SNB2: Sticky Note Bot 2, A Modular Desktop Organization Robot

Designed and sold by 3D printing shop Thin-Air 3D, the Sticky Note Bot 2 (SNB2 for short) is a modular desktop organizer in the stylish form factor of a little robot. Now, if only it could do some of my actual work for me instead of just sitting there holding paper and pencils. That’s easy!

Available in five different color schemes (green, gold, red, orange, and blue), each $50 Sticky Note Bot is modular, allowing you to pick and choose the different accessories necessary for organizing all your stuff. They come standard with storage for SD Cards (6), MicroSD Cards (12), USB drives (6), a slide-out storage drawer, and a backpack made for holding writing instruments. Plus, the faceplate is also held in place by magnets, so it can be swapped for different facial expressions (coming soon). Fingers crossed none of those facial expressions are ‘killer robot’.

Personally, I don’t have a desk organizer, and all my sticky notes and microSD cards, and USB drives are just loose on my incredibly cluttered desktop. Sure it makes it hard to find what I’m looking for, but what’s a typical workday if not 90% searching for something you misplaced? No typical workday of mine, that’s for sure.

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OLLY Anger Management Toy can be your best enemy and best friend at the same time

OLLY Interactive Anger Management Toy Concept

This isn’t the first design from Simonas Palovis that we’re seeing, but this one definitely looks the most interesting. The OLLY appears like another cute stuffed toy for your desk, but it does more than just function as table decor.

The angry face of the Olly won’t necessarily inspire you to work hard or fast, but the toy will be there when you’re already feeling outraged. Olly is an anger management toy that lets you express your feelings, especially when you’re in the office or in front of the computer and you can’t scream out of frustration.

Designer: Simonas Palovis

OLLY will be your friend who will listen and be at the receiving end of your anger. So take all your anger out on Olly and he won’t mind. Squeeze, pinch, punch, crush, or do anything to Olly, and the little guy will not fight back. It won’t tell you things you don’t want to hear because Olly is a dear friend whom you still can treat as an enemy.

We’re not saying you go on expressing your anger, but it’s better to let it all out instead of keeping your feelings inside. And instead of getting whatever object your hand can get and throwing it because you’re mad, having the Olly nearby is better.

OLLY Interactive Anger Management Toy Concept

This interactive anger management toy will be there for you. Want to punch something or someone? Just punch Olly and he will gladly let you hurt him. What’s cute about Olly is that his face will change as a response to your punches. He will look mad but don’t worry; he won’t take everything against you.

The designer has a stress and anger management problem. He made Olly as a solution that may help him get rid of stress right away. Venting out one’s anger is okay as long as not directed toward anyone. Olly will be the perfect guy for you because he won’t get hurt or remember what you’ve done or said.

OLLY Interactive Anger Management Toy Concept

The designer Simonas Palovis often comes up with fascinating designs. Just recently, we learned about the Axis convertible standing desk concept. His WEE! Desk won an A’ Design Award for the year 2018. A few years ago, there was the Bud design as his entry to the Electrolux Design Lab too. Looking at his designs, we can tell Palovis focuses on a problem and comes up with innovative, helpful solutions like the Olly.

OLLY Interactive Anger Management Toy Concept

OLLY Interactive Anger Management Toy Concept

OLLY Interactive Anger Management Toy Concept

OLLY Interactive Anger Management Toy Concept

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TOYNIA Toybox lets kids play independently and teach them how to organize

TOYNIA Toy Storage Box

Only parents of young kids will know the challenge of having an organized home. No, we’re not just talking about the need for an organized playroom but the whole house. Toys are everywhere, whether in the living room, bedroom, kitchen, or even the bathroom.

Young kids can be a reason for a disorganized home, but parents have no excuse because there are available solutions. Keeping a tidy home is essential, especially during these stressful days brought upon by the pandemic. The TOYNIA is an intelligent solution as it doesn’t only help organize toys, it also serves as a station for kids to play.

