went through dozens of factories and samples to find the one that would match what we stumbled upon originally. It came in very handy that the specific type of material we were after, was made originally from limestone rock instead of crude oil. Growing up close to countryside and spending half of childhood wondering in the raw nature parks, Rus felt personal responsibility to avoid bringing another product into this world that would end up harming nature. Choosing limestone-based rubber not only provided a much better material quality overall, but also halved negative impact on the environment.Throughout 2022-2023 we made our first batch of Limestone Desk Pad.

We’ve worked with a number of amazing content creators and had our first customers. Our plan for 2024 is to gradually switch over to a natural rubber and recycled fabric, thus making our product 100% environmentally friendly.