Springwise: There isn’t a single industry that’s immune to innovation. Taking this very literally is German Single Tapete (‘singles wallpaper’), which sells photographic wallpaper, featuring photos of whoever/whatever. Customers upload an image via the company’s website, which is then processed and produced as numbered rolls of removable and reusable wallpaper. The company also offers a choice of patterns and even […]
Custom Walls
Yoga, Inside Outside
YOGURT ACTIVECULTURE: What started as a nickname for our yoga practice—Yogurt— has now become a symbol of our vision. For us, yoga is a practice that is colourful, varied and deep. And while it’s helped us get in touch with our ‘inner’ selves, we feel that the typical yoga ‘look’ doesn’t do much to reflect that expression as far as […]
360 with the Rampboard
Vertech Industries: Snowboarding is easier to learn than skateboarding. On average a skateboarder will need at least six years of practice before attempting to ride a VertRamp with any degree of skill. A snowboarder is able ride a HalfPipe and launch into the air in as little as two. What’s more, skateboarding is not a suitable summer alternative to snowboarding. […]
Condo Hotels
BusinessWeek: When Keith and Kimberly Hartke heard that the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach was building a new condominium tower, they were ready to buy, quickly plunking down $600,000 for a 1,000-square-foot one-bedroom unit. Keith had vacationed at the hotel as a child and returned as a newlywed with Kimberly years later. But what sold the Hartkes on investing in […]
Social Networking in the Sky
BusinessWeek: Airline flights are one of the few situations where you find yourself wedged against a total stranger for hours at a time. It might as well be someone you like. With that in mind, a new Web site, AirTroductions.com, aims to match like-minded fliers for business networking, book discussions, romance — whatever it is you want from a seatmate. […]
Immortalized Leaves
DailyCandy: The apple may not fall far from the tree. But what about the leaf? Different story entirely. Tossed by the winds of chance, wrangled by the rakes of fate, the delicate foliage of autumn cannot know its destiny. With any luck, however, it will get immortalized on a pillow, tablecloth, or stationery by Inleaf Designs. The company adorns linens […]
Lego Disks
Influx Insights: Young French designer, Ora-Ito who is being hailed as the country’s new Mr. Starck, has just designed a playful new stackable hard drive for Lacie The hard drives are shaped like Lego bricks and come in various different colors. Lacie had worked with Porsche design in the past and Maxtor had made some effort to bring a more […]
Closer to the Consumer
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: Lynne Robinson’s home in Bellevue is like any other — ringed in flowers and shrubs, full of the sounds of a happy family of four. But inside, an experiment is unfolding. They call it reality marketing — a deliberately provocative term that evokes Big Brother as much as any tawdry reality television show. But in the Robinson home, […]
Coloring Macs and iPods
DailyCandy: You were first on the block with a new PowerBook. Envied at work, admired in Internet cafes, and feted around town. But now that Macs are a dime (or a few) a dozen, your prized machine seems a bit average. No problem. ColorWare can make it stand out in the crowd once more. Just go online and pick your […]
Blueberry Chocolate Coffee
TrendCentral: As research geeks, nothing gets us more excited than a good quantitative study. So when we saw that, according to a recent survey conducted by Dunkin’ Donuts, more adults would give up sex before coffee, we knew we had to investigate. Turns out, we knew that most people need a daily coffee fix, but had no idea to what […]