15 Things that would make Friday at the Office more Fun

This may come as a shock to you, but there are things other than MessyNessyChic that could make Fridays at the office more fun. Such as…. 1. This desk. Designed by creative agency Boys and Girls and Twisted Image using permanent hot air balloons that never degrade, strong enough to carry the weight of the…

Elaborate Cabinets that may contain Portals to Narnia

Is there anything more voyeuristically delish than seeing where rich people put their money? We’re not just talking beautiful cars and eccentric homes (though we love that, of course). We’re talking about the trappings of truly next level wealth; of the moment when something as simple as a cabinet is transformed into a work of…

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Inside the MessyNessyChic Clubhouse in Paris

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Stop Everything and Check Out this Homemade Bespoke Library

There are many questions to be answered about this library– namely: why does one need a prison in their custom-built home office? Yes, take another look– can you see it there under the ladder? This is the incredible work of Jim Cardon Customs, a Colorado based woodworker– but I say artist– with a very inspiring story……

The Hidden Speakeasy Room found at Pixar Studios where Steve Jobs Hung Out

At the Redbull headquarters, you can take a carbon slide down to the ground floor instead using the stairs, at Google you can sit around and talk strategy in ski gondolas, but at the Pixar offices, there’s something special that didn’t require all the big budget bells & whistles to count the animation company amongst the coolest workplaces on earth. Did you hear…

Out of Office

Hey! Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate you being here, whether you’re a daily devoted reader or an occasional visitor poking your head in to see what I’m up to. So I have an update to share. I’ve been writing a book on Paris as you might have heard, that will be coming out in 2017 and…

Inside the FBI’s Colossal Fingerprint Factory

Before the FBI went digital, it looked a little more like a giant stock warehouse for Amazon.com. In the 1920s, the bureau was only employing 25 workers to classify around 800,000 print cards, but by 1943, there were more than 20,000 employees sorting through 70 million fingerprints. At the height of wartime, the archives were so overwhelmed that the FBI eventually…

Your Office on Cloud 9 in Paris

I remember moving to Paris and not really knowing where to start. In fact, I probably took a lot longer than I should have to rev my engines because I just didn’t have a place to go and plan world domination where the environment inspired me, the wi-fi was reliable, the chairs were comfy and the kitchen was accessible for…

13 Things that would make your day at the Office Suck Less

1. Getting a Pug instead of a security guy via here 2. Making this happen during your rival’s presentation 3. Creating family portraits with your USB keys via here 4. Convincing the office manager that the coffee machine should make stuff more like this… P.S. This photograph is…