{"id":21353,"date":"2011-10-14T13:01:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T13:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eagrapho.com\/?p=21353"},"modified":"2011-10-14T13:01:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T13:01:52","slug":"30-fun-and-creative-office-supplies-and-accessories-for-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/?p=21353","title":{"rendered":"30 Fun and Creative Office Supplies and Accessories for Designers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A designer spends around 8-12 hours a day in their office. This means almost half of your day you\u2019re holed up in your cubicle, doing projects, web layouts and designs for clients. Because you spend almost half of your day in the office, you should make your office at most enjoyable, and at least live-able. If you\u2019re feeling a bit uninspired in your office, it\u2019s time to spruce up your office. You don\u2019t need any major renovations, just add a few creative office items here and there.<\/p>\n

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Here are some great ideas and gadgets to bring fun and creativity into a designer\u2019s office:<\/p>\n

1. Balloon Calendar<\/h3>\n
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This calendar is fun and festive. It cheers up everyone in the office, with the balloon\u2019s carefree feeling. It comes with different colors for the different months of the year.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Walls Notebook<\/a><\/h3>\n

Every artist or designer needs a notepad to write down important notes and reminders, or to doodle that next big idea. But wouldn\u2019t it be cooler if you put them on walls like a graffiti artist? The walls notebook is perfect for this\u2013it has 80 clean New York \u2018walls\u2019 for you to paint, tag, graffiti or scrawl on. It\u2019s creative, cool, and you won\u2019t risk the chance of being arrested for vandalism.<\/p>\n

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3. 8-bit Flower Bouquet<\/h3>\n

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Spice up your otherwise boring desk with this quirky 8 bit flower bouquet. Perfect for geeks at heart.<\/p>\n

4. Cursor Mouse<\/h3>\n

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A great mouse designed like a cursor, by Art Lebedev Studio<\/a>. It is designed to fit the hand for ultimate comfort and flexibility.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Infectious Disease Stress Balls<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Stress balls are great for keeping yourself sane. It\u2019s great to keep your nerves in check, especially if you feel like you want to burn the whole building down or tear your client\u2019s head apart. These stress balls are fun, you squeeze them hard and blisters will protrude. Diseases available are cooties, smallpox, zombie virus and bubonic plague.<\/p>\n

6. Cigarette Pen<\/h3>\n

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A cigarette that\u2019s actually useful.<\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0USB Beverage Cooler<\/a><\/h3>\n

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The USB beverage cooler<\/a> is retro stylish with a blue LED light inside. This gadget keeps your beverage cool in a stylish way. Your office mates will be jealous.<\/p>\n

8. My Document Sleeve<\/h3>\n

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The ultimate laptop sleeve for web designers and developers. It even has a removable cursor.<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0Play More Notepad<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Often the use of the paper comes to end when it is torn, crunched up and thrown in the dust bin. But this creative notepad design extends its life use by making it more fun. The Play More notepad is designed by dutch design firm Trapped in Suburbia<\/a> and was a finalist\u00a0for the European Design Awards.<\/p>\n

10. Rotating 360 Lego Sockets<\/h3>\n

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A multi-socket outlet that can be removed and rotated on whim.<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0Ninja Star Push Pins<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Ninjas can work in an office too, you know. And they work with a vengeance.<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0Camera USB<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Whether you\u2019re a photographer or not, you\u2019ll appreciate this smart USB flash drive. Like a real SLR camera you can detach the lens from the camera body. The camera lens serves as the USB, a great device for transferring your images and documents from one place to another.<\/p>\n

They also come in many different lens types. Just lovely.<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0Talk to the Hand Sticky Notes<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Now you never have to write important reminders on your hand again\u2013there are 300 other hands to write on, such as this awesome Talk-to-the-Hand sticky notes.<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0Super Kid USB Hub<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Hook various USB devices with the boy\u2019s hands and feet.<\/p>\n

15. Book End Arrows<\/h3>\n

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At first look it seems like the arrows are magically keeping your books in place. But in actuality, the arrows are magnetic and the end books have a thin metal piece inside, keeping the arrows magically afloat.<\/p>\n

