Bureau of Trade
William
In Advertising, Copy Writing, Interaction Design, Off Topic, Web Design Posted February 08, 2013
I’m excited that Bureau of Trade is finally back and will be releasing its own products (with the help of Esquire). I got turned onto this group a few years ago. They present an amazingly fun daily digest of (generally men’s) products around a theme – from sailing the Cape of Good Hope to playing tennis in the English summer.
Most of their products are found on Ebay or other private auction sites but what really makes the collection is the copy writing. Each product has a “suitable for” and a “not suitable for” which always manage to bring a smile. For instance: a set of smoke-colored beach gin&tonic glasses might be suitable for hot toddies, not cold bodies.
They have a great interface too, the infinite scroll and comfortable photo placement both help make it lots of fun to browse through.