Designers: Yeonhong Kim, Joohyung Park, Seoyeoung Kim, and Minsu Kim

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The TOYNIA TOYBOX is a toy storage box for children to play and organize with. Kids can learn how to manage their toys and trinkets on their own with this furniture item. It’s not too early for the children to develop the habit of organizing. But, as early as now, it’s the parents’ responsibility to teach them.

Of course, adults need to model the proper behavior, but we understand that when things are messy, parents tend to stash things away. With the TOYNIA, even you or the kid’s caretaker will be inspired to keep things organized. The Toynia toy organizer offers a unique experience for the kids to learn effective organizing habits. There are no set rules for organization as the kids can organize their stuff intuitively on the Toynia.TOYNIA Toy Storage Box Design Details

Product design for children appears easy, but it’s actually complicated because we don’t know how kids think these days. We just know kids need to feel satisfied and their physical and cognitive needs and abilities change. In many ways, children are like adults, but we need to deal with them differently. Make them feel happy, confident, and satisfied with their skills by letting them decide on how to keep their things and space.

You can model values and teach habits but not impose. With the Toynia, kids will also be inspired to tidy up their space because it appears to be a play station. Toynia can be for the kids to play games and create games. It is a safe space where they can explore and be on their own. Children’s imagination is expansive and can go wild, so kids’ product design must be able to adapt to their needs.

TOYNIA Toy Storage Concept

TOYNIA Toy Storage

This TOYNIA toy storage box for children includes a pull-out chair that also functions as storage. It features a handle that also works as a backrest. You can store it under the desk when not in use. The desk features a shelf on top where kids can put their toys. Children are free to play on the desk and put their toys and let their imagination work.

TOYNIA Toy Storage Box Design Sample

​​​​​​​TOYNIA lets the children tidy up without realizing it is part of play. It can be an interesting and exciting organizing experience because it doesn’t feel like a chore. Children are smart so we must not underestimate them. You will be surprised at how kids process organization, play, and learning, and this TOYNIA will show you how.

TOYNIA Toy Storage Concept Sketch

TOYNIA Toy Storage Box Design

TOYNIA Toy Storage Box Design Images

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Trouble Maker Truth or Dare Game Generator spews out unique, crazy questions and tasks

Design Trouble Maker Truth or Dare Generator

The Truth or Dare game has remained a classic favorite throughout the decades. It is the usual go-to game for family, friends, and acquaintances who want to get to know one another better.

The most common method is a drinking bottle placed in the middle, encircled by a group of people. But in recent years, we have seen more hi-tech and modern versions. Unfortunately, not many people realize this, but the game can be more intelligent.

Designers: Yuqing Liang and Yibo Fu

Trouble Maker Truth or Dare Generator Markov Chain

How can an ordinary pastime be smarter when you only need to do is answer a question or do a personal task? The use of a Markov chain, a mathematical system, makes it different. What it does is generate random prompts for Truth or Dare.

In a Truth or Dare game, the questions and tasks are endless, but it can be challenging to think of what to ask next. Let’s make it more fun by generating words and lines that may come out weird since a machine learning generator generates them. A device called Trouble Maker uses the Markov Chain to predict the next term. It will be based on a word previously used and the results will not always make sense which makes it crazy but unique.

Trouble Maker Truth or Dare Generator

The challenges that can be suggested are infinite, and you may be surprised at them because they could be something you have never imagined you would ever do. That is the work of the Markov chain as the results that can be generated are random. Be warned: the results really will not make any sense—and that is what makes this Truth or Dare generator more fun.

Machine learning is an essential component of computers and smartphones, but it is not perfect. Mistakes can still happen. Just like in life, uncertainties of the result can disrupt the norm and surprisingly make things lighter for people. This Trouble Maker game-gadget churns out the results via a thermal printer. You don’t need to use a mobile device with this generator. You only need this gadget to liven up a party, so turn off your phone or laptop. Do not dare check any other mobile device lest you want to be distracted.

