The New York Times Scented Candle

If you like the smell of newspaper, this candle is the one for you.

The New York Times Candle was one of designer-artist Tobias Wong, who passed away in 2010, last concepts. With the current fascination with scents and, especially, experimental scents, Wong proposed producing a candle with the fragrance of newsprint inspired by The New York Times, an institution he greatly admired and with which he had a longstanding relationship.

The project, though in progress, was never actualized. So you’ll just have to stick to sniffing the Sunday Styles.

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DIY Goodness

1. Put on nail polish and let dry.
2. Dip fingernail in alcohol-basically any will do, vodka is suggested.
3. Press a strip of newspaper big enough to cover the whole nail on to your alcohol soaked nail.
4. Pull off slowly and be really impressed with yourself.
5. Paint top coat if desired.

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Carulla Knives Campaign

Creative ambient by Juan Jose Posada for the brand knives Carulla, applied in newspaper and on bus shelters.

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Journalism Warning Labels

From the designer, Tom Scott:

"It seems a bit strange to me that the media carefully warn about and label any content that involves sex, violence or strong language — but there's no similar labelling system for, say, sloppy journalism and other questionable content.

I figured it was time to fix that, so I made some stickers. I've been putting them on copies of the free papers that I find on the London Underground. You might want to as well."

You can download the template and read more about it here.

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The Recycled Wallet

The slim Holstee wallet design holds the essentials – cash, credit cards and even has a sliding window for your ID and Metro card. Working with a family-run non-profit based in India that works to collect and recycle litter off the streets of Delhi they were able to create their dream wallet.

This vegan (!) wallet is made primarily of plastic bags and newspapers, collected off the Streets of Delhi in India. Production of this wallet helps reduce waste in Delhi, provides fair wage employment and subsidizes healthcare and education for each employee’s family. Their packing is a minimal slide insert made of (at least) 90% recycled material.

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Newspaper Origami Dress

The artist Yuliya Kyrpo had the excellent idea of making a dress by folding sheets of newspaper in the shape of cranes. The dress can be seen at London's Science Museum.

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