Springwise: Located in Shibuya, LCAFE is well-placed to attract trendsetting shoppers. To take part, women register by mobile phone, supplying basic details about themselves such as their age, marital status and where they live. With every order of food or drinks, they receive an L Coin, which can be redeemed for free samples at the cafe’s sample bar. In a […]
Free Samples @ LCAFE
Mobil-Tee-Vending
Mobil-Tee-Vending has taken its T-shirt vending idea from conception to execution, while making each step of the way count. It has not reinvented the wheel, but have found a better way to provide a service to the $30 billion/year T-shirt market – the innovative new way of selling t-shirts, not just from a typical vending machine, but from a machine […]
TOTA Letterpressed Goodness
TOTA Press is a handmade letterpress card subscription service. You can join a handmade letterpress card-of-the-month subscription at the website. Every month, TOTA Press will send you 2 custom-designed and hand-printed cards. Every card is letterpressed and handled with care. And the result of this manual printing process is a custom card that you can use in any way you’d […]
A Million Jobs to Do?
aMillionJobsToDo is a unique concept where you can suggest literally any task that you need completing and also propose how much you would like to pay for that service. In this day and age most people already have a million and one things to do. Some of us create mental or written to do lists, which we constantly strive to […]
Slice Your Post-it Fruits
Popgadget: The last thing you would want to do with such gorgeous fruit is feed them to that unforgiving abyss called the stomach. And that too when they can sit so pretty on your table, radiating a mysterious sense of calm each time you steal a glance. Which is why someone has already ensured that these beauties are not at […]
Get High on Ice Cream
TrendOriginal: Entitled The Sex Pistol, this ice cream cocktail is claimed to have similar effects to the libido-boosting drug Viagra. It contains ingredients such as ginkgo, biloba, arginine and guarana and is served with a shot of the highly intoxicating La Fee Absinthe, so it’s guaranteed to leave you feeling energized and confident. Customers are limited to one serving per […]
Kiddimoto
The Cool Hunter: Learning to ride a bike is one of the most valuable skills a child can learn, helping them master the art of balance, a skill crucial to so many other physical activities and sports. UK based Kiddimoto has created a range of cute-looking wooden bikes which are designed to teach young children precisely that – balance. The […]
Recycle Your Bike With a Good Cause
Springwise: The U.S. government’s Cash for Clunkers program may have come to an end, but for bicyclists in Portland, Ore., the opportunities have just begun. Local bike vendor Joe Bike has launched its own Cash for Clunkers program whereby consumers can donate an old car or bike in exchange for discounts on a new utility bike and a Zipcar membership, […]
Project Label
Project Label strives to produce people-powered social nutrition labels. Just think food nutrition labels, but instead of only showing the impact on your health, Project Labels will show a company’s social and environmental impact. Unlike many “green” labels out there, Project Label doesn’t build these labels, you the consumer do. Using the power of the Web, the project provides simple […]
Be Shopsavvy
Trendwatching.com: Shopsavvy, an Android app, allows the user to scan almost any barcode using the phone’s camera, and it will then search over 20,000 online and local retailers to find the best price. Once the best deal has been found, users can either purchase online, or use the phone’s built-in Google Maps feature to find their way to the store. […]