KNOCK KNOCK is a new(ish) design company that makes both funny and useful pads, stickies, folders, & more. I happen to think the pads are a great example of design at its best: organized, functional, and aesthetically pleasing.

As a former psych student and a mental illness knowledge bank, I happen to love the “Mood Tracker” pad (above). In fact, why not throw some good design and humor into shitty situations? I know the pad is glib, but shrinks often have patients with depression or bipolar disorder track their moods, but usually on a crappy, black and white, poorly designed charts copied from the middle of a textbook. Knock Knock’s well-designed, simple, colorful and easy-to-read pads show that pretty things can also be useful and useful things don’t have to be ugly.

Although I happen to love my “Pro/Con” pad for those indecisive moments, my “Thanks A Lot” slips for the quick & funny thank-you notes, and my “Pack This!” pad for use before trips and vacations, a handful of Knock Knock’s pads are less useful in daily life but no less interesting (in fact, more interesting). Take the “Random Dawdle” pad, above, as an example. It includes space for “Random Dots” “Random Websites” and “Random Tic Tac Toe.” It’s sort of a procrastination sheet (and therefore I recommend bringing it to work).

Other less-useful and more-funny pads include: “Things you Do that Piss Me Off,” “Shit List,” and “To Don’t.”

I could go on forever, but I instead I’ll let you head over to the pads section of Knock Knock and check out all of the organizational tools and laughing matter they have created. (Hint: If you click on any pad and then click on “view slideshow”, located below the pad’s picture, you can see the pad big enough to read what it really says.)

Pads are $5-$12 and can be purchased on Knock Knock’s website, Amazon, or quirky retailers near you (easy to find with Knock Knock’s store locater).

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