These Smencils are pencils scented with peppermint. Studies have shown that peppermint stimulates the brain and improves concentration levels. So now you can have the benefits of peppermint while taking your tests. Sheets of newspaper are tightly rolled around the #2 graphite cores until pencils begin to take shape. Yes, they really are pencils made from rolled sheets of newspaper […]
Pencils with Scents
Reflective Rope
The only thing more important than “knowing the ropes” is being able to see where they are, even in the dark. Introducing Nite Ize Reflective Rope: 50 beautiful, visible feet of it. When you’re out in the elements at night there are enough hazards to navigate without worrying about losing sight of what you’ve got tied down. The Nite Ize […]
Drawer’s Table Set
German manufacturer Alno created a set, table and two seats, that is built right into the kitchen cabinetry and can be tucked away when not in use. A lovely thought for a tiny space dweller. Although the weight capacity of the pull-out pieces is a concern, I really love the idea. In a small studio where all functional areas are […]
The Single Handed Barber
The Single Handed Barber is the electric hair trimmer that cuts evenly in any direction, enabling you to maintain your own closely cropped, clean-cut hairstyle. As simple as combing your hair, the circular trimmer’s rotary cutting system and razor-sharp stainless steel blades cut as the unit is moved circularly through your hair while accommodating the contours of your pate. The […]
Smart Guitar Etune
Make tuning your guitar a thing of the past by picking up a new model with Gibson Min-ETune. This clever, battery-powered robot tuner can tune all six strings in just seconds, and delivers over 75 tunings per charge. To do so, it tunes your physical strings — as opposed to digitally, which can result in degraded tone — and gives […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 157
Billboard With A Social Touch Conceived by BBDO Bangkok for Thailand-based DIY store HomePro, the creators of the initiative realized that those who can’t afford proper accommodation were using old advertisement boards as makeshift walls for their homes. Instead of its usual road-side billboards, HomePro called on the creative agency to build more sturdy boards which had the advertisement […]
Real Time Recipes to Add Sales
The campaign was the brainchild of digital agency CUBOCC, who fitted shopping carts at the Pão de Açúcar shopping center in São Paulo with touchscreen devices. When consumers placed a jar of Hellmann’s mayonnaise in their cart, the tablet detected where they were in the store through NFC tags located on each aisle. For example, if they walked past the […]
Genius Box
There are a lot of things you can have delivered to your home on a monthly basis: magazines, hot sauces, underwear and beer are just a few. The second place winner at the Husky Startup Challenge, genius.box, takes that basic concept but replaces the Fruit of the Looms with simple to perform science experiments. Aimed at children between the ages […]
Now You See it, Now You Don’t
Miniki modular kitchen has been created with small spaces in mind. Designers considered the fact that in most studio apartments cooking and lounging areas are squeezed into one room. So they envisioned a kitchen that disappears after use. “This is the only way to turn the living room back into a room to live in,” – they point. The finished […]
Handrail BBQ
The BBQ Bruce Handrail Grill(59€) let you enjoy the BBQ on your balcony. “The Bruce Handrail Grill by designer Henrick Drecker combines the function of a handy grill with the principle of a flower pot: It hangs on the handrail in common flower-pot supports and does moreover not need much space. The grill can be hanged on the handrail or […]