Stock Logo has collected the past logos of some of the most famous companies.  Then with tongue firmly planted in cheek, they predict what the ‘future’ logo may look like.  Loving Apple and Starbucks.

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Today is the Major League Baseball First-Year Draft. It’s not as big as the drafts in the other three major professional sports (football, hockey, basketball) because baseball players take so long to develop in the minor leagues relative to the other major sports. Still, it’s an exciting day for thousands of young men. Baseball’s draft is the longest of any other sports — it lasts 50 rounds — and it used to be

Once upon a time, baseball cards ruled the day. In an era before Playstations, iPods and cell phones galore, kids entertained themselves with their larger than life heroes on slabs of cardboard. Not only were baseball cards on cards in packs with gum, they also came in magnets. These days, these baseball card magnets are not available in modern cards. No big shock there, right? But you can find all sorts of older magnets on sites of all stripes which is surprising.  And forget not about baseball magnets!

Have you ever seen a baseball card magnet anywhere? Maybe you know the answer to our #triviatuesday question on Twitter, which pays homage to the baseball draft:

What was the last year the Major League Baseball draft went beyond 50 rounds?

Remember when you were a kid at school and there was always someone in class who made you laugh?  All the time? That person to a tee is Andreas, the company’s design manager. A part of the company since 2007, Andreas’ fun and outgoing personality certainly adds to the fun environment! 

After two years of hard work and success as a junior designer he moved his way up to design manager -upward mobility is certainly one of the great perks here at Magnets.com. Read on to learn more about Andreas and his contributions to the company.  (more…)

The devastating effects of the two earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan has broken the hearts and spirits of people around the world. Our love and support goes out to our friends in Japan who are trying to rebuild their lives, and we dedicate our very own flag design to them.

After some fidgeting around with our magnetic pieces, here are the final results:

Our team member loved the design so much that he was more than happy to sport our support Japan flag magnet design on his Jeep.

It’s true: the whole of Magnets.com certainly is more than the sum of its parts. Throughout our employee spotlight series we’ll be introducing many of these very parts, all working hard to provide the very best service, price, and quality.

Our first department spotlight truly provides the voice of the company.

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Now that we know that magnets will not stick to your cat, what about a funky pair of sunglasses? Our Magnets.com team member was delighted to assist us with our experiment! 

 Before

Slipping off….

After

Well, we found out very quickly that magnets will absolutely not stick to funky sunglasses, nor do colleagues necessarily like being used for magnet related experiments.

Today we look at a dazzling question asked throughout the ages —–”will magnets stick to your colleague? Being all things magnets, we took the bull by the horns looking for answers.

For today’s experiment, one of our graphic designers Andreas was kind enough to volunteer himself -and just a wee bit of his dignity- for the sake of science and human knowledge.  And speaking of bull, of popular (and cute) cow shaped magnet was randomly selected and put to the test.

Before

After

So, today’s carefully controlled experiment proves a 25 mil magnet won’t stick to your colleague.  Indeed, a bit of a letdown, at least in our book.

In our previous post, we made a magnetic car sign utilizing scrap magnetic material to support our favorite football team, the Jets. If you are interested in making magnetic mosaic designs, you’re in luck! This post is an in depth tutorial on how to make your own magnetic mosaic sign. For this tutorial, we made the little red Pac Man ghost known as ‘Blinky’. Isn’t it cute?

Here is what you’ll need to get started:

1. Magnetic scrap material, or magnetic strips.

2. Scissors or a paper cuter

3. Magnetic surface (i.e. refrigerator)

Step 1: Take your magnetic strips and cut them into 1 inch squares or whatever size you like.

Step 2: Choose the colors you want to use for the background (aqua), the object (red) and other details such his eyes(black and white).

Step 3: Do the outside border first and move your way in. Like a puzzle

Step 4: Place the magnetic squares as close together as possible. When the image is done, fill in extra spaces with some little strips. The design won’t be perfect so you can fill in the extra spaces with some extra bits and pieces.

Final Result: Voila!  ‘Blinky’ the Pacman ghost is completed and ready to be displayed

Sometimes all work and no play can make us stir crazy. Since we work for such a fun company with fun products we figured – why not try out some new concepts with our magnet material? Enter our first of many ‘will it stick’ posts where we’ll see which materials are magnetic and which, well, aren’t. Read on, friends!

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