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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year
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The Most Famous Pen in History Turns 100 This Year
By Brett Braley
I Moved To Ireland For a 3-Month Brewing Internship. Here’s What It Was Like
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I Moved To Ireland For a 3-Month Brewing Internship. Here’s What It Was Like

I spent the last three months of 2022 working at Kinnegar Brewing, an Irish craft brewery in Letterkenny, County Donegal. For homebrewers who want to learn what it’s actually like to work in a brewery, an internship like this provides invaluable lessons—including lessons that can be applied to being a…

By Dillon McLaughlin
The Reversible ALTI Desk Mat Includes Wireless Charging
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The Reversible ALTI Desk Mat Includes Wireless Charging

We'll always be big fans of desk mats. While our previous favorites were standard cutting mats, those were quickly replaced once we found out about the ALTI Wireless Charging Desk Mat. The ALTI features a premium vegan leather surface on one side and plush felt on the other, with a…

By Ben Dahl
Dango Products Pen Tray
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Dango Products Pen Tray

Depending on how serious you are about your personal writing instruments, you probably already have at least one or two pens from Dango Products. If you do, you’re familiar with their approach to manufacturing. Namely, they make attractive, durable pens and desk accessories out of machined aluminum. This pen tray…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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Introducing: Word. Polygon

The latest series of Word. Notebooks is our most contemporary to date. Every line helps compose at least two polygons across the front and back giving each notebook a fractal appearance. We've opted for more vivid colors this time around, choosing a white cover paper base to make each shade…

By Mike Newman
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Mover & Shaker Pens Now In Brass, Copper, Bronze And Titanium

When we first told you about the Mover & Shaker pens from Tactile Turn, we told you they were built for writing on the go. That still holds true. The click mechanism is still buttery smooth. They still look great. But that didn't stop the people at Tactile Turn from…

By Ben Dahl
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Kesito Desktop Organizer Can Be Rearranged

The Kesito Desktop Organizer is one of the most versatile desktop organization solutions we've ever seen. You're not bound to separate business card holders, pen holders, junk trays and notepads because the system is built around three diamond shaped pieces, with different purposes, that you can arrange in whatever configuration…

By Ben Dahl
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The Wood Slingshot Designed for Office Warfare

With so many offices now having a fully stocked armory of Nerf guns, BIC crossbows and DIY trebuchets, everyone needs a weapon of choice for blowing off steam and/or increasing productivity. We're not going to say HR isn't going to have a problem with this wood slingshot sitting on an…

By Ben Dahl
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Deck Out Your Desk With Walnut

Most desks are pretty boring. If you're at the office, it's frequently a combination of function before form pieces that leaves the entire environment sterilized. If you're at home, it's probably filled with papers, pens and other office supplies. Even if you work at a relatively "hip" office, you could…

By Ben Dahl
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