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The End of Office Space?

By Paperstone on 27 July 2011 in Office Furniture with 0 Comments

Fifty-eight percent of UK workers believe that offices will be redundant in ten years time as technology further facilitates mobile working. Virgin Media Business commissioned a survey of 1,000 office workers to mark the 10th anniversary of Ricky Gervais’ and Stephen Merchant’s ‘The Office’ which first screened in the UK on 9th July 2001. Technological […]

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“From Here to Here”

By Paperstone on 23 July 2011 in Artists & Graphics Supplies, Pencils & Accessories with 0 Comments

Designer Ariane Prin’s project, “From Here to Here”, is about localised design, creating “useful products specific to a site from the waste generated there.” Using waste from various departments of the Royal College of Art – sawdust from the wood workshop, clay from the ceramics department, etc. – Prin creates a pencil factory that will […]

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PowerPointlessness

By Paperstone on 20 July 2011 in Presentation Equipment with 0 Comments
PowerPointlessness

PowerPoint is very much part of the white-collar workplace vernacular. Yet by overuse it has become a less-than-compelling medium, apt to strike stupefaction in the brains of delegates. Most of us probably don’t see any point in the presentations we are subjected to. It’s even been suggested that PowerPoint harms our ability to think. Step […]

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Morbid Messaging

By Paperstone on 19 July 2011 in Whiteboards / Notice Boards with 0 Comments
Morbid Messaging

If you want a message to get noticed, what better way of leaving it than on a facsimile of a skull? Chalkboard skulls are now available for about £25 from iamhome at Etsy. The skulls are made from plastic, porcelain and enamel chalkboard paint and come in a range of perky colours including pine green, […]

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The Opposite of Enlightenment?

By Paperstone on 14 July 2011 in Office Environment with 0 Comments
The Opposite of Enlightenment?

Republicans in Washington are incandescent with rage over legislation which promotes energy-saving light bulbs. The legislation – signed into law in 2007 by not-so-ecological George Bush – means that energy-guzzling 100-watt fluorescent light bulbs will no longer be available in the US from January 2012. While light bulbs just as bright and more efficient will […]

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Writing That Makes Scents

By Paperstone on 13 July 2011 in Pencils & Accessories, Pens & Pencils with 0 Comments
Writing That Makes Scents

About a year ago we told you about Smencils®, 100% recycled scented pencils from the USA yet to find a UK retailer. We are now happy to tell you that Smencils are now available in the UK from educational toy manufacturer, Learning Resources®. Nothing evokes memories like smell and if Marcel Proust had tried to […]

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Tea Best Practice

By Paperstone on 11 July 2011 in Catering with 0 Comments
Tea Best Practice

Researchers at the University of Northumbria claim to have worked out how to make the perfect cup of tea. The trick, according to the School of Life Sciences team, is to allow the cup to sit for six minutes. This allows the flavours to diffuse and the temperature of the tea to fall to 60°C […]

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The Vanishing Word

By Paperstone on 8 July 2011 in Ink Cartridges And Toners, Paper with 0 Comments
The Vanishing Word

Designer Kim Su Yeon has come up with a printer which, instead of leaving its mark, removes ink from printed Paper using laser technololgy. Pop in a page-full of martketing "insights" and out pops a white (and probably more insightful) piece of Paper. In such a way, Paper can be reused. Whether or not this […]

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Break the Eyes

By Paperstone on 6 July 2011 in Computer Supplies with 0 Comments
Break the Eyes

A measly one in five office workers take regular breaks from our computer screens, according to a poll commissioned by the Eyecare Trust and Simplyhealth. Staring at a computer screen all day can cause eye strain and visual stress and 90 percent of office workers suffer with screen fatigue, headaches, sore or tired eyes, and […]

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If Looks Could Quill

By Paperstone on 5 July 2011 in Pens & Pencils with 0 Comments
If Looks Could Quill

Maison Martin Margiela has teamed up with Paris design house ENO to create a pen to help sate our desire for push-button faux antiquity. The Margiela Feather Pen is basically a Bic pen tarted up with an ostrich or goose feather so as to resemble a quill as used in the olden days like. Don’t […]

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