Inhabitat: Knoend, one of our favorite sustainable designers, is at it again, following the success of their Lite2Go Lamps with the launch of their body-conscious Bean Rockers. I can tell you from firsthand experience that these little wonders are incredibly comfortable – and they should be, considering all of the thought that went into the design and styling of the […]
Bean Rockers
Discover Vitality
TrendWatching.com: South African health insurance company Discovery has a wellness program called Vitality which is the only one of its kind to offer rewards for a healthy lifestyle based on scientific measurement. Members receive points by decreasing risk factors for illness, and the higher the points, the higher the status (bronze, silver, gold, diamond), and the greater the access to […]
W Boutique Hotel
The Cool Hunter: Thanks to the jet-set generation, demand for boutique hotels is increasing around the world. The first boutique “chain,” W, started the trend for a network of branded urbane-style properties and has just launched its latest edition – W Hong Kong. Located in West Kowloon, the hub of the buzzing financial district of Hong Kong, the new W […]
No More Zip Malfunction
TrendCentral: If you’ve ever walked down the street to stares thinking you must look pretty good that day only to discover blocks later it was your fallen fly and not your fly outfit, then this gadget is for you. Designed to keep your zipper up and your nether regions covered, the ZipHolder loops through your zipper and around the button […]
Teaching Kids To Pay Up: The Dad Cab
All parents know how hectic, time-consuming and frustrating driving around kids and teens can be. Especially when the apple of your eye is a socially active, extra curricular maven that’s super involved in everything. In cases like these, dad generally spends his mornings and evenings carpooling & driving to schools, friends’ homes, birthday parties, various youth centers, drama classes, karate, […]
Urbane Nomads
Urbane Nomads offers interesting travel experiences, proffering locations and accompanying experiences that re-define ‘the ultimate travel experience’. Urbane Nomads’ travel experiences go beyond the almost-clichéd ‘ski in the morning, swim in the Mediterranean sea by afternoon’ itinerary. The prototypical Urbane Nomad can be found living it up in a sybaritic town of Latin America one holiday and roughing it out […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 74
Bookkeeping Software Can Be Simple Accounting software records the financial transactions of a business and provides financial control to achieve the profit and loss performance required. The correct choice is dependent upon the size of the business and degree of sophistication and financial control required… Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 74 >>> – Gogme: Cocreate Small Businesses – Flipper Toothbrush […]
Trends from Japan: Furry Pumas
Here’s a fuzzy friend that’ll keep you warm this fall: The Furry Pumas designed by Mihara Yasuhiro. Another Japanese style sneaker, only this time, the designer from Tokyo actually constructed “typical Converse Chuck Taylor’s but with horse hair covering the heel. Upon closer examination you can see that it looks like he constructed two different shoes and then just attached […]
Flipper Toothbrush Holder
The Flipper toothbrush holder is a special kind of product. It takes brushing and shaving – normally mundane activities – and turns them into a daily delight, whether you are six years old or 60 years old. From function to form, the Flipper toothbrush holder is a simple addition that will change the way you go about your morning routine. […]
Easy urBonfire
ProductDose.com: To fill out your faux-woodsman motif, this fireplace from Michael Hilgers evokes the log fire you could never build because you dropped out of Boy Scouts when the woods got a little too dark for your frightened child’s heart. Yah, I never made it past Cub Scout so I’m venting all my urban frustrations. It’s not so much the […]