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World Cup Stationery: Group G

By Paperstone on 23 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group G

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group G, Group of the Death.   BRAZIL National dish: Rice and beans USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Football, deforestation Player to watch: Kaká Featured stationery […]

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World Cup Stationery: Group F

By Paperstone on 22 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group F

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group F.   ITALY National dish: Pasta USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Sublime fine arts, wobbly democracy Player to watch: Daniele De Rossi Featured stationery item: […]

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World Cup Stationery: Group E

By Paperstone on 22 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group E

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group E.   CAMEROON National dish: Ndolé, a stew USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Plantains Player to watch: Samuel Eto’o Featured stationery item: Cameroonian Bamboo Magic […]

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World Cup Stationery: Group D

By Paperstone on 21 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group D

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group D, including Germany.   AUSTRALIA National dish: Barbecues USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Neighbours Player to watch: Mark Bresciano Featured stationery item: Kangaroo notebook from […]

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World Cup Stationery: Group C

By Paperstone on 19 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group C

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group C, the one England are in.   ALGERIA National dish: Couscous USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Oppressive French occupation. Albert Camus was born there. Player […]

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World Cup Stationery: Group B

By Paperstone on 19 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group B

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group B, a toughie.   ARGENTINA National dish: Beef USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Evita, tango Player to watch: Messi (natch) but also manager Maradona who […]

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World Cup Stationery: Group A

By Paperstone on 18 June 2010 in Fun, Office Supplies with 0 Comments
World Cup Stationery: Group A

  In a football-exploitative feature, we try to find stationery from, or related to, all the nations participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Today, Group A, including the hosts.   FRANCE National dish: Snails USP / Cultural stereotype / significant export: Robust civil protest, Impressionism Player to watch: Franck Ribéry – Gallic […]

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50 Years of Lasers

By Paperstone on 12 June 2010 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments
50 Years of Lasers

  2010 is the gold anniversary of the invention of the laser. In 1960, Theodore H. Maiman constructed the first functioning LASER – that is, Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation – although laser technology had been theorised 43 years earlier by Albert Einstein. In fact, laser-like weapons like death rays existed in the […]

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Stationery Objects of Desire

By Paperstone on 17 May 2010 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments
Stationery Objects of Desire

Here’s an occasional round-up of a few desirable stationery products we’ve learned of via others but don’t sell ourselves. 1. Bullet Pencils During the American Civil war, soldiers would stick their pencils in empty rifle cartridges to protect the tips from breaking but bullet pencils soon became a medium for advertising and political marketing. Apparently […]

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Recycled Loo Role Threatened

By Paperstone on 12 May 2010 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

“The biggest challenge, especially for our toilet-Paper products, is perceived softness,” says Martin Wolf, director of product and environmental technology at Seventh Generation. The best recycled toilet Paper is made using the long fibres that good office Paper retains. However, a high demand for waste Paper from China in particular but also the growth of […]

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