Trashbot Stationery Set Features Desk Accessories Modeled After Classic Mac Interface

[MacRumors]

Designer Philip Lee, known for creating a range of fun Mac-themed desktop toys, has launched a new stationery product called Trashbot 2.0. The Trashbot set features a collection of desk accessories that are fashioned to look like the Classic Mac OS from the 1980s.

There's a whiteboard that looks like a Mac desktop, a Trashbot figure that is designed to hold pens, a 200 page Memo Pad, an Error Bot figure, and three desktop icons with magnetic backs that look like the old Mail, Folder, and Disk icons. The little magnetic icons can be attached to the whiteboard to hold notes from the Memo Pad.

The Mail, Folder, and Disk icons feature a display stand with metallic name tag, as do the Trashbot and Error Bot.

The Trashbot 2.0 Stationery Set can be purchased from the Classicbot website for $46, and there are a limited number of the desk accessories in stock.

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[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

Wish they'd make some of the classic OS X. I missed the skeumorphism.

 

[Nermal]

It even has the original "((((" Trash icon! Later versions swapped it to "))))".

 

[iamgalt]

Wish they'd make some of the classic OS X. I missed the skeumorphism.

So you want post it notes that look like the Skeumorphism notes, which are based on post it notes?

 

[Coochie Boogs]

Really cool, maybe I will order just for laughs. It may make a nice desk ornament.

 

[Mr. Dee]

Wish they'd make some of the classic OS X. I missed the skeumorphism.

Peak beauty! I hope one day Apple returns to this design language even as a theme:

 

[Adreitz]

Wish they'd make some of the classic OS X. I missed the skeumorphism.

Even better if they were lickable.

 

[SSDGUY]

Peak beauty! I hope one day Apple returns to this design language even as a theme:

The Aqua theme and and how it visually bridged hardware and UI was huge at the time. It influenced industrial design for other companies for years. It was the look of the late 90's early 2000's. Personally I was over it, and happy for the more subtle flatter look, but definitelty have fond memories!

 

[RedWeasel]

The Aqua theme and and how it visually bridged hardware and UI was huge at the time.

It really matched those translucent iMacs back then… I loved it!

 

[stiligFox]

Man, I wish so bad we could get WindowShades back from the classic Mac OS days. The ability to roll up your application into the title bar was just amazing and so useful. Still sad they removed it and any third party options are really janky.

But hey, Stage Manager is really useful, right? Right?


(TBF I kid - I do use Stage Manager, but it’s not nearly as handy as WindowShades were)

 

[StellarVixen]

Peak beauty! I hope one day Apple returns to this design language even as a theme:

If I learned anything in my past decade of working in tech world is that things never go backward, only forward.

But we can hope that one day Apple will make something that people will love as much as they loved Aqua or even more.

Mind you, Aqua wasn't beloved by everyone when it was released. Some Mac people hated it. But most got to love it over time.

 

[seek3r]

Does it do oscar the grouch?

 

[NoGood@Usernames]

Man, I wish so bad we could get WindowShades back from the classic Mac OS days. The ability to roll up your application into the title bar was just amazing and so useful. Still sad they removed it and any third party options are really janky.

But hey, Stage Manager is really useful, right? Right?


(TBF I kid - I do use Stage Manager, but it’s not nearly as handy as WindowShades were)

Yes! I miss windowshades so badly. It a window management system that just made so much sense!

 

[riverfreak]

If I learned anything in my past decade of working in tech world is that things never go backward, only forward.

But we can hope that one day Apple will make something that people will love as much as they loved Aqua or even more.

Mind you, Aqua wasn't beloved by everyone when it was released. Some Mac people hated it. But most got to love it over time.

Then you haven’t worked in tech long enough yet. Things go backwards all the time. Bugs get re-introduced. Ideas that were once great and then discarded are re-discovered and considered great once again.

I could easily see a softer, gentler, more organic Aqua-like interface rise again, maybe in a different context. Make it happen, StellarVixen!

 

[ZZ9pluralZalpha]

So you want post it notes that look like the Skeumorphism notes, which are based on post it notes?

Well that just sounds like post-its with extra steps

 

[73CortinaV8]

susan kare should sue

 

[svish]

Good product. Limited quantity available though

 

[ErikGrim]

Purchased before they rename it to Sosumi

 

[Armada2]

Cute! must not buy....

 

[Xavier]

Where is Oscar the grouch? Miss that for the trash can.

 

[George Dawes]

I miss all the amazing custom things you could do to the UI in the good old days ( oscar trash etc )

 

[mBox]

Bought my stationery set

 

[ZipZap]

My set arrived yesterday....Very cool.

 

[ackmondual]

Ugh... this just reminds me that I used to have the full collection of Pepsi bottlecap line of Super Mario Bros. figures, until I had to throw them out one day The 8-bit graphics is def. a strong sense of nostalgia!

 

[droplink]

The trashcan never had feet.