All work and no play makes for a dull workplace. So says Bosch Rexroth, whose “Creative Diversions” area looks at the fun side of engineering ( Here’s the latest Top 10 list offering: Creative office engineering. Many of us spend 40+ hr a week working our fingers to the bones in an office somewhere and we need some way to release our creative energy, right? See below how hardworking people found ways to show their creative side ... all with their job in mind. 10 - Get Some Fresh Air While You Work 9 - Here’s Hoping Trash Pick-Up Day is Today 8 - Happy Hour has Never Been Easier 7 - Sale on Aisle 12. Aluminum Foil 6 - Why Not Garden at Work? 4 - Would You Like Butter on That? 3 - Dude! He Got a Dell 2 - Anyone Got a Pen to Leave a Note? And the Number 1 Most Creative Office ... 1 - Think of All the Time You Could Save! News at 11 — Check your T-shirt Created in 2004, T-post, a wearable magazine, rewires the way people get the latest news. The difference between T-post and other news media is that every six weeks you receive a new t-shirt based on a current news item instead of a magazine. Designers are chosen to design their interpretation of a news story, which is then combined with the actual news and printed on the inside of the t-shirt. “Because the news is printed inside the shirt, the subscriber is left with an opportunity to interpret and communicate the meaning behind the shirt. It really becomes the subscriber’s interpretation of the story, which is even more interesting to hear about I think,” says T-Post Editor-in-Chief, Peter Lundgren. What started out as an experiment is now
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