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Insane Asylums of England 2012 Calendar

By Paperstone on 22 November 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Insane Asylums of England 2012 Calendar

Insane Asylums of England 2012 is a calendar which celebrates the dubious legacy of the country’s most notorious institutions for the psychically unwell and ostracised. From the Bethlem Royal Hospital of London to Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, England’s finest insane asylums are given the calendar treatment, a month dedicated to each one. Photographs of the […]

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No Man Is A Traffic Island

By Paperstone on 21 November 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
No Man Is A Traffic Island

Still looking for a way to count the days of 2012, a year about which, the Mayans would have it, to be mildly pessimistic? roundaboutsofbritain.com offer you “a whole Welsh gaggle of gyratory gems” in the form of Roundabouts of Wales 2012 Calendar. This calendar features 12 of Wales’ best, from Cardiff’s one-way gyratory to […]

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Flying Coat Hangers

By Paperstone on 20 November 2011 in Office Environment with 0 Comments
Flying Coat Hangers

Create a clothing mobile by sticking your garb on coat hangers that are fixed to the ceiling. In the dark, you’ll be able to make out vague silhouettes of floating, headless torsos. That image should help give you restful sleep. Flying Hooks are available from Dutch retailer Theo (designer Thorsten van Elten‘s outlet).

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Extraordinary Chickens 2012

By Paperstone on 19 November 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Extraordinary Chickens 2012

There are more chickens on the planet than humans. Chickens are the closest living relative of the tyrannosaur. You can hypnotise a chicken by holding it and drawing a line in the dirt repetitively. Chickens are extraordinary. Celebrate the fanciest examples of the beast with the Extraordinary Chickens 2012 Wall Calendar. This particular chicken calendar […]

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Pop Art Laptop Cases

By Paperstone on 17 November 2011 in Computer Supplies with 0 Comments
Pop Art Laptop Cases

Andy Warhol was early in anticipating (and contributing to) the commodification of culture. He challenged notions of authorship, authenticy, origin and value in art by drawing from popular and commercial culture to create instantly recognisable and very reproduceable images. It is all too apt that in an age in which we consume things before we […]

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Giant Pencil Protest

By Paperstone on 16 November 2011 in Pencils & Accessories with 0 Comments
Giant Pencil Protest

On 10 November, thousands of students from over 30 public universities congregated in Bogota and other cities to protest against an education reform bill which, it is feared, will partially privatise higher education in Colombia. More than half a million students have been on strike for a month. President Juan Manuel Santos has offered to […]

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Pencil Seating

By Paperstone on 15 November 2011 in Office Furniture, Pencils & Accessories with 0 Comments
Pencil Seating

Just as a bed of nails can support the weight of a person without piercing that person’s skin (because the weight is distributed across many nails), so this Pencil Bench by Boex can be sat on without fear of snapping the individual elements. Apparently “stemming from a single conversation to see if we could incorporate […]

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Perplexing Calendar Venerates Bus Route

By Paperstone on 13 November 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Perplexing Calendar Venerates Bus Route

Roundabouts of Britain, a store whose flagship calendar is the Best of British Roundabouts, has a treat in store for those who respect a good bus route. Birmingham’s Outer Circle Eleven Bus Route (anti-clockwise) 2012 Calendar brings you the highlights of Europe’s longest urban bus route. “Get the Buzz of a Lifetime,” offers the marketing. […]

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Alternative Calendars 2012: Part 1

By Paperstone on 8 November 2011 in Office & Personal Planning with 0 Comments
Alternative Calendars 2012: Part 1

As 2012 approaches, it’s time to turn our eye to the variety of weird calendars available to count your days in the new year. The Goats In Trees 2012 Square Wall Calendar published by Brown Trout features 13 photographs of goats in trees. In arid regions of North Africa, goats take advantage of their poise, […]

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Guy Fawkes Masks Acquire Anti-Capitalist Sysmbolism

By Paperstone on 2 November 2011 in Security Products with 0 Comments
Guy Fawkes Masks Acquire Anti-Capitalist Sysmbolism

As Bonfire Night approaches, images of Guy Fawkes proliferate as part of a trend not related to the anniversary of the foiling of the gunpowder plot. Guy Fawkes masks as worn by ‘V’ in the comic book series V for Vendetta have become the facewear of choice for Occupy Wall Street protesters and Occupy protesters […]

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