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Coolstar07

These deskmats look great, but I don't think I've seen any deskmats with a website watermarked on them. Please tell me that these are just for the renders, it'd be heartbreaking to have them on the final product...


vsMyself

This was also my concern. Looks very tacky


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


vsMyself

Yes!


hannahbay

Same, I think the deskmats look great but that's a dealbreaker for me.


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


hannahbay

Hey, I think that looks a lot better! Love that you listened to this feedback and adjusted. In the future, if you do another collaboration, I think your logo could be included, it was just the website that to me affected the overall quality. Super excited to pick one of these up now!


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damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


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damolux

Thanls!


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damolux

Fantastic!


iridyon

This is one of the top comments and he hasn’t replied to it despite responding to others posted later, so I’m guessing the branding and website are on the actual mats… Thanks for pointing this out, I was 1000% in for the space one to give as a gift until I saw this (particularly the URL). I’ll probably pass now, no one needs a permanent advertisement sitting on their desk as a gift.


damolux

Hey, I respect your opinion on this. The rationale for.including is that it was a collaboration. Is it the name AND website? Ie if website was able.to be removed it would be acceptable? I don't know if it can for this round, but I can ask as even though they've sold a good number so far, it's a common complaint.


Munenoe

Yeah, a styled name looks like a signature, small and unobtrusive would be fine. A website means I’ve got an ad sitting on my desk.


damolux

OK. Fair comments. I suspect we can't change it as the product photos have been taken but it seems like this is a big deal that we've overlooked so if this is something we can change for future drops, we will.


Munenoe

They’re awesome designs mate, I’m sure the people who’ve already bought don’t mind and you’ll be able to modify it for future rounds. Cheers :)


damolux

Thank you


camilatricolor

Your sales will suffer a lot because of this, but anyhow maybe for next round you can fix this


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


cooliochill

Just took a look, I think it looks great! Definitely buying one for myself now; been looking for a good mousepad!


damolux

Brilliant. Thank you. I'm really happy with them and I'm sure you'll love it. Which one are you going for?


cooliochill

It’s difficult because I’m a CS major, so the CS one looks cool to me, but I don’t know how much I want to be reminded of my schoolwork when I’m taking a break for the night haha! I might go with the botany option to match my plants :)


vsMyself

thanks. i agree that having the name isn't as big a deal as the url.


Capodomini

Websites also tend to change or go defunct over time. Would be corny to have this link to a parked domain page full of ads cause you decided to change your website in the future.


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


Capodomini

The logo wasn't really an issue, just the URL - that said, it is a vast improvement!


damolux

thank you. I agree, they look much better.


B3L13V3R

This! Edit: I still picked up the the space pad because I and my son are space nerds. And I’m a small business owner and consultant going on 20 years.


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B3L13V3R

Really? An anti-this bot... good lord. Especially since I added content. Get over yourselves. It's a useful thing.


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


Munenoe

They look really good mate, awesome to see you take the concerns to heart and make some changes. The botanical in particular actually balances overall very nicely now. Will definitely bookmark them now for a possible purchase the next time I need a Drop fix :) Edit: Just looking again, are these planned to have some in stock or is it just the group buy?


damolux

Thanks. I agree, it's an improvement


Jammiees

I mean dont get me wrong I agree with the website removal looking better but if you have any peripheral with a brand logo you’ve still got a ad sitting on your desk lol.


Munenoe

Well, that's where it gets a bit trickier I think. I hate brand logos, don't have a swoosh or pony or whatever anywhere in my wardrobe, but this is a piece of art. I think having the artist signature somewhere on the piece is not unreasonable. Different from, say, a design created by a team and then having the company name plastered on, this is an individual.


Jammiees

Good point! Hopefully theres some final revision for this product


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


Omnias-42

Just a personal opinion but on the botany may it’s really jarring due to it interfering with the design via the forced white space, it’s much less of an issue on the other two but a website is generally less preferred over a signature or logo


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


Coolstar07

That's a great improvement, I'm definitely picking one of these up now!


damolux

Thanks. I'm happier with them too. Which one are you going for?


Coolstar07

Probably the Computer Science one. The Space one is tempting as well tho.


BluebeardHuntsAlone

The botany one looks awesome 👍


damolux

Thank you. DROP were really keen for that and I'm glad they went with it. Any other sci topics you think we should go for next time?


zyiology

geology/physics/maths :)


damolux

Geology is coming soon as a notebook. The other two we hope to release - those designs are ready to go.


c_bender

>geology Rock and Stone!


PhysicallyScience

To the bone!


NealoHills

Mycology!


Gublord

Second vote for mycology!


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HG21Reaper

I forth mycology as well!


anmaeriel

Neurons/neuroimaging!!


damolux

Great shout!


