Two long-time runners, good friends and entrepreneurs were fed up with stuffing money and ID’s uncomfortably into their running sneakers. When ingenuity and technology took over the duo became the brainchild behind a new product called VITAband, the first in a series of pieces, combines technology and the safety of a personal health network into a convenient, wearable accessory. Launching […]
VITAband
Band Aid Rug
After the Voodoo rug we featured last time, here comes the huge Band Aid rug to accessorize your home or office. More pictures can be seen here. The Band Aid rug is designed by Mexican designer Ricardo Garza Marcos.
Cyclean Clean Bicycle Bars
TrendCentral: We think a good hand washing would probably suffice, but Spanish company Cyclean has created adjustable handlebar covers – kind of like a condom for your bike – for would-be cyclists whose fear of coming into contact with flesh-eating bacteria has rendered them petrified of bike sharing. Clean Cruising [TrendCentral]
Coke, FreeStyle
Iddictive.com: There’s more to Coca-Cola than just brown fizzy drinks. The company owns hundreds of brands and variations covering everything from juices to bottled waters. Unfortunately, putting all those options on display in your local fast food outlet would be a little impractical – and so most dispensers stick to a few favourites. Although these options can be localised based […]
Sea Life Accent Lamps
The Sea Life Accent Lamps from Pottery Barn provide a hint of the beach life in your home. Crafted from pure white bone china for strength and translucence, these whimsical accent lights glow with shadow and light.
Find LocalHarvest
LocalHarvest is America’s #1 organic and local food website. The people behind LocalHarvest maintain a definitive and reliable “living” public nationwide directory of small farms, farmers markets, and other local food sources. The search engine helps people find products from family farms, local sources of sustainably grown food, and encourages them to establish direct contact with small farms in their […]
Public Safety Urban Solution: The Interactive Moodwall
The Moodwall is situated in a pedestrian tunnel and interacts with people passing by, improving the atmosphere in the tunnel and making people happy and feel less unsafe. The interactive urban wallpaper was first installed in Amsterdam. It is 24 meter long and built out of about 2500 leds behind a ribbed semi-transparent wall. The Moodwall was suggested as a […]
Art + Nature
Inhabitat: While most of us are delighted by the idea of bringing the outdoors in, we are equally excited by the concept of bringing the indoors outside! These “lawnge chairs” get the job done. Designed by artist Lisette Spee in collaboration with architect Tim Van Den Burg, the playful seats are part of a series of lounge chairs created for […]
Indoor Gardening Fun
Cool Tools: Green Toys’ Indoor Gardening Kit all made their way into our home as gifts and then won us over across generational lines. They’re constructed of recycled milk cartons (high-density polyethylene), have a clean, attractive, colorful-but-not-garish aesthetic and are just shy of bulletproof. The gardening kit’s a pleasure because it requires parental involvement (for the recently post-toddler set, at […]
Rent or Swap Service
Springwise: Launched earlier this month, Creative Caravan is a property listing service for people working in the creative industries, devised to help film directors, make-up artists, painters, photographers, etc find a place to (sub)let or swap. The Australian service aims to make it easier for people who are constantly on the move find short-let properties at short notice, anywhere from […]