The Independent: Fine. I’m feeling absolutely fine, because the jet lag has worn off and I’m at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. Honda is feeling fine, too. “Fine Technology, Fine Times, Feel FINE!” is its motor show motto. And there’s more fine-ness at Toyota, in whose Fine-X you can discover that “Ecology and Emotion meet in a fun-to-drive time in […]
Cars, Many Years From Now
Graffiti Ads
BizReport.com: The images are painted directly onto building walls in urban areas, graffiti-style. Wide-eyed kids, portrayed in a stylized, comic-book rendering, pose with a mysterious, hand-size gadget. One licks his like a lollipop. Another is playing paddleball with the thing. What looks like artful vandalism, though, is really part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for Sony’s PlayStation Portable, a device […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 24
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 24: 17/12/05 – 31/12/05 New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: DESIGN Walking Music The Digital Sound Bag lets you slip your personal music player into a clear acetate pocket and plug it into built in speakers. Custom Walls Single Tapete (‘singles wallpaper’) sells photographic wallpaper, featuring photos of whoever/whatever. FASHION Custom-ers Made Consumers spend hundreds of […]
Josh, In Search of Cool
DenverPost.com: Picky, picky, Josh Spear. He’s the prince of particular, the satrap of selection, the chief of choosing, this 21-year-old occasional University of Colorado undergraduate with a unique passion for the things that please him. When Spear likes something, he posts it on his popular blog, joshspear.com. What happens next? The thing gets noticed. About 5,000 people a day come […]
Vacation Homes
Condo Hotel Center: Many people dream of owning a vacation home. But often concerns about maintaining it, renting it out in the off-season, or even justifying the expense when it’s only to be used for a couple weeks of the year keep people from making the dream a reality. Now comes along condo hotels, a new type of vacation home […]
Mobile Barbers
The Wave Magazine: Do you find your weekends being eaten up by errands? Thanks to an ingenious local entrepreneur, you can now eliminate a trip to the hair stylist from your To Do list. Dena Kaufer, a 20-year veteran of the hair biz, has retrofitted three Winnebagos into full-feature salons on wheels. Her team of stylists drive their mobile barber […]