Are you getting bored in an office that never changes? An American designer who was tired of his office’s pale walls decided to decorate them with sticky notes. With more than 8,000 sticky notes on the wall, the office was no longer pale white all over.
According to media reports, American designer Ben Brucker of San Francisco was sick of his office’s monotonous appearance, so he applied some creativity by choosing a superhero theme and “sticking” the characters on the wall one by one. Brucker and his work team, along with a helping hand from their kids, put 8,024 colored sticky notes on the wall to form one superhero after another.
After the pictures were put online, they attracted the acclaim of many netizens. Brucker also shared the dilemmas that they encountered while decorating the office, such as some sticky notes coming unstuck or curling up. Nevertheless, Brucker said, “We’re moving to a new office in a few months, so this was all temporary anyway!” It looks as though Brucker has an even better idea for decorating his office next time.
(Liberty Times, translated by Zane Kheir)
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厭倦一成不變的辦公室了嗎?美國一名設計師厭倦了辦公室慘白的牆面,決定用便利貼裝飾。八千多張便利貼黏在牆上,讓辦公室不再慘白一片。
據媒體報導,美國舊金山一名設計師布魯克厭倦了辦公室單調的樣子,他發揮創意,以英雄為主題,將角色一一「黏」在牆上。布魯克和他的工作團隊,以及他們的小孩共同合作,將八千零二十四張的彩色便利貼黏在牆上,組成一個個超級英雄。
照片放上網後引來許多網友驚呼,布魯克也分享了裝飾辦公室途中便利貼黏不住或是捲曲的窘境。不過布魯克說:「幾個月後,我們要搬進新的辦公室,所以這一切都只是暫時的!」顯然布魯克有了更好的裝飾辦公室想法吧。
(自由時報)
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