Project Genius

Desk Toys & Fidgets

Engineers flying rings and discs designed to travel absurd distances, the original Aerobie ring having once held the Guinness record for the farthest thrown object. The same company also made the AeroPress coffee maker.

Desk Toys & Fidgets

Inventors of the Fidget Cube, the six-sided clicker-switch-and-dial block that became one of the biggest crowdfunding hits of its year. Also sells spinners and licensed Marvel and DC versions.

Weird Tech & Useless Gadgets

Builds officially licensed arcade cabinets at roughly three-quarter scale so a real Pac-Man or Street Fighter machine fits in a living room. Also makes countercade and head-to-head table versions.

Indie Makers & Small Studios

A Brooklyn and Columbus gift and home-accessories brand that works with independent designers to produce charming, slightly odd objects. Its balancing blocks and puzzle objects are fixtures in museum shops.

Desk Toys & Fidgets

A global toy designer and marketer that owns a shelf of classic and novelty brands, reissuing recognisable playthings alongside new items. It specialises in nostalgia-driven impulse toys.

Desk Toys & Fidgets

A long-running catalogue retailer of jigsaw puzzles, brain teasers, personalised gifts and oddities. It is one of the traditional mail-order homes for the puzzle-and-curiosity shopper.