“All Things Knolled”: 106 Images That Might Soothe And Satisfy Your Need For Order (New Pics)

Jason Sargent Friday, November 7, 2025

- - “All Things Knolled”: 106 Images That Might Soothe And Satisfy Your Need For Order (New Pics)

Miguel OrdoñezNovember 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM

You’ve likely seen a photo where the objects are so perfectly arranged that you can’t take your eyes off it. It’s a style known as Knolling in photography circles, and it has become a social media trend for good reason.

There is even a dedicated subreddit for all things Knolling, where over 12,000 people share their appreciation for an artfully symmetrical photograph. Scrolling through the page may satisfy your need for uniformity and correspondence.

We’ve compiled some of the photos from the page into this list for your enjoyment. As always, don’t forget to upvote your favorites, and even share some of your Knolling work if you have any!

#1 Do My Pop Tabs Count?

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#2 How I Use My Phone Less

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#3 First Time Trying Out Knolling With My Vintage Toy Brush And Comb Collection

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You can’t deny the soothing feeling that an organized image brings. According to physicist Alan Lightman, it represents order, something we all inherently crave.

As he wrote in his book The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew, the emotional pleasure we get from our search for symmetry helps us make sense of the world around us.

#4 Came Across This Facebook Post

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#5 Packing My Backpack For Tomorrow For... Reasons

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#6 All Of My "Beach Trash"

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Lightman went on to compare our innate satisfaction with symmetry to the enjoyment we feel in the repetition of seasons and the reliability of friendships. As he noted, symmetry is economy, simplicity, and elegance.

"The architecture of our brains was born from the same trial and error, the same energy principles, the same pure mathematics that happens in flowers and jellyfish and Higgs particles," Lightman wrote.

#7 Things Found In The Past 12 Months While Picking Up Litter In My Town

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#8 My Partner Once Called My Purse "A Series Of Smaller Purses" And He Wasn't Wrong

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#9 What Got Me Into Knolling Years Ago

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However, there is also such a thing as Symmetry OCD. Simply put, it’s having feelings of distress upon seeing objects that are not symmetrical, even if there is no logic behind it.

According to Healthline, it may manifest through strong urges to align things that are perceived as “crooked,” discomfort and anxiety when something “feels off,” and intrusive thoughts about spatial arrangements and shapes, among other symptoms.

#10 Keeper Of My Grandparents’ Things The Rest Of The Family Would Have Thrown Away

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#11 The Contents Of My Almost 4 Year Old’s Bag

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#12 Didn’t Know This Was A Thing, So Here’s One I Made About 10 Years Ago

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Since this type of condition often involves compulsions, Symmetry OCD could involve tapping things an equal number of times, stepping or walking in specific patterns, even mentally redoing tasks that would make the person feel like they are creating a “sense of balance.”

#13 What My 4yo Packed To Evacuate For The La Fires

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#14 Kind Of Gross, Kind Of Cool. Objects Found Stuck Behind A Built In Bathroom Cabinet On My 1910 Apartment

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#15 Leaving For Antarctica In 3 Hours!

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Knolling is perceived as another manifestation of Symmetry OCD. Recognized treatment methods, such as cognitive behavior therapy, exposure and response prevention (ERP), and medication, are used if the condition becomes disruptive to daily life.

But if it is at a manageable level, Knolling could be an effective outlet. At the very least, you get to create something visually appealing in the process.

#16 Cleaned Out My Lip Treatment Bag

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#17 My Never Ending Quest To Find The Perfect Lip Balm

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#18 Cleaned My Purse Out After... A Very Long Time

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#19 All The Things I Picked Up On My Walk In 2024

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#20 My Collection Of Odd Pasta Shapes

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#21 All The Pens I Used Writing And Researching My Dissertation

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#22 My Daughter’s Latest Origami Obsession

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#23 A Gift For My Surgeon After My Top Surgery. Top Surgery Tom With Removable Breasts, Hospital Gown, Binder, Drains, Drains Holder, Admission Bracelet, Shirt And Shorts

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#24 Knolled My Lunch For Y'all. I'm 29 And Proud LOL

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#25 Leaves I Picked Up On Campus Today

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#26 What I’m Bringing To A First Date

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#27 Dumped My Entire Coffee On My Bag And Somehow Missed (Thankfully) All The Contents Inside

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#28 Contents Of A Croatian Firetruck

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#29 My Late Granny’s Trinkets

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#30 Over Christmas At My Parents’ House, I Dug Out A Box Of My Jewelry From High School (Late 90s To Early 2000s)…. Along With Some Random Trinkets From The Same Box

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#31 Soy Fish School

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#32 Purse Was Getting Heavy, Idk Why

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#33 I Volunteer At A Used Book Store. I’ve Been Collecting The Bookmarks We Find In Donations For Months And Finally Got Around To Making This Display

