Gear Up: Back to School Shopping for Grownups

Kindergarteners are cute or whatever, but why should they get all the back-to-school fanfare? Reclaim the September ritual of starting fresh with new supplies for your work in the year ahead. Isn't treating yourself the whole reason to grow up in the first place?

THE MINIMALIST

• Bigso of Sweden Storage Box For the papers you haven't gotten around to digitizing yet.
• From the Desk of Notepad Well, technically from the communal table at the local coffee shop, but whatever.
• Jambox Wireless Speaker and Speakerphone Conference calls seem so much cooler now.
• Logitech Portable Lapdesk What? Carpal tunnel is such a myth.
• Solar Powered Energy Bank You're working from the park every chance you get.
• Revolutionary Laptop Bag What are you, a bike messenger?

THE WOULD-BE LUDDITE

• Leather iPad Case Almost makes up for the fact that you're reading Virginia Woolf on a screen.
• Old English Dictionary App As it turns out, "dense" originally meant "thick with hair." You're a hit at the bar.
• USB Typewriter Keyboard To go with your glass of scotch.
• Xylobook Blank Books Paper! It's like having 180 tabs open at once.
• Worther Wood Round Pencil A wooden mechanical pencil. You are one discerning engineer.
• Pink Eraser USB Flash Drive Irony in action.
  
  

Which back-to-school supply made you happiest as a kid?


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