To keep yourself sane at work, it's good to surround yourself with beautiful objects. Objects like these Craft Design Technology Scissors. Unlike those garish Fiskars that currently occupy space in your pencil cup or desk drawer, these precision paper cutters are made in Gifu Prefecture, Japan from stainless steel, and feature a minimalist design that won't induce rage every time you use them.
Whiteboards are a staple of most meeting rooms. So are people taking notes as to what's being written on the whiteboard. Avoid this mess by using an Equil Smartmarker. This system uses a portable sensor and refillable marker to capture your notes and ideas in real time, and share them directly with your colleagues' laptops, tablets, and phones. It allows you to easily share your notes, or upload them iCloud, Dropbox, and Evernote, but most importantly, it keeps the room's attention where it belongs: on you.
We know: Microsoft's Surface brand doesn't have the best reputation. Fortunately for them (and you), the Microsoft Surface Hub is far from another Big Ass Table. Designed for use in the conference room, the Hub is a wall-mounted computer, with an 84-inch 4K display that accepts both pen and touch input, fourth-generation Intel i5 and i7 processors for speedy apps and smooth video, 1080p cameras on either side for full-view video conferencing, and a built-in mic array with Kinect technology to detect and follow voices while eliminating background noise. It's a computer, conferencing system, and projector rolled up into a thankfully space-conscious package.
Keep tabs on the current time around the world with the 11+ World Clock. From the front it looks like any other desk clock, with a clean design featuring a gray dial, gray hour and minute hands, and a bright red second hand. But turn it to the side, and you'll find the names of different international cities inscribed into the body, letting you simply roll your way to different time zones as the hands automatically adjust to show the correct time in whatever city or zone you've chosen. A smart alternative to the traditional "multiple clocks with city labels underneath" setup.
Dry erase boards are a staple in many offices. Unfortunately, most of what you write on them remains trapped there. Unless you're writing on the Smart Kapp Dry Erase Board. As the name suggests, this intelligent board connects to your mobile device via Bluetooth, allowing you to save snapshots of whatever's written on the board, share them with colleagues in real time, and upload them to services like Evernote and Dropbox. And while the board itself is obviously special, the included markers aren't — so buying replacements is as easy as making a trip to your local office supply store.
You want a shirt that looks great, is versatile enough to wear with multiple getups, and most importantly — one that actually fits well. To get all of that, you've got to brave a retail store or spend an arm and a leg to have something custom tailored. Stantt is ready to take the hassle out of buying a great shirt, and give you a fit like you've never had before. Using millions of data points from 3D body scan data, they find your ideal size utilizing their 75 different size options. Just enter a few measurements at home and get a high-quality shirt made just for you without the long waits typically associated with custom fit clothing. Each shirt is cut and sewn in New York City using the best materials from Europe and delivered straight to your door.
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It's more important now than ever to have a strong web presence. But if you can't code or afford to pay for someone who can, it's difficult to know how to take the first steps. Squarespace makes creating a professional website easy and affordable. Choose a clean, well designed template from the Squarespace archives, or use Cover Pages to make a beautiful single page site in a few simple steps. Build a secure online store, create your own logo, and get a free personal domain with every annual plan. And now Squarespace has made it easier than ever to go mobile with your new website, featuring a suite of free apps to track, manage, and make changes to your site using your IOS or Android device on the go. Stop procrastinating and reserve your very own corner of the web today — it's never been easier to get started.
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It's been a problem since the advent of computer art: how to get your ideas off the paper and into the computer. It's never been as easy as with the Moleskine Smart Notebook. Offering the high-quality paper, durable hard cover, and expandable inner pocket that the brand is famous for, this intelligent piece of old-world tech features special page markings that help it work with the companion Adobe-powered app. Let you capture a photo of your sketch, process it as a .jpg, and convert it into a vector file, which is synced via Adobe Creative Cloud so it's ready to open in Photoshop or Illustrator in seconds.
If the art of putting pen to paper is still something you value, you already know about Field Notes. And for their 25th quarterly colors edition, they've come up with something special with these Ambition Notebooks. The new 3-Pack features Olive, Wine, and Chocolate colors, all printed and embossed with metallic gold ink. You get a ledger, a graph memo book, and a weekly planner — a Field Notes first.
When we hear the phrase "tactical pen", our minds naturally drift to action movie scenes of some hapless baddie being offed with a well-placed Bic to the neck. And while you could surely use the Uzi Tactical Pen in a similar manner, it has plenty of non-violent uses, too. It's crafted from lightweight aircraft aluminum, features a gunmetal finish, and beyond writing, also holds a glassbreaker and a handcuff key. Which helps explain why it's trusted by the Army, Secret Service, Special Forces, and crafty agents everywhere.
One of the joys of Field Notes' Colors editions has been gawking at their fantastic exterior designs before they show up at your door. Not so with Field Notes Unexposed Notebooks. Each 3-pack of this Colors edition comes in an opaque black sleeve, and contains three of the possible six variations from this run. What do they look like? No one knows yet, but we do know that the interior of each book contains 48 pages, featuring the company's reticle graph not seen since last summer. Order now to keep from having the surprise ruined.