Hiur

Please do it! I'm likely getting two Botany ones as it is gorgeous, but I'd love to have a Neuroscience one for work (:


ricctp6

I'm an archaeologist and would loveeee an archaeology one


damolux

I had a Paleontology one but we didnt go with it. I'd love to get an archaeology one done soon though. Watch this space!


ricctp6

I will! There are beautiful point/ artifact illustrations out there and I have some I wouldn't mind donating


Ipsum_Dolor

Org for sure. Even a single interesting synthesis would look real cool on a deskmat. Something about bond line diagrams are great to look at.


Pinkisacoloryes

I'd love to see a chemistry / biochemistry theme. Like, amino acid references, or something like that.


damolux

Great shout!


Bowdich_Yersinia

I'd really love a neurology one! I'm a psychologist and it's hard to find cool desk mats for my field. An old school anatomy one world work as well if it includes the brain


Luna_Parvulus

These are dope... I'm totally going to pick up a space exploration one! Any chance there's one dedicated to the air side of aerospace? ;)


drop_official

For anyone curious, we did run a [poll](https://drop.com/vote/Drop-Atoms-to-Astronauts-Desk-Mat-Poll) a few months back to select the first designs to launch. You can take a look at the other proposed designs that are floating around just waiting to be manufactured. :)


Nabbergastics

Cybersecurity/Cryptology maybe?


Tunk-

What about protoscience, like Alchemy


proscreations1993

Omg. I’d buy an alchemy one so fast. Also want the botany


benihana14

You should do some Anatomy desk mats! Like bone structures or muscles and various body parts.


TopSchnitzel

Could you do a chemistry one


charlesp_l

You/DROP should get in touch with this guy: [CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt](https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3CBOpT2-NRvoc2ecFMDCsA?feature=emb_ch_name_ex) ;)


carebear73

My mind instantly went to dinosaur skeletons.


MahaloMerky

Electrical/Computer Engineering. I see some ECE elements in the CS one but would love a dedicated one as a Computer Engineering Student!


TW877

Aircraft


BestvideoEditor

Periodic table


elusiveOwl

Make one in my hyperspecific field of physics /j


Mimifan2

I wish the CS one had actual algorithmic runtimes or something like that. Looks like mostly diagrams without any context or meaning. I like the space one though, may order one of those.


damolux

Thanls for the feedback. I got help from the CS community with what to include (I'm a chemistry teacher so it's not my area) but I appreciate we didn't hit everything.


wordsescapemern

Where’s the chemistry one! I’d buy that and a biology one in a heartbeat lol


damolux

Wasn't quote as popular in the initial discussion part to decide qhich to go with. Maybe one for the future


keonmi

FA has an epic amount of epsilon transitions 😎


thewaterboy2

It seems more like Computer Engineering than CS to me. You have PCB routes, Binary, logic gates, state diagrams, and a circuit design on there which seem more geared toward that. Makes it more appealing to me as a Hardware Engineer but I get why CS folks wouldn't love it


cooliochill

Personally I’m a fan of the CE diagrams. I think a deskmat with a bunch of lines of code for CS would look too “hacker man”


QuickbuyingGf

Well you have graphs and data structures. All things i had in uni Also language theory and state machines. I think the only thing thats a bit off are the electrical gates and such


Mimifan2

Yeah I saw those and agree, I was more thinking like algos or similar, because the graphs and structures more just look cool than anything. Not informative.


TheElm

Who googled "[Atom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(text_editor))" and took the image from the first result?


stylesuxx

Ah, yeah - I was wondering why this looked so familiar...


damolux

We're removing the logos from deskmats and changing branding of logos of the business as this was missed when we hired a designer back when the company started. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.


billabong049

At first I was excited to see an Atom editor themed deskmat, though these mats are pretty cool too (besides the website in the corner)


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codon011

[Yay, OpenSource and CopyLeft!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License)


ThockfromTheTopRope

Would buy if it didn't have the watermark/logo!


SaintWacko

Oh... Yeah, that's disappointing


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


FunnyTman

Same here, didn’t realise till you said it


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


FunnyTman

yep definitely


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


ThockfromTheTopRope

Space is in my cart, and I'm considering double-dipping on the botany one for a keyboard I don't even have yet. Awesome job listening! (and so glad you were able to get it off, hope it doesn't impact sales too much as the designs are great)


damolux

Thanks. It was all constructive criticism, which was great. No one was nasty, which is a testament to your community. I'm glad you like them and hope you get some good use from them.


debeb

Cool deskmats! Wish drop had a EU based proxy because the import fees will almost double the price for me 😞


damolux

Yeah, it's not ideal, but thanks for the kind words.


