Flexible Seating in the Classroom

Ashley from the blog Teach Create Motivate has been one of the first teachers testing Otto Storage Stools in her classroom. She has introduced flexible seating in her classroom a while ago and added the Otto Storage Stools as a further option for her students to use.

Flexible Seating Reflections

Otto Storage Stools in a classroom

Flexible Seating has become very popular in classrooms around the country in the past years. A lot of teachers have embraced this new trend and haven’t looked back. It is usually a “journey” and doesn’t happen over night. And, as with all transitions to new set-ups, it is not all “smooth sailing”.

Flexible Seating

Flexible Seating

This past year we’ve found out that teachers all around the country love using Otto Storage Stools in their classrooms as part of a “Fexible Seating” arrangement. We’ve started collaborating with a number of teacher bloggers to get a better understanding of teachers’ needs and how we can service them best.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Otto Storage Tote Bag

Reusing, repurposing and recycling are good habits for anyone who aspires to have a less wasteful household. The creative people behind Otto Storage have designed the packaging for their Otto Storage Stools with that in mind. Otto Storage Stools come packed in large, sturdy tote bags.

Presenting the Rutgers OTTO Storage Stool

Rutgers OTTO Storage Stool

If you’re a Rutgers student, you may soon see Rutgers OTTO Storage Stools popping up around campus. You can’t miss their distinctive design in Rutgers scarlet with the official university logo. As designers, we always thought our objectives for the original OTTO – modern design, multifunctional convenience, storage for small spaces, affordability – were a […]

How to Avoid Drowning in Paper Clutter

How to Avoid Drowning in Paper Clutter

Have you noticed that even in the so-called digital world of today, we are still drowning in paper? Newspapers, magazines, catalogs, brochures, flyers, and old-fashioned mail – they continue to find their way into our homes somehow.Some is welcome, some not so much.

A well-organized transition to spring

A well-organized transition to spring

Has spring finally arrived where you live? Aftersuch a cold and long winter in many parts of the U.S., many of us are breathing a sigh of relief to see spring blossoming all around. Depending on your location, spring can be the ideal time to enjoy the outdoors before the heat and humidity of summer […]

The OTTO Story

Otto Storage Stools multicolor

We’re inspired to create products based on our own experience. New ideas come to us all the time! Products we would find useful in our own home. Products we think our kids and friends would love, too. But in reality, the path from idea to product takes time, testing and experience.