"Designed by Xin Se and awarded the Golden A' Design Award in 2025, this magnetic paper organizer does something most desk accessories fail to accomplish: it makes you smile. The concept is beautifully simple. Picture a small sheep standing on your desk, and those mundane silver paper clips you usually ignore become its fluffy wool. It's one of those ideas that feels so obvious once you see it, yet nobody thought to do it before."
"The genius lies in the transformation. Most organizers are just containers, passive objects that hold your stuff. Shearing actively reimagines what paper clips are. When you attach them to the magnetic sheep body, they cluster and create texture that genuinely resembles wool. The visual metaphor isn't subtle, and it doesn't need to be. The name itself, Shearing, plays on the dual meaning of sheep shearing and the act of gathering or organizing. It's clever without trying too hard."
"What's particularly interesting about this design is how it taps into emotional engagement. We spend massive amounts of time at our desks, surrounded by objects that serve purely utilitarian purposes. Keyboards, monitors, staplers, they're all tools designed to disappear into the background. Shearing takes the opposite approach. It wants your attention. It invites interaction. When you reach for a paper clip, you're not just grabbing office supplies, you're "shearing the sheep." That tiny narrative moment transforms a mundane task into something playful."
Designed by Xin Se and awarded the Golden A' Design Award in 2025, Shearing Magnetic Absorption is a magnetic paper organizer that turns paper clips into a sheep-like fleece. Clips attach to the magnetic body, cluster, and create texture that genuinely resembles wool. The product transforms a passive container into an interactive object that invites touch and attention. Reaching for a clip becomes an act of 'shearing the sheep,' adding a brief narrative and playful moment to routine tasks. Niceobject frames the design within a philosophy of small items carrying 'a touch of emotion.'
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