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Peculiar Broom-Shaped Pencils

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

This Clever Pencil Design Has an Eraser Broom Attachment

— June 26, 2013 — Art & Design
This nifty pencil design includes a broom-style eraser attachment that allows people to easily sweep their mistakes away. This unusual looking eraser offers pencil pushers a cute alternative to typical erasers.

This neat broom pencil attachment covers more surface area than a standard pencil eraser, allowing people to clean up their mistakes a little quicker. This awesome eraser has bristles like a broom would that work to efficiently sweep up spelling mistakes. The ‘Pencil Broom’ comes from Artori Design, a company that produces all kinds of equally quirky and cute stationary style accessories.

Ultimately it’s the little things in life that help brighten up a person’s day. This tiny adorable pencil attachment is peculiar as well as adorable and offers folks a fun way to correct their mistakes at work.
Trend Themes
1. Quirky Stationery Designs - Companies can capitalize on the novelty trend by creating unique and playful stationary accessories similar to Artori Designs' Pencil Broom.
2. Efficient Eraser Attachments - There is an opportunity for innovation in creating erasers that cover more surface area, such as the broom-style attachment of the Pencil Broom.
3. Sustainable Stationery - Designing pencils with reusable and eco-friendly attachments like the broom eraser can appeal to the growing market for sustainable products.
Industry Implications
1. Stationery Manufacturing - Companies in the stationery industry can create new products with unique and playful designs, similar to Artori Designs' quirky pencil accessories.
2. School and Office Supplies Retail - Retailers can capitalize on the novelty trend by offering unique and playful stationary accessories like the Pencil Broom to customers.
3. Environmentally-friendly Products - Companies that aim to produce sustainable and eco-friendly products can take inspiration from the Pencil Broom and create environmentally-friendly stationary with reusable attachments.
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