Pep-up your creativity with Logitech Meteor G portable RGB desk light

Logitech has always been at the forefront of innovation and design when it comes to computer peripherals and accessories. On the same lines, with a focus on enhancing the gaming and computing experience, this concept from the gaming-centric Logitech G line-up offers a visually stunning and immersive environment that can be tailored to individual preferences.

The Logitech Meteor G concept is a versatile lighting accessory to transform any gaming setup or workspace into a mesmerizing light show that matches the overall theme of a workstation. The lighting bar seamlessly synchronizes with any RGB-enabled devices including keyboards, mice, headsets, and speakers to create a harmonious display of vibrant colors.

Designer: Anantvijay

One standout element of the design is the ability to unleash users’ creativity with 19 different hues to choose from. In the accompanying app’s intuitive interface, one can curate their own lighting profiles to design unique and captivating visual displays. Whether it’s a pulsating rainbow effect or a dynamic color wave, Meteror G empowers users to express their personal style and make a statement with their desk setup.

The user-friendly interface is well suited for any interior setup, offering a variety of pre-configured lighting effects and customization options. Also, the ambient light can be synchronized to react to the music, video or in-game action.

While the Logitech RGB Light Design concept is currently just on the drawing board, it embodies Logitech’s commitment to pushing boundaries and reimagining the role of lighting in our computing experiences. Logitech Meteor G is another good example of how personalized and synchronized RGB lighting is an integral part of any creative individual who’s looking for peak focus sessions or wants to create a cohesive ambient light setup.

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Neck-shaped headphone holder doubles as a container and a desk sculpture

Despite the rising ubiquity of wireless earbuds, many people still prefer over-the-ear cups, whether they come with wires or without. We’ll leave the debates to the sound experts, but audiophiles, gamers, and everyone in between still swear by the quality produced by these headphones. That said, these audio accessories sacrifice portability and convenience for performance, and they can quickly become clutter on your desk when left unchecked. There are quite a number of headphone holders that hang those headbands up for everyone to see, but that’s really all that most of them do, which means also taking up precious desk space. We’ve come across a few ideas on how to maximize the space that these objects occupy, and this particular concept combines three functions in one to give a home for your headphones and a few other things.

Designer: Carl Liu

Headphone holders put your headphones up high for two primary reasons. First, it tries to reduce the potential wear and tear that comes when parts of the headphones are always in contact with a surface like a desk. These holders also put your headphones on display, which might be an eye-catching or expensive pair or both. There is no rule that says that these are all that holders should do, and if they are occupying space on your desk, they might as well perform other functions to make up for it.

Reck_Cone is one such concept design that tries to combine different products into a single artful piece. It is, of course, a headphone holder, but you might not immediately identify it as one because of its shape. Unlike typical holders, it does hang the headphones down but instead lets them wrap around the almost conical structure. In this manner, it looks like how headphones would hang around a person’s neck, giving it a more natural appearance even in that unused state.

The headphone holder, however, can also serve as a container. The large empty space in the middle is an obvious place to put items, and it’s easy to imagine it holding pens, rulers, and other long objects. The base, however, also separates from the body to reveal a shallow basin where smaller items like paper clips and pins can be hidden. Of course, these spaces can also be used to store cables and other accessories for the headphones.

The Reck_Cone’s form is eye-catching, and even without the headphones, it displays an unusual shape that looks like a vase with a “wing” on its back. It’s a pleasing shape that doesn’t scream for attention, and it’s a tempting addition to your desk setup, especially since it can take the place of a few other containers in your workspace.

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Multifunctional desk accessory becomes a scrolling photo frame for your favorite memories

Taking photos and recording videos have become one of the most important uses of today’s smartphones, so much so that manufacturers have enthroned cameras in their designs. These photos often stay on the phone, though, and are usually shared on social media for others to see. Not everyone, however, is on Facebook or Instagram, and even those that do have accounts won’t always be able to show off and share the most important photos from their phone galleries. Photo frames are perfect for that kind of purpose, and this desk accessory concept tries to offer a more dynamic way of taking a trip down memory lane while also serving some practical use to help keep your desk tidy.

Designers: Yangwoo Choi, Hanyoung Lee

It’s pretty convenient to take photos with our smartphones and view them on the same device. After all, we have our smartphones almost always with us. On the other hand, it’s actually harder to share those precious moments with others without handing the phone over to them or relying on social media. At home or in the office, you might want to have something a little more visible and more permanent, which is what photo frames are for. Flash back is a concept that meets that need, but with a few twists that make it a little more interesting.

