BusinessWeek: Airline flights are one of the few situations where you find yourself wedged against a total stranger for hours at a time. It might as well be someone you like. With that in mind, a new Web site, AirTroductions.com, aims to match like-minded fliers for business networking, book discussions, romance — whatever it is you want from a seatmate. […]
Social Networking in the Sky
Immortalized Leaves
DailyCandy: The apple may not fall far from the tree. But what about the leaf? Different story entirely. Tossed by the winds of chance, wrangled by the rakes of fate, the delicate foliage of autumn cannot know its destiny. With any luck, however, it will get immortalized on a pillow, tablecloth, or stationery by Inleaf Designs. The company adorns linens […]
Lego Disks
Influx Insights: Young French designer, Ora-Ito who is being hailed as the country’s new Mr. Starck, has just designed a playful new stackable hard drive for Lacie The hard drives are shaped like Lego bricks and come in various different colors. Lacie had worked with Porsche design in the past and Maxtor had made some effort to bring a more […]
Closer to the Consumer
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: Lynne Robinson’s home in Bellevue is like any other — ringed in flowers and shrubs, full of the sounds of a happy family of four. But inside, an experiment is unfolding. They call it reality marketing — a deliberately provocative term that evokes Big Brother as much as any tawdry reality television show. But in the Robinson home, […]
Coloring Macs and iPods
DailyCandy: You were first on the block with a new PowerBook. Envied at work, admired in Internet cafes, and feted around town. But now that Macs are a dime (or a few) a dozen, your prized machine seems a bit average. No problem. ColorWare can make it stand out in the crowd once more. Just go online and pick your […]
Blueberry Chocolate Coffee
TrendCentral: As research geeks, nothing gets us more excited than a good quantitative study. So when we saw that, according to a recent survey conducted by Dunkin’ Donuts, more adults would give up sex before coffee, we knew we had to investigate. Turns out, we knew that most people need a daily coffee fix, but had no idea to what […]
Poster Decor
DailyCandy: You haven’t gone for the posters-as-decor thing since your rabid seventh-grade Depeche Mode obsession. And, generally speaking, this has been a positive development. But not so fast. Jason Munn has reinvented the wheel with his hand-silk-screened album and concert posters. A trained graphic designer, Munn creates his pieces in his Oakland, California, studio, and each one begins with a […]
Wake You Up
Shiny Shiny: What is it with the proliferation of evil alarm clocks these days? First there was the you’ve – got – to – find – me – to – turn – me – off Clocky, and now there’s the truly insidious Sonic Alarm. If you want to rouse a reluctant sleeper, you pull the pin, lob the alarm into […]
Pet Friendly Vehicle
Popgadget: The W.O.W. Concept, which stands for “wonderful openhearted wagon,” features a special crate for dogs in the glove apartment to allow owners to interact with their pets on the road. A bigger crate pops up from the floor in the back seat area and can be folded back into the floor when it’s not needed. For bigger dogs, there’s […]
Mom ’n’ Baby Hikes
Iconoculture: Moms and babies head for the hills with Colorado Mountain Mamas hiking club. The group helps new moms get back on the trails – with baby on board. Each hike is led by an experienced guide trained in CPR who stays connected, via walkie-talkie, with the hiker at the back of the line so no one gets lost. In […]