Yep, the panel-based office prison turns 40 this week. Originally known as an Action Office, it was developed in 1968 by Herman Miller designer Robert Propst. (He would later say he regretted his contribution to "monolithic insanity.") Celebrate by burning yours down—or at least making time for another screening of Office Space.

Three years after Her Majesty sounded the call for new designs for the realm's coinage, she's declared a winner: 26-year-old Matthew Dent. He's adorned the new currency with the Royal Arms, split over six coins. (The whole arms will be represented on the one-pound coin.) The relative unknown was selected from more than 4,000 applicants, which by our count makes this a rare example of an open design competition producing good results. (One or two others come to mind.) And at the risk of betraying Uncle Sam, the new coins are one hell of a lot nicer than our state quarters.