Flash back is technically a digital photo frame that can show one or more photos, probably from your phone’s gallery. Unlike typical digital frames, however, the device concept is seemingly locked to a very specific presentation mode. It slowly scrolls through the photos sideways, more like a film reel than a slideshow. In fact, the curved shape of the body is an ode to the physical medium, giving it an old-school feel while obviously being modern.

The device, however, is more than just a digital photo frame. It can also serve as a pen holder, with a basin for clips and small items that would otherwise litter your desk. Or it could hold any other item on your bedside table. Even when not used this way, the product’s design is aesthetic enough to serve as a kind of desk decoration, though it would certainly be wasting its potential that way.

Conversely, Flash back can also be used as a plain desk accessory without the photo display. It only starts showing the images only when someone is nearby, saving power when no one is around to appreciate the photos anyway. Presumably, there will be settings that can let you set it to on or off for the time being, though again, you won’t be maximizing its design if you only use half its features. It’s admittedly a simple design that combines functionality found in separate products, but it’s exactly that fusion of function with a pleasant, eye-catching form that makes this concept worth its salt.

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Desk assistant device analyzes your posture and gives advice on how to improve

I’ve always had posture even when I was little (well, I still am little) and I think it’s gotten relatively worse over the past decade or so. That’s because I spend more than half of the day sitting in front of the computer and not doing any physical activity. I’ve tried to do some exercises and even put some reminders on my smartwatch to move around every once in a while but it hasn’t really made a difference. I sometimes think that I need someone to remind me to sit up straight when I’m slouching, which is like 80% of the time.

Designer: Chris Thursfield

A concept for an AI-powered device that can do just that is pretty interesting and can be useful for people like me. The Amio – AI desk assistant will be able to bring you real-time feedback on your posture while you’re at your desk or wherever you bring and place the sensor. It is docked on a charging station but can easily be transferred so you can bring it with you to the office when you need to come in or maybe even to a coffee shop that you’re working in, provided you have the space.

The device has an “emotion based” user interface so it can let you know how you’re doing posture-wise in real time. It uses a CMOS sensor that can detect your body skeletal position and an infrared projector and sensor for depth perception. It can tell you that you’ve got good posture in the past hour but will also remind you to take a break soon. It can also tell you that your posture has been declining and assumes that you may be getting tired already. It can also tell you that your posture has “declined quite significantly” and asks if you need some tips.

If you want more details and deeper insights, it will tell you to check the computer or the mobile app. The device itself looks like a bigger webcamera or a smaller smart speaker. In case security is an issue for you, you can turn the sensor downwards and enter incognito mode. The designer though says that vision images will never leave the device and will probably not be saved on a cloud server somewhere. Hopefully this is a device that can become a reality someday as it will be pretty useful for those spending their time in front of a desk.

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Keep your paper notes upright and within reach with this minimalist beauty

Productivity guru David Allen of GTD fame once said that our minds are for having ideas, not holding them. That’s why many such gurus advise jotting down thoughts as soon as they come so as not to lose them just as quickly. Blank sheets of paper, preferably recycled, are great for this purpose. They encourage free-form notes, are ubiquitous, and are available almost anywhere. Having a stack of such paper on your desk, however, can quickly become an organizational nightmare unless you have dedicated space to keep them within arm’s reach. That’s the exact problem that the UPRIGHT paper and pen holders try to solve in the simplest yet most elegant way, keeping sheets of paper nearby without turning your desk into mayhem.

Designers: Aoki Ryosaku, Haruta Masayuki & Tsunoda Takashi

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The designers at idontknow.tokyo are big fans of having a stack of clean paper nearby, ready to receive their inspired musings and sometimes incoherent ramblings, not to mention a phone number or two in an emergency. While that might be great for productivity, an unbridled stack can be a horrific organizing experience when left unchecked. Sheets can fly around, get knocked off the pile, and even curl at the edges. That’s not to mention how they can eat up precious space when laid flat on a desk.

That’s why they designed these minimalist paper holders that try to hit two birds with one stone. It can hold as many as 500 sheets of paper at a time while still leaving space to place a pen or pencil on its foot. The holder’s nearly perfect L shape was precisely designed to be able to hold that many sheets while still making it easy to pull out a single piece from the bundle.

