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Make sure co-workers get the message with an illuminated jacket

No time to chat? A jacket that literally spells out to colleagues when you are busy is the high-tech office wear you need

By Hannah Joshua

15 August 2018

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Russell Cobb

Warning lights

“In my office, they call me the printer whisperer. And now I’m summoned to every paper jam and toner crisis, no matter how busy I am,” says Inda Mand. “I tried putting a sign on my desk, but they corner me walking to meetings instead. How can I give them the cold shoulder?”

If there’s a monkey on your back, that’s where the solution needs to be. Your style says a lot about you, so I propose some high-tech office wear that really makes a statement. The statement being “I’m busy, go away”.

I started with some electroluminescent…

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