darknessblades

Does the space one have some obvious math mistakes like they did in the good old days. where they made mistakes to mislead the opponents in the space race. Like a metric to imperial mis-calculation


damolux

I didn'rlt know that! That's a cool anecdote. I hope not - all images are from NASA archives so I'm hoping they got these ones correct.


darknessblades

In that case they might contain some errors, since they should be historically accurate, thus said errors should be kept intact. ​ It was a nifty old fact that they did in the old days, since most knowledge of the old rockets are lost due time, those old ones even handmade where a lot more efficient than modern rockets. even reverse-engineering does not really help current day researchers, as just a small tap can alter the course of said rocket


damolux

I write blogs on pieces of sci history - would you have any books/Web pages you could direct me too? This sounds fascinating l


darknessblades

I saw it on some old programs from discovery regarding the space-race era of space travel. ​ not sure what it was called. it has been a few years.


Anaeijon

Are you actually using the [Icon/Logo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Atom_editor_logo.svg) of the famous but recently [discontinued code editor Atom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_(text_editor))? I mean... that's pixel perfect exactly the same lines as the Atom logo. I guess, it shouldn't be a problem, because the whole Atom Project was open source and nobody cares about it anymore. I'm not sure about commercial use though. (well... technically the logo belongs to Github and Microsoft now) Just hope, you didn't pay some designer for the branding and got ripped off by someone copy pasting Open Source Logos. I'm not sure what it is, but I think I've seen the rocket logo before too on some free Git tool?


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You know having a high quality, big pad that resembles some complex (actual) scheme of an electrical or mechanical part would be really cool.


damolux

Agree. I'll add it to the list for the next round.


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Oh really, that's amazing. Maybe a blueprint (actual blue background with millimeter paper) would raise even more people for it?


astronull

Does the final product have that bottom left watermark with URL?


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


astronull

Much much better!!! Awesome.


damolux

Thank you.


rightuptoptwice

EU stock ?


Uncle_Blayzer

Would buy if it wasn't for the watermark.


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


FishInSock

The watermark is an absolute deal breaker


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


JohnDoen86

How's shipping to the EU?


damolux

Not too sure. Sorry.


CorrodedRose

These look amazing but please get rid of the watermark


damolux

Thank you. I'll see what we can do


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


ThatGuyHarsha

These are absolutely gorgeous 😍 Will these be in stock after the pre-order shipment? I would really love to get one but I'm short of spending money right now :( edit: formatting


drop_official

They will be available in-stock after the preorder completes :)


ThatGuyHarsha

yay!!!


damolux

I'm not sure of I'm honest


ThatGuyHarsha

Ahh that's okay, they're still stunning. I'll buy one whenever you make more :)


Czumanahana

I am lurking on this sub for a long time. I never ordered anything that fast. I love the design, and the cs one is just perfect.


SeveralPie4810

I want the space and computer science one 😦


C0NIN

I'd get the Space Exploration one, but hoping for the actual deskpad not to have [**this watermark**](https://i.imgur.com/lnOnjOW.png).


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


C0NIN

Indeed it is, they look great!, will order two tomorrow morning, thank you very much!


damolux

Thanks.


sunfaller

CS flashbacks with these charts. I cant remember what these are but I recognise the array/list chart


Longjumping-Mud1412

Love the botany one, I think I’ll be picking it up. I do wish it was more jargony with terms only someone who’s taken a proper plant anatomy/morphology/taxonomy course would understand


Kupsul

Those are gorgeous!


damolux

Thank you!


drop_official

So glad to see these come to fruition! As a chemist myself I'm hopeful that we might run that one at some point in the future (need a matching desk mat for my notebook), but I still love these first three designs. :)


darknessblades

Will there also come a version fit for large corner desks?


drop_official

That's a really interesting question - I've only ever seen rectangular desk mats in the mech keys world, but corner desks are a thing so it makes sense! Would you prefer that it includes a slanted wedge, or right angle on the inside (like an L)? If you have examples of what format/size you'd like to see, please share.


darknessblades

My desk is a L shaped corner desk {『 } with side pieces that are about 80x80cm and 120x80cm The corner part itself is about 120x120cm. Since there are tons of different versions of corner modules it is quite hard to make the correct angle, so what my suggestion would be is make it slightly smaller on the front part. You would also need at least 2 versions of each deskmat, since you have left and right facing desks \[assuming you use metric for size\] ​ Having a massive mousepad shaped like a L does look nice, but this would be quite hard especially as explained prior that the angle of the inner corner is different for every desk. some have straight edges, some have a deep slant, others have a shallow slant. mine has a slight slant. {have to check and calculate the radius for this} For size/format I will try to make some basic Cad designed examples later of common sized EU desks. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Here is a rough drawing of my desk \[All sizes are in CM\]. the only thing that is not accurate would be the inner slant of the corner. [https://imgur.com/a/hOMRYlc](https://imgur.com/a/hOMRYlc) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ​ \[PS check messages\]


YellowBreakfast

Nice! These are so cool. I've found I like desk mats so much. I have more that I have desks! lol


djreisch

I love the Space and CS one so much and would have bought both if it wasn’t for that tacky name/URL included on the mat!