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#34 Orange Breadtags ( Panids )

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#35 My Late Grandmother’s Purse And Contents

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#36 First Time Poster, Hope I'm Doing It Right. These Are The Contents Of My 8 Year Old Daughter's Purse

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#37 Accidentally Dumped Gravy In My Purse So, Cleanup Was Required

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#38 Things I Collected Off Floors /Bleachers During My Time As A High School Janitor

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#39 My Mom Saved My Childhood Bin Of Legos To Pass Onto My Son. This Is Everything I Sorted Out That Wasn't LEGO

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#40 Contents Of My 5yo’s Favorite Backpack

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#41 All Of My Socks That Are Missing Mates

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#42 Friend Told Me To Post Here. Took This In 2023 For A Photography Contest. Didn't Win

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#43 My Painting Inspired By Knolling

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#44 My Fidget Collection

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#45 Found Shopping Lists From 6 Months Of Part Time Cashiering. 🛒

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#46 My Color Coordinated Derm Conference Skincare Sample Haul

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#47 Was Tidying Up Stationary Drawer And Found Some Pens

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#48 My Collection Of 80s Beach Scope Photos

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#49 What’s In My Purse Currently, I Do Admit I Have A Lip Gloss Obsession

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#50 I Feel Like Patrick Bateman With My New Setup

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#51 Cleaned Out My “Every Day” Makeup Bag

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#52 The Contents Of The Bag I Keep Packed In Case I Need To Go To The Hospital

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#53 All Those Hex Keys That Come With Furniture And Only Get Used Once

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#54 Knolling My Jar Of Things I’ve Found In Parking Lots

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#55 Cleaned Out My Trinket Dish

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#56 Knolling Is Not Just “Here’s My Everyday Bag” - R/Edc Exists For That. R/Knolling Is About A Specific Organizational Aesthetic

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#57 Knolling Nerds

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#58 My Dad's Collection Of "Junk" He's Picked Up Over 10 Years Of Being A Mailman

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#59 Essentials Of A 7yr Old On Her Bike Ride

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#60 Mom’s Pins

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#61 First Day At A Shelter In NYC

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#62 Everything From The Top Pocket Of My Backpack

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#63 Shopping Lists I’ve Found At My Job

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#64 Two Views Of What’s In My Work Bag

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#65 Mom Let Me Knoll Her Soap!

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#66 First Time Trying This! I Found Random Objects Found Around My Apartment And Organized By Color ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜

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#67 Leaving For A Year-Long Trip Tomorrow, Heres The Pack

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#68 The Contents Of My Way Too Heavy Purse

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#69 How About This? Found On Another Site

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#70 A Huge Collection Of Smalls I’ve Found Over The Years Of Working At A Rubbish Dump In The UK

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#71 My First Knoll Using My Girlfriends Everyday Bag

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#72 I Loved This Book As A Kid. I Still Find It So Satisfying To Look At. Baby's First Knolling!

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#73 Knolling My Meal Preps For The Week

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#74 My Best And Biggest Knoll Ever

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#75 My Vintage Coach Collection Knoll I Made Before I Knew About This Page!

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#76 Knolled My Purse! :)

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#77 Work Bag Guess My Profession Or Favorite Color

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#78 Bedside Table Of A Blue House In A Red Neighborhood, January 2025

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#79 I Do Underwater Trash Cleanup Of Tourist Spots. I Catalog Everything After Each Cleanup

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#80 I Arranged My Cherry Tomatoes

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#81 Does This Count As Knolling?

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#82 Purse Knoll Of A 19-Year-Old College Student

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#83 Thought I’d Share My Typical Setup For Spinal Cord Surgery

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#84 All The Lisa Frank Rubber Stamps I Found At A Garage Sale Last Week

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#85 I Spy Page Made With A Portion Of My Trinket Collection

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#86 My 9 Year Olds Halloween Haul. Did This By Himself, I’m Quite Proud

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#87 Sea Glass Collected In Kodiak, Alaska

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#88 My Collection Of Color Test Strips From Packaging

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#89 Lifted The Couch This Morning

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#90 My First Attempt At A Purse Knoll Featuring My Cat’s Paw (Not Usually In My Purse)

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#91 Things Found In My Drawers

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#92 My Eraser Collection

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#93 My 4 Year Old's "Hazard Box"

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#94 Purse Lay Of A 41 Year Old Woman LOL

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#95 Someone (On Another Platform) Building A New Deck And Found This Under The Old One

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#96 Montreal Insectorium Beetles

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#97 I Teach Elementary School, And I Use Fun Flavors Of Lip Balm As An Incentive (If They Line Up Quietly, They Get A Swipe On The Back Of Their Hand). Here Are All The Scents I Have So Far!