technabob.com: Alyce Santoro’s Sonic Fabric line of neckties not only look cool, but they should hold a special appeal for New Yorkers: they’re made using 50% colored thread and 50% cassette tape, and the latter has been recorded with “loops and samples collected on and under the streets of NYC.” Recycled cassette tape neckties: audible wear [technabob.com]
Recycled Cassette Tape Neckties
Urilift
In virtually every town and village with an entertainment district, indiscriminate urination is a serious social problem. On the one hand this is due to the lack of decent public toilets, and on the other hand the partygoers and clubbers take the easy option, relieving themselves indiscriminately in unacceptable places. The Urilift breaks this vicious circle. A unique and innovative, […]
Baggy Winecoat
FashionablyGeek: Think of it like this: wine in a box is Walmart, but wine in a purse is 5th Avenue. Get it? The Baggy Winecoat is designed to make wine in a box more stylish by transferring the booze bladder into a more socially acceptable dispensing “purse.” Features include a handle for easy transport and a rubber bottom that keeps […]
More Than A Bottle
BornRich: You can’t judge a wine by its cover. But, when the bottles are as bespoke as these special creations by Massimiliano Corsi, entrepreneur, artist, painter with the use of resin, you probably would not be able to resist a purchase based solely on packaging. “The first project, designed within Bespoke is called ‘More Than a Bottle,’ inspired by the […]
Capsule Hotels
The Cool Hunter: In a world where people appreciate good design everywhere, cool mini hotel rooms are the latest ‘it’ trend. In Tokyo, the Capsule Inn exemplifies the bare-essentials hotel rooms for brief use, and similar concepts are popping up at airports, train stations and downtowns around the world, replacing and mimicking the “day rooms” already existing at many airports. […]
Handsome Swimwear
We Are Handsome’s swimwear is not just your run-of-the-mill swimwear. Each piece is made by hand, with the highest quality polyester lycra, printed with high density inks using a placement sublimation process which is tedious to say the least. Each of the designs is limited edition. Some are sourced from 000’s of retro images and some designed by WAH’s in-house […]
Enjoy Privacy at Airports
AirportPrivacyHavens.com contains an extensive collection of the best places to find a private spot to get some work done or simply relax at airports across the U.S. Frequent business travelers and road warriors helped 3M create this website by contributing their insider secrets to help their fellow travelers. 3M Privacy Filters help provide travelers privacy while on the road by […]
Give Via Text
Mashable: Giiv is a mobile gifting service that delivers gifts in real time in the format of a friendly text message. Giiv.com is fairly simple: You find a gift that you want to give a friend or loved one, and then you enter in his or her mobile number and a note. Giiv.com texts them a URL and a giiv code […]
Hug Your Mug
Vizun, a sprouting innovation company based in Toronto, Canada has launched Mug Hug to cafés, eco, gift, and retail shops nationwide. Mug Hug is a reusable, flexible lid for coffee mugs that easily presses on for a seal. It’s the first of its kind, and has international patents pending. Mug Hug especially attracts those who prefer their home or office […]
Tag Your World with StickyBits
Iconoculture: In a DIY twist on augmented reality tech, StickyBits gives consumers the power to transform their surrounding environment into their own multimedia markup playground. Think of it as virtual graffiti for the digital age. StickyBits uses vinyl barcode stickers and a mobile scanning app to tag social media content on top of real-world objects. StickyBits compatible smartphones simply scan […]