Solar-Power Family Car A Reality The Netherlands’ Solar Team Eindhoven just unveiled Stella, the world’s first solar-powered family car! The team comprises a group of 22 students who want to show the world that a family car that runs on solar energy is a real possibility today. The four-passenger vehicle is not only powered by the sun, but it also […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 162
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 161
Passport Dinner Kits As fruit, bananas are perfectly packaged – all the protection they need is provided by their flexible, resilient peels. As sixteen-year-old Turkish student Elif Bilgin discovered, the starches and cellulose contained in their outer layer can also be used to create materials that insulate wires and form medical protheses. Bilgin developed a chemical process that turns the […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 160
Passport Dinner Kits Passport Dinners brings you DIY dinner kits for you to taste the world, one country at a time. Each kit includes organic spices and dry ingredients, step-by-step instructions with photos, cultural and historical information about the dinner, music & decorating tips, and even a market list for fresh ingredients to buy… Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 160 […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 159
Cola Sharing Can Ogilvy France and Ogilvy Asia-Pacific joined forces to make a can that splits in half for Coca-Cola, the most literal extension of the brand’s global “Share Happiness” concept. The split-can design is admittedly pretty cool, although sharing a Coke with anyone who isn’t a germaphobe is already pretty easy, so this is a solution to a problem […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 158
Cola Sharing Can Ogilvy France and Ogilvy Asia-Pacific joined forces to make a can that splits in half for Coca-Cola, the most literal extension of the brand’s global “Share Happiness” concept. The split-can design is admittedly pretty cool, although sharing a Coke with anyone who isn’t a germaphobe is already pretty easy, so this is a solution to a […]
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 […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 156
BikeSpike Bicycle Tracking The BikeSpike is a subtle way to deter bike thieves by looking like a regular old water bottle holder. However, that bottle holder hides a unique little trick: a GPS tracker that syncs to your smartphone. Beyond letting you know where your stolen pedal-based conveyance is, the BikeSpike also has more practical everyday purposes for bike […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 155
Snowboarding Kontrol Braking For years, snowboarding novices have been forced to meet the sport with a combination of terror and pain. Even the smallest bunny hill is horrifying to look at when your legs are locked into a device that you have no idea how to use. One wrong move and you’re eating an unpleasant mix of snow, ice […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 154
Mobile Espresso Bar Combining their three loves — coffee, cycling and sustainability — inspired two London Royal College of Art product design students to create a mobile espresso bar, the Velopresso, that operates on pedal power. No electricity, no tethers. A truly free-wheeling carrier of caffeine.. Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 154 >>> – Wooden Jeans – Transformer […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 153
Solar Energy Potable Water Concerned about the lack of fresh water in the developing world, designer Gabriele Diamanti wanted a solution to desalinate water that was available to households rather than relying on giant, centralized plants.. Continued in BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 153 >>> – The OnlyHeart Promise – Mobile Bank – Zipping Furniture – Container House – Instant […]