There is an air of beauty in the paper holder’s extreme minimalism. A single sheet of stainless steel is carefully bent to that calculated shape and then powder-coated in black to add a matte texture that offers something to delight your fingertips. Only a small iron rod holds the piece upright, and you can tighten or loosen its screw to adjust its angle. That also makes it effortless to assemble or disassemble the desk accessory when you need to stow it away for transportation.

The paper holder comes in portrait or landscape orientations to fit your preferred working environment or available space. A portrait paper holder is perfect for lists or notes written on pads, while a landscape design is more suited for making diagrams or reading wide-spread material. Although specifically designed to hold A4-sized paper, the sleek holders can be home to almost any paper-based material, from magazines to letters to open books. Whatever it is, it may be able to find a home on your desk with this paper holder.

Clutter begins when things aren’t put in their proper places or, worse, when they don’t have a proper place at all. Having paper nearby to take down notes is one thing, but keeping them from being lost is another. With these minimalist paper holders, you can keep all those notes together, within view and within reach, helping to organize not just your desk but your mind as well.

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stay goodbye to cluttered pen stands, table clocks and sticky notes – this ultimate desk organizer has it all!

2ORDE is designed to create an environment that gives a sense of uniformity to the work desk and, owing to its multiple-use approach, makes finding office supplies convenient.

Keeping the home-office desk organized is like forcing a round peg through a square hole. There are endless desk organizers you can find on the market for your help, but most of them are about aesthetics than function; and if you go for functional options, you end up compromising on the aesthetics. Striking a uniform balance between the two, and delivering on multiple forms than just one, a group of designers has come up with 2ORDE, the ultimate desk organizer you won’t look beyond!

Since the pandemic, the home office workstation has become the place where we spend most of our time. In such a scenario, when you want to get something done and you don’t find the right supplies, you’re bound to go berserk. To save you the day and help you organize the desk and store out-of-order articles creatively, 2ORDE arrives in form of a stable notice board with its own set of supplies.

After a host of barnstorming sessions, mockups, and feedbacks – the designers Junseo Oh, Eojin Roh and Minjeong Kim arrived at a magnetic board in matte finish. Perfectly stable on its broad base, the 2ORDE is more than just the board. It is provided with a set of colorful sticky notes. These fasten magnetically to a section of the board, leaving the other part for you to detail your to-do with chalk and then paste a functional clock on it to glace at what schedule fits your time.

Even more interesting is the fact that these sticky notes are erasable; designers claim no matter the pen you use, you can rub it and move on without a speck of doubt. The provided pen holder also clings onto the magnetic board and lets you have your pen collection right in focus.

Razer BELiEF holds a portable SSD with a slim mousepad so you never forget your stored data!

When design meets innovation, the result is functional joy served on the platter! The Razer BELiEF designed by creative studio Smooth Way is a testament to that fact. This cool conceptual gadget is a mouse pad that doubles as an external solid-state drive (SSD), something that no one asked for but everyone needed. This super thoughtful product design is the brainchild of designers Jaehee Kim and Seungho Choi who’ve adapted Razer’s philosophy, highlighting the use of technology for digital nomads for this fantastic creation.

The idea is relatively straightforward; use the accessory as a mouse pad and when you need to transfer data, attach the cable, and it’s all done. Then, when it is time to take the data home from your office, wrap up the mouse pad, and you’re good to go. Portability is the key here as BELiEF offers lighting fast data transfer speeds, and maximum space utilization on your work desk. The accessory comprises of rubber and plastic material – joined together by bonds and screws – showing the clear distinction between the two usabilities. A dynamic gauge displays the data transmission status (both download and upload) in the customary Razer colorways – even the design bears a very close resemblance to the brand’s characteristics.

To make it easy to carry the SSD, there are magnets at the top and bottom for a quick clasp action. A similar real-life product from Razer (I hope they are watching this one) would be the perfect addition to any desk space – gaming or otherwise. I genuinely like this accessory’s simplistic yet beneficial design, and would I want to own one in real life? No questions asked there, just shut up and take my money!

Designer: Smooth Way

This brush-dustpan combo is an aesthetically pleasing solution to keep your desk setup clean!

Keeping my desk clean at all times is one ritual I always follow – after all, a clean decluttered space for working is the basis of prime productivity and a feel-good factor attached to it. To do the cleaning rituals, I use a soft brush that picks up the dust from the surface of the desk, monitor, and other desk accessories. After the task is done, the brush has to go behind the scenes – either in the drawer or on the sidelines hiding behind the props on the wall shelf. Designer Jinwook Lee of the design studio This Is wants to break the stereotype and elevate the dusting brush’s status to a décor object on the desk.

