Dead Trees and Future Landfills

File Folders have to be one of the most mundane things in most offices, next to staple pullers. They are usually that very blah manila color (when I was a kid I thought they were called vanilla folders). Occasionally, people branch out into colors but those are right out of the box of 8. Not very inspired.

But then there are the folders made by Knock Knock. (www.knockknock.biz)

These guys have folders in great colors with bold text that say things like: "Dead Trees", "Future Landfill", or "Wasted Paper". Or even bolder ones with things like "Useless Documents to Provide Appearance of Importance in Meetings" or "Papers to Shuffle Endlessly Thereby Accomplishing Nothing".

They also make post-it notes with similar things to say about the sometimes pointless, fruitless, brain-numbing things that get in the way of the fun stuff at work. Actually, every product they make is geared toward making 9 to 5 more fun.

So, can file folders be part of the "Good Things That Make Designing More Fun"? When they are as irreverant as these -- heck yeah!