Serving variously as a pen stand and a handy source of memo paper, these desktop cubes are also bold statements of graphical design. Each measures about 3¼ inches on a side and is drilled with a 12 mm hole in the upper right corner to accept a pencil or pen.

Presenting a handsome infographic from the 1880s (long before such a term was in common use), this block is decorated with an illustration comparing some of the world's tallest spires and structures of the day to the pyramids at Giza.