Quote of the Day 27th May 2016

10% of $100million, is a better than 100% of $10million

- Warren PJ

JK's Name Card Case made with LEGO

What's that, a block of LEGO?

It opens up to...

...be a name card case!

In search of a suitable name card case, it lead me to make my own and what better to build stuff with: LEGO!!!

Back in 2014, I was shopping for a name card case, one that was practical... but practical name card cases weren't funky or couldn't turn heads around = boring. So, I decided to take a look back at my hobby in LEGO and decided if I could make one on my own.

It didn't take long as I started building a model in my head (I felt like Emmet!), imagining the right pieces to build it with. In a matter of hours I came up with a few prototypes but these pics below is the best prototype made with knock off LEGOs first as I had some lying around. I had made a few others, but those would make the name card case stick out in your pocket like a hard on.

This version was slim, it could not hold more than 12 name cards, it was nice but impractical as I occasionally gave out up to 20 name cards at a networking session.

The design was also broad, it was 9 stud rows high x 12 stud rows long.

This was franken-pieced together with parts from various size and colours.

I didn't have enough wall parts, but it worked well as prototype.

So I had the prototype for over 1.5 years until I decided I knew what I had to finish building it, as I strove to improve its form factor and practicality.

The final vs prototype. The final  is 1 row shorter, much more compact that way.

Another side by side comparison.

When I showed my prototype to alanyuppie, he recommended I use the wall corners to complete the edges. This final version could hold more cards for sure. Tx Alanyuppie.

What's that hole in the middle for? Well, wait for it...

The inner pieces were added so that when pressed, the case and pieces doesn't bend inside. It serves as a structure to keep its shape.

  

Those pieces are to prevent name cards from slipping through the crack.

A gap was made so that you thumb or finger could comfortable take out name cards.

BTW, CardPow! is my cashback startup and I'm the creator and co-founder.

My name card case holds 20 name card with the following size: 90mm x 55mm. Anything smaller than this will fit. I can't remember the thickness, but it shouldn't be too thick. It held nearly 30 namecards of a thinner thickness.

I'm posting this up because if you Googled for name card or namecard case, you won't find anything so I'd here to stake my claim on this cool invention. 

BTW, you can customise it to your liking.

No idea what's this...

Well, if you'd like your cool factor to go up by 10,000 when you give out name cards (someone did say that to me), then please support it at LEGO Ideas here: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/142093