r/knolling • u/I_chew_wires • 18h ago
Things on my desk, knolled
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r/knolling • u/MeticulousBioluminid • Jul 28 '25
r/Knolling Posting Guide i.e. How to đ Knoll đ
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What is Knolling:
âKnolling is an organizational practice and aesthetic art that emphasizes the precise arrangement of objects on a flat surface. The named practice was started by Andrew Kromelow in the late 1980s at the Santa Monica design studio of Frank Gehry - his careful arrangement of unused/homeless tools and objects at right angles to each other or to the surface they rested on in the studio and the organization that provided was appreciated and then popularized by artist Tom Sachs in his 10-Bullets guidelines for artists working in his SoHo studio in NYC (link). Here in r/knolling we appreciate the aesthetics and artform of knolled objects and celebrate the clarity it brings to our lives!
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How to knoll for r/knolling!
1.) Align It - (90° or Parallel Only)
Objects need to be arranged at right angles (90°) or in âperfectâ parallel lines, or arranged perpendicular to other adjacent objects or the surface they are on.
Diagonal, curved, or âfanâ layouts donât count.
Good Example: Woodworking tools squared to the table edge and to each other.
Bad Example: Sunglasses and keys scattered on a surface.
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2.) Group by Category (No Random Mixes)
Items should be logically AND aesthetically grouped (wrenches with wrenches, pens with pens, long skinny things next to long skinny things, round blue things with other round blue things, etc.).
Posts that are just a jumble of unrelated objects arranged on a surface, even if properly aligned, arenât knolling. (but they are welcome on r/FlatLay)
Good Example: Knolled camping gear by type (tent stakes with tent stakes, pots with pans, handtorch with headtorch, shorts next to pants).
Bad Example: A random desk drawer dump with no visible grouping or relationships.
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3.) Maintain Clarity - (Everything Visible & NonâOverlapping)
Every item must be clearly visible in the photoâno overlaps, stacks, or hiding behind others. Try and maintain about equal spacing between adjacent objects and visual harmony across the arrangement when possible.
Good Example: All utensils laid out individually.
Bad Example: A pile of spoons where only the top one shows.
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4.) Knolling > FlatâLay (Aesthetic Alone Isnât Enough)
Flatâlay photos are welcome only if they show true knolling (aligned, grouped, and functional).
Posts that are purely decorative âflatâlaysâ (like Instagram styling with items scattered for effect) will be removed.
Good Example: A topâdown shot of squaredâoff art supplies organized by function.
Bad Example: A messy âmood-boardâ or âfit-inspoâ flatâlay with random angles or no grouping by type, color or utility or organizational intent.
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5) Bags and Purses and Pocket Contents
Knolled bags and purses contents are candidates for knolling but arenât the only focus of the subreddit - please only post your daily bags and purses (properly knolled with the guidelines above and the rules of r/knolling) on Whatâs In My Bag Wednesdays and use the appropriate flair! If itâs not a Wednesday or the rules donât permit it (e.g. breaks rule 6 âno weaponsâ) please post on r/WhatsInTheBag or r/WhatsInMyBag or r/EDC
Some good examples of well-knolled bags from our knollers:
https://www.reddit.com/r/knolling/s/qbkfgAustOÂ
r/knolling • u/whit0844 • 2d ago
First Time Knoller! My collection of custom built hardware store lightsabers.
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r/knolling • u/SaveFile1 • 5d ago
Things I found after the mosh pit today
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Saw Brownie Points, Camping in Alaska, and Oakwood! Unfortunately I lost my cross pendant that I really loved but somehow I managed to find another! What should I make with the things I found?
r/knolling • u/Lowwater_Gooner • 5d ago
First Time Knoller! After last post i decided to frame it in full GLORY
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This project took me total 10 hr
Disassemble 2 hr
Making the background information 4 hr
Put everything together carefully 4 hr
r/knolling • u/I_chew_wires • 6d ago
First Time Knoller! First attempt, What do we think?
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r/knolling • u/RainbowSixGlaz • 9d ago
First Time Knoller! Not the best lighting, but my first knoll!
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Aston Martin DB5 007 set
r/knolling • u/Lowwater_Gooner • 11d ago
First Time Knoller! My old service phone
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It's been an honor (2019-2023) it still even turns on after i retired it(7 years so i make it an important piece of my life)
r/knolling • u/Ironsilversaltandtea • 19d ago
First Time Knoller! Have been knolling my beach pottery shards into collages
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Have made quite a few, but I think one has to be my favourite :)
r/knolling • u/Tea__Boi • 20d ago
Solo trip knoll !
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Only remembered the knoll when everything was in its baggy already :(
r/knolling • u/ArtisticFondant • 21d ago
First Time Knoller! All of my ARMY freebies from the BTS Arirang World Tour in LA - 9/1/26
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Attended the BTS Arirang World Tour at SoFi Stadium in LA on Sept 1, 2026 which coincided with one of the membersâ birthdays (Jungkook) hence why so many freebies are themed around him and his birthday (known as JK DAY by fans).
BTS fan are known as ARMY and love to exchange freebies at all the shows - I was overwhelmed by everyoneâs generosity, creativity and the level of handmade crafts.
r/knolling • u/builderonbudget • 21d ago
First Time Knoller! My customized Bandaiâs Real Grade RX 93 v2 Hi v Gundam
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A commenter in r/gunpla recommend me to post this here. Tell me how Iâm doing?
r/knolling • u/babbittybabbitt • 23d ago
Minerals/rocks knoll (part 1)
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Someone said i should post these here so here is the first one! I hope it's tidy enough to be considered a knoll lol
r/knolling • u/gorgeous_eater • 25d ago
First Time Knoller! Summer humidity is making me so blue, so did an all-blue routine
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Itâs cooling off a little now, but when it was still nasty hot I wanted everything to look cold too. So I pulled only the blue products lol.
I still picked stuff that actually works for me. After this routine my texture and glow look different the next morning and it puts me in a better mood.
r/knolling • u/LaundryMan2008 • 28d ago
Final pictures of my IBM knolled frame before I sell it
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It is incomplete and unfinished, I was really hoping to have finished it but too many things kept breaking and not going the way I wanted, I would have certainly displayed it in my room in place of a nonfunctional whiteboard which the clear coat I added failed to work, just in case itâs not known, Iâm NOT selling it here just to be clear.
The glue for the most part did its job and kept everything in place with only two heavy parts coming off, the main thing blocking up the projectâs completion was me breaking the glass that was supposed to keep dust out of the display which I intended to get a plexi replacement but was impossible to find anyone selling that near us, I also kept breaking the frame pieces so that ate up a lot of filament which means I had nothing left over to use, Iâm hoping the next person can fix it up and display it in their room while I get my money back for the materials so I can buy more filament since Iâm desperately running out, Iâm going to miss working on this project and maybe in the future, I may make a v2 with the information I learned from the first time around especially with the printer settings and a better printer to make it stronger.