16.\u00a0Melting Clock<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Your office will look like a Dali surrealist painting with this lovely addition. The melting clock makes a great timepiece at the same time decor to every room.<\/p>\n

17.\u00a0Electronic Rock Guitar Bag<\/a><\/h3>\n

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This bag is a rock star. When you strum it, it plays a realistic electronic rock guitar sound\u2013bring music with you anytime, anywhere. It can play all the basic chords. Plus, it\u2019s the perfect bag to place all your designer essentials: laptop, pens, notepads, and the like.<\/p>\n

18. Crinkle Cups<\/h3>\n

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I just learned something: a plastic thing that looks so ugly and discarded can look like a work of art in ceramic. It is designed by Robert Brandt, and since its introduction in 1975, it has become a hit for keeping all types of liquids.<\/p>\n

19. Staple-free Stapler<\/a><\/h3>\n

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An awesome tool that can staple papers together\u2013without the use of staples! It\u2019s handy, safe and environment friendly, too!<\/p>\n

20. Character Eye Stickers<\/a><\/h3>\n

If you are a sucker for all cute things (like me), you\u2019ll love these stickers. They turn your everyday office supplies into friends. Even something as simple as this can make your day more enjoyable.<\/p>\n

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21. Circuit Board Mouse Pad<\/a><\/h3>\n

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If you want to make a geeky statement, opt for this simple but ultra-geeky circuit board mouse pad. This unique mouse pad design is made from real recycled circuit boards.<\/p>\n

22. Monkey Cable Organizer<\/a><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s simply a cute rubber monkey with flexible arms to keep your wires and cables organized.<\/p>\n

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23. Wooden Ball Point Pen<\/a><\/h3>\n

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It\u2019s a ball pen carefully disguised as a pencil. Clever, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

24. RoyalTea Tea Bags<\/h3>\n

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If you are more of a tea than coffee person, you\u2019ll love this. Have your own personal \u2018tea party\u2019 (pun intended) with your favorite political figures, royalties and strippers with the DemocraTea, RoyalTea and StripTea, respectively. Each set comes with 5 tea bag sachets.<\/p>\n

25. Magnetic Key Holder<\/h3>\n

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Isn\u2019t it annoying when you lose your car keys on your messy bag or desk? Now you don\u2019t have to worry about that by getting yourself the magnetic key holder. It is a pretty strong magnet, and can hold up to 30 keys at a time. You\u2019ll never lose a single key again.<\/p>\n

26. Super Mario Filing Cabinets<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s the 21st century, and while we are needing bulky filing cabinets less and less, we still need one for keeping a few important documents and papers. And who can deny these uber-cool and uber-geeky Super Mario filing cabinets?<\/p>\n

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27. Alphabet Book Shelf<\/a><\/h3>\n

The Alphabet book shelf is great for storing books on web design and others. Keep it in your office or your home, it could make an otherwise boring space into interesting and interactive.<\/p>\n

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28.Talk Board<\/a><\/h3>\n

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A dry erase board to simply write what\u2019s on your mind: project deadlines, meetings with clients, shopping lists, your kid\u2019s carpool schedules, etc.<\/p>\n

29.\u00a0Sleeping Grizzly Bear Bean Bag<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Every designer must have a resting nook in a corner. Wouldn\u2019t it be great to sleep on a grizzly bear without being mauled?<\/p>\n

30.\u00a0Lock Mug<\/a><\/h3>\n

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The lock mug thwarts other people from stealing your coffee cup again. Basically, it\u2019s a coffee mug with a hole, and only the coffee cup owner has the key to plug-in that hole and use the cup to themselves. Created by Israeli designer Efrat Gommeh, this is a great mug for people who hate sharing their things with other people (such as myself, hehe)<\/p>\n

And now I should go and probably get myself the Lock mug.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A designer spends around 8-12 hours a day in their office. This means almost half of your day you\u2019re holed up in your cubicle, doing projects, web layouts and designs for clients. Because you spend almost half of your day in the office, you should make your office at most enjoyable, and at least live-able. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21354,"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21353\/revisions\/21354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagrapho.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}