Most Moleskine users appreciate the tactile feeling of putting pen to paper — but in our increasingly digital world, they also know the hassle that can come from having some important note or idea buried in a book. Moleskine Livescribe Notebooks are meant to give you the best of both worlds. Stuffed with 240 ruled dot paper pages, these notebooks offer the same quality you expect from Moleskine, as well as on-page commands that give quick access to the app's features, two bookmarks in the expandable back pocket, and support for the Livescribe 3 Smartpen that allows content to instantly appear in the app in real time as you write on the page.
The click pen has been an office staple since its introduction — but it's never looked as good as this. Tactile Turn Mover & Shaker Pens are custom machined from high-quality materials to give you the best, no-fuss pen possible. The body is made from 7075 aluminum, while the clip is made from 301 spring steel, and the clicking mechanism is nearly silent (sorry). The Mover is slightly longer than the Shaker — 5.55" vs. 5.05" — and the former uses Pilot G2 refills while the latter takes Schimdt Easy Flow 9000s, but they're both available in black, dark blue, teal, green, dark red, desert sand, and raw aluminum, and either is sure to be an upgrade over that worn-out Bic you've been chewing on.
How do you make everyone's favorite pocketable notebook even better? Well, if you're the mad minds at Blackbird, you take three Pitch Black Field Notes books, bind them together with your special tar formula, and add a double-wrapped cord closure and a tarred cord as a bookmark. The result is the Blackbird Tar Field Notes Notebook, which comes in at 148 pages and is guaranteed to draw attention at the local coffee shop/next maker meetup.
Most of us have things like monitors, keyboards, pen cups, and lamps on our desk. The trouble is, unless you purchased them all at once or a terrific interior designer, odds are their disparate appearance likely makes for a messy look. Remedy this situation with a few choice pieces from the Grovemade Desk Collection. The collection includes a monitor stand, keyboard tray, mouse pad, ruler, wrist pad, pen cup, paperclip holder, succulent planter, and lamp, all available in your choice of walnut or maple, and all guaranteed to add a touch of class to your workspace.
While they're commonly lumped together, Arts and Sciences are two very different disciplines — different enough that they should have their own notebooks. Or at least that's the idea behind Field Notes Arts & Sciences Notebooks. Part of the ongoing Colors series, these limited-edition books are larger than normal — 7.5" x 4.75" — and offer 64 pages each. The Arts book gets a wine-colored cover containing handy information, right-side pages with quarter-inch gray rules for prose and poetry, and blank left-side pages, while the Sciences book sports a slate gray cover filled with formulas and theories, right-side pages with an all-new Engineers Graph, and blank left-side pages for whatever doesn't go on a graph.
If you're going to do the paper and pen routine in this modern day of tablets and smartphones, you might as well make your pen worth carrying around. The Monteverde Multi-Tool Stylus Pen is a perfect example. While it works great as a ballpoint, this multi-talented instrument also features a stylus cap, both a philips and flathead screwdriver, a level, and a ruler built right into the side. It's like a multi-tool for geeks.
After years of contention, litigation, and general difficulty, the mid-century modern design created by Norman Cherner, the Cherner Task Chair has reemerged. Based on original sketches and prototypes created in the 1950s, the update of this classic chair is the result of Cherner's sons' work to revive their father's vision. With its five casters, swiveling design, height-adjustable seat, and comfortable armrests, this task chair is a work horse that will get you through a hard day on the job. Made from steel and walnut, it has an aesthetic that reveals its strength and utility, while looking right at home in just about any workspace.
Your desk should make it easier to work — not get in your way — it should inspire you, keep all your tools within easy reach, and generally make your job more convenient. Crafted from beautiful maple or walnut wood, the Artifox Desk features slots meant to hold your phone and tablet, while cable management lets you keep all your devices powered without unsightly wires all over the place. A built-in dry erase board lets you make to-do lists, organize your thoughts, and come up with ideas, all within arm's reach. And its simple, yet highly-functional design means it'll look great in any space.
Notebooks are great, but unless you're writing in pencil, they're one-use affairs. Whiteboards are great for sharing ideas with others — but who wants to carry around a whiteboard everywhere? Nuboard combines the two into a slick sketching and sharing tool. This A4-sized notebook features multiple pages of whiteboard-like material, separated by translucent sheets that let you expand on your thoughts with overlays. It's like a full presentation, only in notebook form.
Odds are you've run into this problem: you've filled your notebook with great ideas, sketches, important memories, the first chapter of your novel — only to lose it in a pile of other notebooks, old bills, and scraps of paper. If you'd used a Mod Cloud Notebook though, you'd never run into that problem, because they're the only notebooks that offer free digitization. With the Mod app, a responsive web-based app that can be accessed from any device, you'll never lose track of any of your most important musings and thoughts. Better still, it's crafted like your favorite Moleskin notebook, with a range of available colors, paper types, a handy band to keep it closed, and flat-opening binding.
