Ken Nakagaki‘s Comppass takes brings an age old design tool into the modern era. “The initial idea came from simple curiosity. How would it feel to draw a square with a compass?” Nakagaki told Dezeen.

If you don’t have a compass on hand and need to draw a large circle, you can turn a few scrap pieces into a beam compass. A speed square can replace a compass for drawing small circles, but a beam ...