Four Washington State police agencies have teamed up to capture a bank robber who has become known as the “duct tape bandit”. He has robbed four Western Washington banks at gunpoint in the last four months. He’s known as the “duct tape bandit” because during all four robberies he has “worn” a piece of black […]
BIC has elicited scorn, ridicule and bemusement after launching a range of pink and purple pens just “for her”. The pens, priced 70% more than identical regular pens, have “attractive barrel design available in pink and purple…designed to fit comfortably in a woman’s hand.” This somewhat Stepford Wives approach to gendered marketing has angered some, […]
Yong Ju Lee and Brian Brush are New York-based artists who describe themselves as “digital architects [who] bridge the digital/environmental divide with work that delivers low-latency physical results: real projects that are virtually indistinguishable from their digital visions.” Their structures resemble regular patterns found in nature, technology and pure maths, like this sine wave comprised […]
How to make string cheese more appetising? Package it like colourful crayons of course. As start of term approaches, Crayola and Kraft have teamed up for a back-to-school promotion, marrying the perfect match of stationery and cheese. ‘Crayola Crayon String Cheese’ is packaged in Crayola’s familiar colours with each string of cheese wrapped in the […]
Employees of French creative agency Murmure can wow their prospective clients with these concrete business cards. The cards come with their own miniature shipping pallettes. “Playing with the notion of scales, Murmure created a set of business cards made of concrete. This material, so characteristic of our environment, was enhanced by using the smallest and […]
In an age when text is both ubiquitous and utterly ephemeral – cf. emails, Twitter and SMS messaging – artist Annie Vought seeks to reclaim the importance of the “tangible handwritten letter.” She enlarges written documents she has found, received or written herself and, with a very sharp knife and a lot of time, cuts […]
Need a change from beermats and dull household coasters on which to sit your beverage? Think that today’s USB sticks can hold far too much data and pine for the days when you needed a computer the size of a house to calculate the square root of two? Perhaps you need some Floppy Disk Coasters. […]
The average office worker spends an average 27 minutes and 27 seconds a day gossiping with colleagues, according to a recent survey. The poll of 2,000 office workers, commissioned by Mars Drinks Office Connections, also found that HR professionals are “the worst for personal chat in the office,” spending more time chatting with colleagues about […]
Two Cornell University students have created an autonomous whiteboard ersaser from batteries, circuitry and LEGO. Le Zhang’s and Michael Lathrop’s robot uses magnets to stick to the board and two motors to move across. It navigates to the top left corner and systematically cleans from there.
The Aroma Style USB Stick is a scent diffuser which you can plug into your computer’s USB port. Unfortunately the USB stick does not function as a data storage device, but it does the smell of your choice into your office environment – you simply add a drop or two of scented oil on a […]
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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