An office move can be great for a business if it’s handled well and carefully considered. Here at Paperstone we’re part way through our own move into a larger space, so the following is based on our own very recent experience! If you’re planning to expand or relocate your office, read our top tips for […]
Someone in Texas had a shock when their brand-new printer printed out a message, “I am your printer. I have become self-aware. Run!!” The anonymous individual was so spooked they apparently threw their new acquisition out with the garbage- yet of course, it was a practical joke. The prankster was 18 year-old Blake Messick from […]
An old printing press has been set up in a German media design college to introduce students to pre-digital typography. Tutors at Berlin’s Mediadesign Hochschule are encouraging young people to explore how designers worked in bygone days. Although many of the students will end up in a career where they create computer games and other […]
A 13-year-old boy has come up with an amazing invention – a low-cost Braille printer which he built using Lego bricks! Young entrepreneur Shubham Banerjee from California wants to get his device developed to help visually impaired people because the printers which are currently available cost around £1,300 ($2,000) each. The eighth-grader did some research […]
It looks as if we may be doing more than printing documents in the office soon – we may be printing our lunch as well! A design studio in Cambridge has launched a 3D fruit printer, which creates ‘fruit’ that you can eat. The company, Dovetailed, has been working with Microsoft on the molecular gastronomy […]
In the not so distant future, it may be possible for people equipped with a with a special 3-D printer to print prescription drugs at home. Such is the idea of Professor Lee Cronin of Glasgow University, much of whose work focuses on synthesising complex inorganic molecules. The “chemputer” is at the conception stage at […]
A printer which leaves a simluated aroma on a postcard has won an innovative design award. The “food printer”, designed by Donghua University student Zhu Jingxuan, won the “most fun” award at the sixth Sony Student Design Workshop in China. The printer is just a concept device at the moment but it would have a […]
Cambridge University scientists have developed an printer which removes ink from Paper which has been printed on so that it can be re-used. The printer sends pulses of green laser through the Paper, vaporising the toner. If you’re wondering whether all that electronic fuss will cancel out the reduction in carbon footprint by reusing the […]
How to plan the office Christmas party Whether you count down the days, or desperately scrabble around for an excuse not to go, the office Christmas party is an event on almost every company’s calendar. So, how do you plan a party that everyone will enjoy? It’s a tricky balance to get Bob from Accounts […]
Top tips to improve your time management skills Despite what people say, time is not a commodity. It cannot be traded, expanded or reduced. It is fixed. Our perception of time, however, is another concept. How often do you think at 4pm “Where has the day gone?” and go into panic mode to try to […]
Planning in business is essential Everything from the monthly sales drive to a new product launch or project needs planning. It promotes joined-up thinking and good decision-making throughout the whole organisation. “A goal without a plan is just a wish”, observed the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, summing up a key business principle. Each business […]
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