To this end, Jinwook has come up with the idea of O Brush houseware that’s functional and more than meets the eye. It is a cleaning brush and dustpan combo for one’s who appreciate the perks of keeping their working environment visually clean. Looking more like some minimalistic gadget – the O Brush opens up to reveal the dustpan and brush for a quick cleaning task. When you’re done, simply plug in the brush into the housing in the dustpan and nobody ever knows what it actually is.

The O Brush accessory is something you want right away for your productive workstation setup – functionality and aesthetics-wise. Jinwook’s concept design certainly deserves to meet fruition. So, won’t you like to have this on your desk?

Designer: Jinwook Lee of This Is

Sorry Post-it notes, we are moving onto digital sticky notes!

Yes, we all have notes on our phones but has that phased out the use of paper and pen at our work desks? Nope, in fact, most people still prefer to write down their to-do lists because checking it off is gratifying. As a reflex, we always tend to frantically search for a notepad to jot down a number, address, meeting feedback, last-minute lists, or notes during a class. To integrate this existing behavior with the technology we already use, designer Jeong Woo Kim created Ouverture – a conceptual keyboard accessory that is a number pad + a digital notepad when you flip the cover. It has a typing mode which is the number pad and a memo mode which is the writing pad. “The leather cover acts as a number pad on a conventional keyboard. Current from the fingertips passes through the special conductive fiber to the touchpad inside the leather cover,” explains Kim.

A quick survey showed that 98% of people take notes when they are working on computers and 70% of them said it is uncomfortable and 34% complained that their desk tends to get messy or notes tend to get lost. With a device like Ouverture, your notes are saved as image files and your desk remains clutter-free. But it would be interesting if technology also lets you convert it into text for easier transfer of information. Another important point to consider if this goes into production is to make sure it is modular so that the left-handed demographic can also be included – we all deserve to have a chance at being more efficient! Ouverture comes with a magnetic pen on the side so that you don’t need to look for pen or paper anymore – it retains the tactile experience and incorporates it with our digital lifestyle without us having to learn any new behaviors. No more messy desks, paper waste, or lost memos!

Designer: Jeong Woo Kim

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Upgrade your work from home game with this gadget that is a Fitbit for productivity!

The pandemic has changed the way we work permanently and that is a lot to adjust to overnight! Right from managing your work from home set up, ensuring that you are not disturbed during calls, probably sharing your space with others, and also doing chores – it is the several tiny things that pile up high enough to tower over your productivity which is even more fragile given the crisis we are all going through. Fun fact: an average employee gets distracted at least 56 times a day and now that we have our pets and Netflix around work, distraction counts are on the rise. TimeChi is a smart tool that can help us sail through those endless Zoom calls and Slack pings!

Productivity is a flexible skill, you can continue to develop and master it just the way you exercise and build up your fitness. A study shows that 80% of our disturbances are trivial and can be avoided with awareness. TimeChi is a compact desk gadget that takes care of one of the biggest distractions we all face – it blocks digital notifications from IM or your smartphone, time-wasting websites, and physical interruptions! That itself could save up to twp hours from my day and I actually tested it out by putting timers on my apps to see how it would reduce my screen time during work hours. It takes 11 minutes to get your focus and attention back and while it is so tempting to see what meme your friend sent or to play a 15-second game with the filter, it unknowingly makes your day longer and eventually pushes your work into your personal time which right now is more precious than ever. “The app + device combo empowers you to reach your productivity potential, facilitate meaningful team collaborations, and boost creativity with a simple click on the TimeChi device,” says the team.

TimeChi is built around the widely used Pomodoro technique and timeboxing. It puts these two tried and tested productivity hacks into one smart, connected device. I am a personal fan of the Pomodoro timer, you sit with a task for 25 minutes at a time with 5-minute breaks in the middle of each task. One cycle of a 25-minute task and a 5-minute break equals one Pomodoro, after you finish four Pomodoros you can take a 15-minute break. TimeChi uses a bright traffic light display that makes it clear even in your peripheral vision or to those sharing your space that you’re in the middle of a deep-work session, this also helps set those focus boundaries during work hours and tells them when you will be taking a break so they can come back. The personal gadget is also fully customizable, it works for students and professionals to set the focus periods and track their performance on the personalized TimeChi dashboard. We can all use a digital timeout after the last few months of digital overload!

Designer: TimeChi

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