OMFG—It Has Been 10 Years There’s nothing like a party to round out the decade

Do you, any of you, have social anxiety? That weird thing that makes you dread something that’s supposed to be a great time, even though you know intellectually you’ll probably have fun and forget about yourself once the shindig actually starts? The perverse instinct to cancel and run and hide with some ice cream and TV even though everybody thinks …

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Meet Mimot Studio, “Fun & Functional” Designer! Speaking of Design

We’re psyched to introduce you to a handful of remarkable designers whose items will be featured during our tenth-anniversary party and “Fun & Functional” event with the American Design Club on November 10. We laud their work and can’t wait to see their stuff on display. Thomas Im founded Mimot Studio in 2010, aiming to create items for consumers that “highlight …

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Calling all Creative Friends of Knock Knock! Enter Our Twitter Background Design Contest!

This year marks our tenth anniversary (as if you didn’t already know). And while we’re reveling in our milestones from the past decade, we’re also starting to look outward. What in the hell does that mean? Our head honcho Jen wrote it best: “Over the last decade, it’s been all we could do to get our own stuff done, to …

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Beyond Flattery When Bad People Copy Good People

When I first started to look around tradeshows and see Knock Knock’s influence, sometimes a little too transparently, I was able pretty quickly to calm myself with the knowledge that imitation was one indication we were successful. It wasn’t that I didn’t feel hotheaded and indignant that other creators couldn’t find their own voices, and if so, they shouldn’t be …

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Product Designers, Start Your Engines! Knock Knock Partners with the American Design Club!

AmDC "Fun/Functional"

Some of you may have heard and/or gathered that this year, 2012, marks Knock Knock’s ten-year anniversary. During September, October, and November, we are going to be doing OH-SO-MANY things to commemorate this all-my-fingers milestone. Many of them will involve giving free stuff to friends of Knock Knock. One of them, however, involves you giving free stuff to us. Okay, …

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