Now that Thanksgiving has passed it’s time to start getting into the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter spirit! Include a personalized sign of your holiday cheer vis-à-vis your favorite holiday ornament hung from an ornament stand. Along with some peppermint hot chocolate and christmas tunes from your ipod you’ll instantly add an individualized touch of festiveness to your work place.
Financial Times columnist, Lucy Kellaway, offers solutions to the trials and tribulations of the workplace. Everything from workplace dating, to smelly coworkers, to email etiquette provides fodder for discussion, with Financial Times readers weighing in with their perspectives. The Financial Times is located in the United Kingdom, so a lot of crises are addressed with a healthy dose of British wit.
For artistic types: The design firm Harry Allen reinterprets the ordinary to create a stylish and witty desk set which plays on iconic forms of typical objects in an office setting (i.e. pencils, rubberband ball, business cards). The Reality Desk Set includes a pencil tray, a paperweight, and a business card holder made of a white resin cast from real objects.
