Open Lab

No one ever asked the chemist.

As a young student infatuated with chemistry, I collected every science-inspired gift and conference giveaway I could, and none of them were quite what I wanted. So I am asking you: what should we make next?

Choose the one you would want most. Tell us what you would change. And if there is something we have not thought of, that is the answer I most want to hear.

The bench is open.

Tanner Gerschick, Founder

Every object here is a concept. These images are 3D renderings, not photographs of manufactured products. Nothing shown exists yet — which is the point.

The laboratory instrument this concept is drawn from — Drawn from

Dewar Vessel

750 mL insulated bottle

Named for the vacuum flask James Dewar built in 1892 to hold liquefied gases. Its narrow neck was never styling; a smaller opening means less heat gets in. We kept the proportion, the ribbed lower body and the bail handle, and added a cap that turns between three positions.

750 mL / double-wall vacuum-insulated stainless steel
SEALED / SIP / FLOW indexed closure
Stainless bail handle, folds flat
Stepped base sized for a car cup holder
Matte black; brushed stainless under consideration

Choose this one

How much would you want this?

750 mL or 500 mL? Anything else you would change?

The Crucible

300 mL porcelain mug

A crucible is fired to temperatures that would destroy most vessels, which is why it is porcelain and why its lid has a ring you can lift with tongs. We kept the taper, the domed lid and the ring, and left off the handle. The lid keeps coffee hot at a desk and flips over as a spoon rest.

300 mL / glazed porcelain
Matte black exterior, white glazed interior
Domed lid with ring-loop knob
Interior graduations at 100 / 200 / 300
Optional brushed stainless ring stand

Choose this one

How much would you want this?

Lid and stand, or just the mug?

Instrument No. 1 + Record No. 1

Pen and laboratory notebook

Lab notebooks are written in ink because a pencil entry can be erased, which is also why they are bound rather than looseleaf and why entries are dated and countersigned. A notebook is a legal record. This is a pen, and the notebook is built to be one.

Machined barrel, knurled grip, archival ink
Bound A5 notebook, gridded, numbered pages
Date, project and page fields on every spread
Recorded by / witnessed by lines
Volume, period and custodian fields on the cover

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How much would you want this?

Sold as a set, or separately?

Safety Glasses

Certified laboratory eye protection

Most lab eyewear is bought by the box and worn because it has to be. This is real PPE built to the same standard, in a frame you would wear outside the lab. Side shields where they are required, and nowhere else.