Freshly Baked Rice Bread

Gizmodo: If you want to make delicious bread out of rice, you normally have to get rice flour and work from there. But with the Sanyo Gopan rice bread machine, all you have to do is pour in handfuls of rice. Of course you need to pour in the other bread ingredients too, but the point is that the Gopan […]

Summer Experience: Grow the Hottest Chili

Gizmodiva.com: I don’t think I like hot and spicy food, but if you think you can handle it, you should give a Bhut Jolokia Ghost Chili a try. I think you will change your mind about hot food forever after this tasting session! This practically explosive chili pepper has been acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the […]

The Perfect Makeup Tool

Cool Hunting: The company’s blue chip status comes from the traditional techniques of their Japanese brush-making heritage, which they put to use for a variety of styles. Made from natural hair—ranging from Blue Squirrel to weasel—their output includes the S100 Series, the Kokutan Series, which includes standard and portable brushes, and private label brushes for cosmetics companies. Vetted for the […]

Alphabetical Stools

Swissmiss: These stools in shapes of abstract letters make me rejoice. How fantastic for a pre-school or modern childrens room? They are a brainchild of German Sascha Grewe and go by the label “artcanbreakyourheart.de”. They are available in 147 different colors. And how funny is their slogan: Kitsch can make you ritsch but art can break your heart. Letter Stool […]

World’s Tallest Slide in Singapore Airport

Springwise: Reminiscent of artist Carsten Höller’s wildly popular installation in the Tate Modern a few years back, The Slide@T3 bills itself as the world’s tallest slide in an airport. That may well be true, for the thrill-seeker’s dream stands a full 12 metres high, permitting top speeds of up to six metres per second. To encourage visitors to experience the […]

Foldaway Baby Bath

Babygadget: No-one can ready you for the sheer amount of stuff that encroaches into every square inch of your living space once a baby arrives. One of the biggest – and often ugliest – items is a baby bath, so applause to Flexibath for making a fold-flat version that can be tucked away almost anywhere. Perhaps ironically, it comes in […]

Kleenex’s Feel Me

TheDieline: Kleenex recently took a very bold move, replacing their logo with the words ‘Feel me’. The UK firm Anthem was approached to create packaging that conveyed the softness of their tissues as well as generated new excitement and interest. Their solution was to flood the box with a luxurious texture- which is not only aesthetically pleasing, but drives home […]