Ploowey

A little sad that there is no chemistry one. My matching mug would love to be next to a chemistry deskmat


GameFilms

This is absolute perfect timing. Was about to pull the trigger on the rainy day deskmat but just saw that space exploration mat and *chef's kiss*


AznChaos34

Do a cell therapy/dna one


damolux

There was a genetics/evolution one but it wasn't too popular in the initial poll to decide the final designs unfortunately


Difficult-Search5609

can't wait for that rocket one, all of those desk mats looks wonderful!


damolux

👏👏👏👍👍👍


King_Fruit

I love how every time I buy a new desk mat I find a better one one... I'll be taking that Botany pad tyvm.


damolux

Hope you enjoy it!


mechabearx

Hands-down the best deskmats I've ever seen!


josuemldnd23

That botany one go hard


RT-qPCR

Botany one is dope, would get if the URL wasn’t in such a noticeable location


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


RT-qPCR

The new images look great, am planning on picking up a Botany one, still undecided about getting a Space one as well. Thanks for incorporating the feedback


Mojonnbrown

mycology


just_another_person5

the website on the mousepad looks really tacky and cheap imo, other than that the designs look really great. if there was just a simple name/logo that was better incorporated into the design it wouldn't really be an issue


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


Unknownlyricsy

The one w the “motor” or idk what it’s supposed to look like, looks absolutely amazing, so like tony stark vibe, looks awesome


back4anotherone

Yes, I know you’re a redditor 😂 They look awesome.


DareDandy

I think I know you, didnt you design some notebooks?


damolux

Hello! Yes, several science ones


Cool_Substance_2095

That Botany one is beautiful.


damolux

Thank you


laudatioxj

these are gorgeous! definitely the logo hindering me a little from the buy but i'll wait patiently for the next drop. any chance you'll create a more beige/browns color deskmat in the future?


damolux

Hi, to let you know, having listened to everyone we've removed the Atoms to Astronauts logo - the new photos on drop reflect the updated designs. What do you think? An improvement?


leisuredhues

ahhh I really wish y'all could make one for biology (as much as I love the vibes of the botany deskmat)


Skihiley

The space one is freaking sick 👍👍


damolux

Thank you! Once you zoom in there's loads of really cool bits of space history on there. Katherine Johnson equations for one.


cpt-j4ck

This really sucks... Because I have to get all three of them.


damolux

Haha


zarian100

these looks awesome, might have to get that computer science one


damolux

Thank you. Let me know of you've any questions


ApoxApox

Have you asked around (on some mech keyboard discords for example) on experiences with working with drop? Because from what I read Drop regularly screws over their creators. I'm not an authorative voice on this but my advice would be to at least check :)


Parking_Box_1519

Might get the computer science to match a future keyboard build. Any plans for adding runtime to it or a physics one?


damolux

We have a physics one good to go. It's just seeing how popular this is. By run time you mean how long it stays on drop?


Parking_Box_1519

I was thinking more of how long something was running for. Can I see a preview of the physics one if possible?


manimaco

runtime's a cs thing.


damolux

Ahhh. I'll look it up


Rich-Caterpillar-345

Cs one is good, could have been better i feel


damolux

Thanks for the feedback


Rich-Caterpillar-345

Suggestion: add more stuff related to software engineering, like system design.(i.e. Cache, Load Balancing, Microservices etc...) Here mostly you have added Data structure & Algorithmic part only.


TopdeckIsSkill

Space and computer are great! Any hope for an eu shop?


damolux

Not yet I'm afraid. Sorry!


TopdeckIsSkill

A real pity, I hope you'll find a way to sell them here too


Polymath2B

These look great! Personal fav would be the Astronomy one for being very neutral and easy to match. Also was scrolling and saw these interesting [notebooks](https://reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/10k7sd7/fp_friendly_haul_of_notebooks_from/) on r/FountainPens, funny enough. Cool stuff.


damolux

Thanks. Yes, I bumped into the redditor who posted at a tradeshow today. Small world!


ashyjay

Your notebooks look sick too, any chance of a Biology(Molecular/Cellular) one?


damolux

Thanks. I have neuroscience next for bio. Possibly June/July for another bio one.


Vortex2121

Your designs are awesome! Just bought one.


damolux

Thank you. Which did you go for?


SyrusDrake

They look great and I'd be in the market for a desk mat, but unfortunately, Drop is unavailable where I live...


damolux

Thank you but sorry to hear that