Trouble Maker Truth or Dare Generator Details

Designers Yuqing Liang and Yibo Fu set five categories for the Troublemaker: Mime Challenge, Dark Drink Recipe, Antihuman Workout Instructions, Truths, and Dares. Some funny examples include being asked to breathe to your rhythm and let your chest rise and fall with each inhalation and exhalation, shake the vodka and orange juice with ice and strain into a cocktail glass and serve, or hold your knife in your right knee toward your chest. You may be asked questions like “What is the meanest thing you’ve ever said to a romantic partner?” or “What is your favorite thing to do with your friends that you’d never do in front of your parents?”. The generator may also dare you to let two people give you a new hairstyle or DM someone from your Instagram account and pretend to be the food Yep, the weird stuff. The weirder, the better.

Trouble Maker Truth or Dare Generator Markov Chain Design

Trouble Maker Truth or Dare Generator Design

Concept Trouble Maker Truth or Dare Generator

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This flat kinetic desk toy can spin for over 12 minutes!

I’ve always been fascinated by the original spinning top, which we used to spin with the help of a rope. Made from wood and spinning on the tip of a nail, the tricks we learned included spinning the top on our palm, making it jump the rope and moving it from one surface to another, without breaking its motion. Time has changed and so have our experiences with spinning tops – or fidget toys as we call them. The MezmoCoin is one such spinner, that reminds me of the wooden top, albeit this one is classier and can spin for more the twelve minutes at a go.

Pocket sized and creating an optical illusion when it spins, the MezmoCoin spins doing the spiral dance. It is precision machined to look the size of a coin and thanks to its flat design, it creates magical ripples as it spins. Sporting a metal body and tungsten carbide tip, the spinning record so far is 14:40 min – something that you should consider breaking!

Designer: Kristoph Krisjans

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About MezmoCoin™

A pocket-sized spinning toy that creates a mind-bending optical illusion of a continuously flowing spiral.

Designed to spin on any desk or flat surface. The solid body and smooth finish make it very pleasant to interact with. It spins silently so you won’t be bothering anyone around.

Full collection of three beautiful metals- Brass, Copper and Stainless steel

Built for designers, makers, thinkers, and anyone who wants to release their inner creativity and imagination. Keep focus, relieve stress or simply play around anytime and anywhere.

MezmoStand – precision machined out of Stainless steel to compliment each Mezmocoin. Use it as display on your desk and present your coins with style.

The Stainless steel combines beautifully with all three metals and we designed the stand to highlight every side of the Mezmocoin.

The flat shape and compact size makes it a perfect toy to carry around. It will fit in any pocket without making a bulk. Each Mezmocoin comes with a nice leather sleeve to carry with style and protect from scratching.

Tricks

Spin on the edge, launch them together, explore high frequency drops and more. The flat shape opens new possibilities for many cool tricks.

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The Minus Gravity desk toy can save you the trip to the shrink

Life is full of stress, complications, lost love, horrible bosses, too much of studies… the list goes on and on. You can either go to a shrink and talk away your worries, or alternatively invest in a healthy distraction called the Minus Gravity. Designed to look very classy and sit like a prized possession on your desk, this ‘Gravity-Defying Executive Desk Toy’, features a Neodymium Magnet falling through ‘Anti-Gravity Pillars’ in slo-mo, making a spectacular fall.

For a minute you can think the magnet is suspended in air, but in reality they are only following Lenz’s Law – a law stating that the direction of an induced current is always such as to oppose the change in the circuit or the magnetic field that produces it.

The levitation is surreal, and is ideal for fidgeters and thinkers, alike. Haffun, I say!

Designer: GANDY Design

Click Here To Buy Now: $31. Hurry, less than 72 hours left!

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Fidget Cube Is Heaven for Fidgeters

We all fidget in our own way. Some people tap their fingers or play with their keys. Others press the clickers on their pens. They told you in school to stop fidgeting, it just never worked. Well, for you fidgety types, the Fidget Cube is a small vinyl desk toy designed to handle all of your fidgeting needs.

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It’s a widget…for fidget! They are about the size of a large die, and they come equipped with a bunch of fidgeting-friendly mechanisms on each side.

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There’s stuff you can click, press, slide, roll, and spin. Fidget as much as you want. That’s what they are for. Do your thing man. You be you and do your fidgety thing.

Get one for $19(USD) through the Kickstarter campaign.

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