Springwise: Offering an alternative to boring office supplies, russell+hazel sells stylish binders, paper, storage and accessories. Minneapolis-based russell+hazel, founded by a former architect, is a range of aesthetically pleasing office supplies that combine a designed look with durable quality. The company’s newest range, Audrey, is a fashion-forward selection specifically tailored to women, offering ‘working girl chic’ supplies with details inspired […]
Upgraded Office Wares
Armed Ladies
LuxuryLaunches.com: A unique artistic fusion of two genders – feminine embellishments to the masculine weapons! Antonio Riello has spruced up of real military weapons into fashion items for ladies. Ladies Weapons are born from the most outstanding contemporary Italian features: the obsession for personal security and the passion for elegance and fashion. Contemporary military weaponry is restyled by the artist […]
CoolBusinessIdeas Newsletter Issue 29
New Business Ideas/Opportunities Featured In This Issue: LIFESTYLE & LUXURY Media Immersion In the world’s most media-saturated city, people take a break by checking themselves into media immersion pods: warrens cluttered with computers, TV’s, video games and every other entertainment of the electronic age. RETAIL Smart Shopping Cart It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors let it […]
Keep Cool
Digital Chosunilbo: The Chosun Ilbo lists some unique products whose fun concepts and designs can help you cool down the last hot summer days. The summer’s biggest hit is a small and handily designed USB fan that needs no external power when connected to a desktop of laptop. The product is seeing whirlwind sales of 1,110 units a day at […]
Plastic Cool, for Gals
DailyCandy: Going for office sophisticate? Look the part in a sensible pantsuit and pumps. But lose the fake glasses and bun. (That’s more porn librarian.) If you really want to work it like Career Woman Barbie, you’ll need plastic accessories. Like Plastic People’s laptop cases. Custom made of vinyl, they look plastic (hence the name). They’re functional, with a half-inch […]
Smart WiFi Bunny
ThinkGeek: So you are probably wondering if a rabbit can really be “smart”? Well this bunny can teach you tai chi, read your e-mail, report the weather or stock market, pull RSS feeds and tell you the time. We’d say that’s pretty smart – but he’s also got personality. Nabaztag can move his ears, play music, talk and whistle, and […]
Media Immersion
The New York Times: All cities takes a toll, and at times all city dwellers have to take their leave. When life in Istanbul gets too stressful, people can head to the baths. In Rio there’s the beach. In Tokyo, though, the antidote to urban overload is more of the same. In the world’s most media-saturated city, people take a […]
Smart Shopping Cart
CNN: It looks almost like any other shopping cart, except sensors let it follow the shopper around the supermarket and slow down when needed so items can be placed in it. And it never crashes into anyone’s heels. “The immediate thing that jumped to my mind was all those times as a kid when my sister would accidentally hit me […]
USB Massager
Digital Chosunilbo: Idea Shop’s (www.1300k.com) super-small massager (W3,500) has drawn the admiration of workers struggling through the day and students who want to loosen up during long hours of test preparation. Hot Gadgets to Help you Stay Cool This Summer [Digital Chosunilbo]
Car Broke Down?
Cool Tools: Mechanics here in Boston call this a “jump kit.” It’s a briefcase-sized, 20lb, 12V battery with built-in 12v/120v charger, and with built-in jumper cables attached. The Jump-N-Carry is a much easier way to jump a car; no jockeying the live car to kiss bumpers, no stretching jumper cables between cars. I tend to keep mine in my car, […]