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Everbody uses Post-it notes. I use them as reminders plastered on my monitor, my mirror and my dashboard. Most people use them to attach pithy notes to documents. But not too many use them the way capstrat did. And herein lies my tale. I recently came across a post on Cool Hunting about the rapidly growing cult of “Post-it Art.” That got me researching and I went straight to the source. Capstrat is a creative communications company in North Carolina that has parlayed a dull office wall into artwork seen round the world via the Internet and mainstream media coverage. They started by creating a wall-size, rather startling likeness of Elvis completely composed of colored Post-its. They even more recently evolved it into Einstein, the ultimate pop icon of the intellectual pin up set. Check out the video of their Elvis to Einstein creation.

So students, for your homework today drop everything and stock up on Post-its before cult-induced scarcity strikes. You can decorate your dorm room (or ceiling) like the Sistene Chapel or or Madonna on tour. And when you’re tired of that, you can use them for notating your term paper or for reminders to your roomie to empty your mini fridge (ahem, blatant plug) on Fridays.

Mimi