DailyCandy: Q. What do the following lyrics have in common? a) I would walk 500 miles. b) Who let the dogs out? c) You oughtta know. A. There’s a really good chance they are now going to be stuck in your head all day. (Sorry.) But you can use Earworms to get them out — and learn quelque chose while […]
Foreign Tunes
Pewter Works
thestar: Featuring beautiful pewter works, modern and clean designs that fit seamlessly into contemporary lifestyle, this new collection is suitable not only as wonderfully functional pieces for home use, but also as gifts, fashion accessories and delightful keepsakes. Among the highlights of the collection are the Pallasio and Plasma ranges of photo frames, a new children’s gift range called The […]
Give Ordinary Products a New Life
Entrepreneur.com: A stapler that staples up to 60 pages with even the lightest touch of a pinkie finger, a transparent tea tin lid that keeps out damaging UV light, a diaper bag that’s runway-ready–they all point to one trend: In even the most seemingly ordinary product categories, there’s room for extraordinary design innovation. “I looked at the stapler market and […]
Tasty Room
Shiny Shiny: A room made of chocolate may sounds like a crazy, wonderful, tasty fantasy – but for £2500+, Food Is Art will turn it into a crazy, wonderful, tasty reality. Their life-sized chocolate rooms – inspired by the tale of Hansel and Gretel – can be transported to your venues, and are said to feed up to 500 people. […]
Movie Smells
TrendHunter: Movies will now be a treat for the eyes, ears… and nose. A Japanese cinema screening Colin Farrell’s latest film, The New World, will enhance the film by filling the theatre with a variety of fragrances. The smells will waft from machines located at the back of the theatre. For example, floral smells will accompany love scenes. (Woo-hoo! What […]
iJeans
vnunet.com: Levi Strauss is to introduce a new range of ‘iPod jeans’ featuring built-in headphones, joystick and docking cradle. The RedWire DLX range is designed for men and women, and has a special side pocket with a white leather patch to store an iPod. A four-way joystick on the watch pocket allows the user to play/pause, track forward/back and adjust […]
Stylish Laptop Bags
UpTownBella: It’s a common problem for stylish women on the go—they have the cute outfit, the cute luggage…and the not-so-cute laptop bag. UpTown Bella ends this dilemma with a collection of laptop bags that combine fashion and functionality. Now savvy career women can tote their laptop, cell phones, gadgets, iPod, ID, and boarding pass with ease and style. Every UpTown […]
USB Bra
Chip Chick: USB connectors have been turning up everywhere these past few months – on beverage chillers, plastic frogs, and other unusual places. In recognition of this trend, a bunch of industrial designers got together and created an exhibit chock full of eccentric places to put a USB connector. For example they placed USB connectors on hand cuffs, a door […]
PetPocket
Iconoculture: A front pack for a furry baby? The PetPocket straps to a pet owner’s shoulders just like a baby pack, to tote Mr. or Ms. Fluffball wherever their adventures take them. For owners who can’t get enough face time with their furkids, it brings critters a lot closer to their heart than a carrier or a handbag. On-the-go pet […]
Winning Together
MutualWin: Today’s apartment complexes, gyms, credit card companies, vacation destinations, airlines, retailers, tax consultants and a wide variety of other businesses extend lucrative offers to encourage customers to refer friends to their business. A new Internet site, MutualWin, www.mutualwin.net, connects consumers so that they can take advantage of a wide range of referral offers, fulfilling the site’s slogan, “It’s a […]