A perfume has been launched that makes wearers smell like “freshly printed books.” Paper Passion is a fragrance by Geza Schoen in association with publisher Gerhard Steidl and iconic design mag WallPaper*. Karl Lagerfeld and Steidl provide packaging. “The smell of a freshly printed book is the best smell in the world,” says Karl Lagerfeld. […]
Artist Dave Rittinger has proposed a public art installation in North Philadelphia city park involving giant stationery. Entitled ‘Color Pencil Tree’, the branches morph into large, roughly hewn coloured pencils. Says Rittinger, “My work is often playful, colorful and incorporates a sort of metaphorical blending of objects and function, so the fact that pencils are […]
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 […]
According to a recent study commissioned by Epson and the Centre for Economics and Business Research,the British economy lost out on £26 billion last year because of employees attending unnecessary meetings. The poll of over 1,000 employees found that workers spend an average 2.5 hours in meetings considered pointless. Did you know…? The world record […]
A recent post on Boing Boing highlights the silliness of some patents. Did you know, for example, that when you tease your cat with a laser pointer, you are using a patented The exercise method is described by them thus: “A method for inducing cats to exercise consists of directing a beam of invisible light […]
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 […]
Fears of Olympic travel chaos have scared would-be commuters into working from home and turned London into a “ghost town,” reports The Daily Mail. And the subsequent lack of people in the capital is hitting businesses hard. An estimated 1.5 million people are working at home during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Civil Servants and […]
You may have heard a story or two about someone saving the another’s life by making an incision in their throat and sticking a tube in it in order to create an emergency airway. A cricothyrotomy is a technical name for such a procedure, conducted as a last resort when the normal airways are obstructed […]
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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