Inhabitat: Think the flyer boxes scattered across city sidewalks are uninspired? Check out these newsboxes transformed into eye-catching aquariums, terrariums, and even dishwashers by NY based The Street Is In The House — they might make you reconsider. We spotted these clever takes on the traditional newsbox at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair this weekend and were a bit smitten […]
Newsboxes Re-designed
New Raw Food Online Super Store
Go Dairy Free: Last year, I was introduced to Raw Power Protein Superfood, but the company has quickly expanded beyond their own product line. They have recently introduced the Raw Power Super Store with over 500 new products. This new online store is stocked with the Raw Power Brand (of course), numerous other raw / organic food brands, Organic and Wildcrafted […]
Weigh it Right
Walyou: When you think of weighing your ingredients the first think that come to your mind is the bulky weighing scale or those hard to read weighing needle. However, with the new Joseph digital scale weighing your ingredients will become quite easy. The sleek looking, stylishly designed digital scale will add an entirely modernized tint to your kitchen. The digital […]
“Green” Graduation Caps and Gowns
The Register Citizen: Graduates at many area colleges will be wearing “green” caps and gowns at commencement exercises this year, and it has nothing to do with their school colors. It’s all part of a nationwide trend to graduate in attire made of recycled products, and at Southern Connecticut State University May 28, undergraduates will wear caps and gowns made […]
Garage Sales Tracker
Garage Sales Tracker offers individuals the ability to advertise garage sales on the Internet as effectively and efficiently as possible. By featuring tools that allow prospective buyers to conveniently find garage sales, the Garage Sales Tracker website helps give you great exposure for your yard sale. It is possibly the largest directory of flea markets, consignment shops, and garage sales […]
New Kodak Picture Kiosks
Chip Chick: Kodak is a company looking towards the future of picture sharing. Introducing a new line of products that focuses on accessing and sharing photos through social networks and e-mail, Kodak products are moving away from the old way of sharing pictures and videos and into a new realm. The new booths feature improved sharing features and easier, better […]
No More Visa
Iconoculture: Target is one of the nation’s first major retailers to bring back an old-fashioned form of credit: store-branded plastic that can only be used at Target stores and Target.com. The new credit card will not be branded nor processed by Visa. The retailer has been the third largest issuer of Visa credit cards and now has more than 23 […]
Boxed Water Cartons
TrendCentral: Calling themselves “part sustainable water company, part art project, part philanthropic project, and completely curious,” Boxed Water Is Better designed a carton made from 85% responsibly harvested trees – far more eco-friendly than typical plastic bottles. In addition to being made from green materials, the cartons are shipped flat to filling facilities, saving money and energy. After consumers’ thirst […]
Catch a Sundae from McDonalds
TrendHunter: Do you have what it takes to hunt down treats from the McDonald’s menu? Advertising agency DDB Stockholm has created this interactive McDonald’s billboard game where you hunt for treats. The billboard game has the viewer attempting to capture an image of McDonald’s menu items with their camera phones. If the viewer manages to successfully take a picture of […]
Salad Spinner that Saves Lives
Inhabitat: When’s the last time you heard of a salad spinner that saves lives? Two Rice University students have transformed a simple salad spinner into an electricity-free centrifuge that can be used to diagnose diseases on the cheap. Created by Lauren Theis and Lila Kerr, the ingenious DIY centrifuge is cobbled together using a salad spinner, some plastic lids, combs, […]