In today's high tech workplace, we rely heavily on technology. Computers, USB drives, smartphones and the internet. But sometimes, low tech is best. Here are five old school products that are just as applicable now as they were over thirty years ago.

1. Sticky Notes

Invented by Arthur Fry in the late 1970's, sticky notes were released America wide in the 1980's. A year later in 1981, the 3M company rewarded the development team with it's outstanding new invention award, as well as it's Golden Step award - given for profitable products. No surprise either. It's a simple product but truly ingenious. Hard to believe it was only officially released in the 80's, but it's just as handy then as it is now.

2. Desktop/Wall Calendars

We have plenty of calendars available

In celebration of Australian day, and that proud, down to earth, humorous and often outright bewildering array that is Australian pop culture, Melbourne based illustrator Aaron Tyler created some custom coins with some designs that were rather more fantastical than the current lot. Instead, the "Straya Cash" featured celebrities, objects, and characters who are intrinsic to Australia popular culture. Largely in hilarious tongue in cheek ways.

Australian Coins Australian Icons

Muriel's Wedding, and potentially Australia's most famous musical

Even if you're not the sort of person who cares about print fonts - honestly I'm baffled by the rather passionate arguments over why this sans serif font is better, or why this font has certain superior qualities - we can all generally agree that a certain few fonts are awful. Comic Sans for example has ascended to a level of hatred that's hard to imagine for what is simply just a way of depicting the alphabet. Papyrus is another font that gets a bad rep, and for rather good reason, but who created it? And why?

1. Choose fonts that match branding.
2. Prioritise legibility for readability.
3. Consider emotion and context.

An Unpopular Font

Papyrus was created by Chris Costello. Born in the

When it comes to promotional products, we deliver Australia wide. Thousands of orders, from dozens of warehouses, sent out to locations all over the country...  Of course, that means quite a bit of shipping.All our orders are sent out in cardboard boxes and many of you may have received a stack of said cardboard boxes over the years. So what do you do once you've received and unpackaged your boxes? Well, recycling or reusing would be the best option, but I doubt any of those would be quite as fun as this. One team of enterprising office workers decided to create a cardboard castle in their office, and the effects are as amusing as they are incredible.

• An office team built a cardboard castle using panels and hot glue, showcasing a creative way to reuse promotional item boxes.
• Reusing promotional boxes can be done through storage, gift packaging, crafts, and more, benefiting the environment and maximizing their use.

Poor Tasmania. Our Southern cousins get a bit of a raw deal. Aside from all the unpleasant rural jokes at their expense, they have an unfortunate tendency to be forgotten when it comes to depictions of the Australian landmass. Case in point, a line of Australia Day Branded Merchandise that Woolworths were selling. A line of caps that had Australia branded on the crown. Caps that were lacking Tasmania. Ouch.

The Forgotten State

Needless to say a number of Tasmanians weren't impressed, and Woolworths has said that they'd withdraw the caps from sale. But it's not the first or even the most unfortunate time that Tasmania has been literally left off the map.

There's just something cool about Rubik's Cubes. That simple shape, those bright colours, that fiendish puzzle solving. Invented in the 1970's it's still one of the most recognisable and enduring puzzle toys around. It works great as a puzzle toy but even if you never solve it, it's still a rather cool looking decoration. Which is pretty much exactly what it will be if you can't solve it. Now for most the standard 3x3x3 is already very difficult to solve, but can you imagine larger? Each new layer adds more variations. But how large can you go? Well, one company has just crafted their own 22x22x22 cube, and I can't even imagine how long it'd take to solve.

A Giant Puzzle for Big Brains and Bigger Hands

Custom created using a 3D printer, with 20cm long edges, featuring 2691 moving parts, and having

When it comes to gift giving, presentation counts. Certainly a luxury corporate pen gift, regardless of how finely crafted and sharply designed it is, requires some classy packaging to help give it more impact. Could you imagine it? Being given a loose pen straight from someone's pocket? Aside from probably leaving ink everywhere, it's hardly the most impressive sight when receiving a gift. Rather unfortunately for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnball, a loose pen and a pocket full of ink might have been the better option.

It's the thought that counts...

Last week when Prime Minister Turnball

No one country on earth does Mascots and Logos as cute and as fun as the Japanese. Some of the brands that utilize a combination of unique logos and cute mascots are among the biggest corporate businesses in Japan. Here are some of the most unique and also bizarre examples.

Branding with Mascots and Logos

Logos typically go hand in hand with Mascots in many organisations. They tend to complement each other and provide something giddy and awesome. Kids absolutely love most Mascots and for the brand it allows kids to be exposed to brands at a young age through an interactive cute medium other than simply personalized merchandise.

Unique & Japan Only

Japanese mascot characters are known as "Yuru-Chura," Some of them dance and others are used during promotional events in cities, airports and even prisons. They may look a bit strange to westerners

Part of me is saddened by the fact that as an Australian, there's no "white Christmas" to experience, no winter wonderland to see. If we're lucky, we'll have nice warm weather of 25-30 degrees Celsius (77-86 Degrees Fahrenheit for any American readers) to comfortably have a barbeque in. If we're unlucky, walking outdoors will cause immediate spontaneous combustion. So for me, Christmas sweaters are a bit of a bittersweet idea. They can be incredibly awful and absolutely fantastic as a result, and I certainly wouldn't mind one, but alas wearing a sweater or any kind of outwear during an Aussie Christmas is just asking for heatstroke. Still, they're always good for laugh, so here are 5 of the ugliest Christmas sweaters ever designed, with some fantastic, and others nightmarish.

Star Wars is now officially in cinemas to some really good reviews. This time round the Star Wars Juggernaut franchise is huge, spawning a huge industry in Star Wars related official branded merchandise. Some of the merchandise that have been made on offer this year have been spectacular (example is the BB 8 Robot Droid remote control toy), whilst others have been quite interesting.

Interesting (Crazy) Branded Items

We have seen some really crazy products this year and amongst the best of them can be found overseas. These products are really awesome in their own way. Check them out:

• Star Wars Rubber Ducks - I must admit the Storm troopers rubber ducks are rather special