Springwise: The crowds have changed the shape of many enterprises over the years, be it through crowd-management, crowdfunding or crowdsourcing. However, MyFarm — a new project from the UK’s National Trust — takes crowd-management to an area we’ve never seen it before: farming. The 2,500-acre farm, which belongs to the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, is calling for 10,000 online farmers […]
Crowdsourced Farming
Designer Bank
Financial institutions once occupied the most prestigious and opulent buildings and locations in every city and town. They oozed intimidation, grandeur and wealth. Then banks became nameless and faceless boxes, one or more in every block, just like franchised fast-food chains. And then it seemed we’d soon have no physical banks at all, only banking machines and online banking. But […]
Try Before You Buy Specs
TrendCentral: Brooklyn-based Classic Specs believes that fashionable eyewear should be available to everyone. By cutting out the middle man (the norm for this new crop of eyewear startups), Classic Specs can offer prescription glasses for a mere $89. Operating on the try-before-you-buy model, prospective customers can order up to three pairs of frames to sample in the comfort of their […]
i-sopod Flotation Tank
Designed to take floatation into the 21st Century the i-sopod flotation tank is the result of many years meticulous planning and testing. It is constructed from the finest quality GRP double-skinned mouldings and is hand finished and insulated throughout. The internal floatation area of the i-sopod is 50% larger than most tanks on the market making the in-tank experience much […]
ReviewPush Helps You Keep Up With Reviews
ReviewPush allows business owners to stay on top of their reviews in an efficient manner. Since there are so many user reviews sites popping up these days, it’s becoming more difficult for business owners to keep up with their reviews. ReviewPush monitors all of the top user review sites on a daily basis and alerts the business owner via email […]
ArchPort Survival Shoes
ArchPort Footwear offers the first sandals to include a survivor tool that fits inside the sole. Each pair of ArchPort sandals arrive with a survival tool that fits into a chamber located in the arch of the sole. The sandals are designed so that the survival tool fits directly into a cavity in the sole, where other items can also […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 115
HitchSafe Secure The HitchSafe slides into your current standard Hitch Receiver on your Truck, SUV or Van and is secured inside the Receiver Hitch via two bolt retaining bars inside the HitchSafe. The Hitch Receiver itself is a solid steel vault that combined with the HitchSafe provides the most secure location on your vehicle to store spare keys, […]
Giftskins Personalized Wrapping Paper
Giftskins is a printer of personalized wrapping paper for all holidays, special occasions, and celebrations. Customized rolls of gift wrap are fun, creative, and decorated to your specifications. When you give a present wrapped in custom wrapping paper, it is sure to put a smile on everyone’s face! Using Giftskins is easy. Select a custom design from the amazing collections, […]
Rainbow Bank
Designboom: Japanese practice emmanuelle moureaux architecture + design has completed ‘sugamo shinkin bank’, a credit union located in shimura, japan. the design, an offset volume of rainbow-like layers, is the third branch designed by moureaux, with the first two located in tokiwadai and niiza. Stacked slabs in twelve saturated colors dominate the exterior facade and contrast the stark white panels […]
Bread Spoon
Inhabitat: Now here’s an idea we can really sink our teeth into. Designer Siren Elise Wilhelmsen seeks to revolutionize the concept of the spoon, (which, let’s face it, hasn’t seen much improvement in the past hundred years or so), with her incredible edible bread spoons. Not only is the idea smart, funny, and kind of cute, it also looks like […]