AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL
Treehouse
Architects Mitchell Joachim and Javier Arbona teamed up
with environmental engineer Lara Greden to dream up the
ultimate tree house — a two-story, water-recycling,
solar-powered, living crib.
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NANOTECHNOLOGY
Self-repairing Plastic
Researchers at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed a nanotechnology
polymer that can "heal" itself by filling in cracks and
tears automatically. Although self-healing plastic is
not an entirely new concept, the UIUC material is
different because it can repair itself multiple times
without any intervention.
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MOBILE
Reactee
T-shirts have long been conversation starters, letting
their wearers express bold political views, support
their favourite artist or display their quirky sense of
humour. Reactee takes the interaction to another level
by harnessing the power of text messaging, creating
t-shirts that "text back".
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MARKETING
Reaching Her
SheSpeaks knows that smart companies care about what women have to say. We also
know that companies are looking for a better way to hear valid, honest feedback
by getting more of their products in front of women. That’s why we created SheSpeaks.
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RETAIL
Boys To Men
Boys To Men Gifts has a unique selection of carefully
chosen gifts from around the world that you won't find in the high street
stores, with several unusual, high quality and uniquely designed products for
all ages, to give you a one stop resource for all your male gift needs
throughout the year.
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Onscreen Retail
While websites such as SeenON! have touched on the idea
of purchasing show-based product, ICE is different in
that it essentially turns any footage, ranging from live
TV shows to DVR’d movies and even DVDs and VHS (old or
new), into an onscreen retailer. Almost everything you
see will be available for purchase.
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DESIGN
Natures’ Design
Eschewing chemical-based fabrics for Japanese organic
cotton and Italian linen, Paris-based designers Kaito
Hori and Iku Furudate of Commuun believe that
"environmental issues can not be ignored when
considering the future of fashion and society as a
whole." Each collection is inspired by natural
landscape.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Popup Nightspot
We've seen the pop-up store, but a pop-up club? Kubrik
is a modular open-air club located in Barcelona, Berlin
and Lisbon for this summer only. Designed by Modular
Beat and Light Life, the club is an open construction of
light-up plastic boxes that make up the walls, hallways,
DJ station and bar.
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LIFESTYLE & LUXURY
Moving On
With this ring, I thee shed — in a miniature casket
suitable for display. Wedding Ring Coffins, created by
divorce survivor Jill Testa, help the recently unhitched
bury dead marriages in style.
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MEDIA & PUBLISHING
Media Market Value
Media Predict challenges users to put their virtual
money where their mouths are with an online prediction
market game, where players buy and sell shares based on
how well they think new entertainment ventures might do
in the real marketplace.
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HEALTH & BEAUTY
Healing Waters
Aqua Tan products are known for providing what the
company calls a "couture tan" — a self-tanner in a
bottle that is pure, clean and healthy. For consumers
looking to go gold, Aqua Tan's marketing message is that
they provide a healthy alternative.
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Organic Care
Melbourne duo Myke Christoffel and Lara Deutsch have
capitalized on the growing market for the latter with
their boutique organic skincare range Stem Organics.
Sales for natural and organic personal care have doubled
between 2002 and 2006, with 78% of adults in developed
countries preferring to use products over chemically
derives ones.
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