Iconoculture: Until recently, most fashionistas wouldn’t be caught dead in the same frock every day for a whole year. But that’s exactly what style-setter Sheena Matheiken is doing with the Uniform Project, her effort to showcase a sustainable wardrobe model and raise money for charity. Every day, Matheiken dons 1 of her 7 identical little black dresses, but she switches […]
Fringe Fashion With A Cause
Public Safety Urban Solution: The Interactive Moodwall
The Moodwall is situated in a pedestrian tunnel and interacts with people passing by, improving the atmosphere in the tunnel and making people happy and feel less unsafe. The interactive urban wallpaper was first installed in Amsterdam. It is 24 meter long and built out of about 2500 leds behind a ribbed semi-transparent wall. The Moodwall was suggested as a […]
Art + Nature
Inhabitat: While most of us are delighted by the idea of bringing the outdoors in, we are equally excited by the concept of bringing the indoors outside! These “lawnge chairs” get the job done. Designed by artist Lisette Spee in collaboration with architect Tim Van Den Burg, the playful seats are part of a series of lounge chairs created for […]
Rent or Swap Service
Springwise: Launched earlier this month, Creative Caravan is a property listing service for people working in the creative industries, devised to help film directors, make-up artists, painters, photographers, etc find a place to (sub)let or swap. The Australian service aims to make it easier for people who are constantly on the move find short-let properties at short notice, anywhere from […]
TV Dating
Shiny Shiny: Eastenders, Torchwood, the news and oh, that guy with the centre-parting who likes American Pie 1&2 ‘winked’ at you. Yes: meet the future. Match.com and BT are pairing up and bringing internet dating from the quite small screen in your bedroom to the rather larger screen in your sitting room, in an attempt to lure the millions looking […]
LEGO Lookalike Soundblock
Popgadget: PopElecom has brought out a series of docks for the iPod Nano called Soundblocks that are perhaps the most good-looking ones in the mini-dock category. They measure only 2 x 16mm, and are available in atleast a dozen appetizing colors – just so that you can match your iPod with the appropriate one. Seriously, what more could you want? […]
Open Kitchen Night
Springwise: If the underground restaurant known as Charlie’s Burgers departs from the norm in part through its secrecy and its constantly changing venue, Open ChefAMe is in some ways its opposite, featuring instead the creations of different aspiring chefs at each of its well-publicized monthly events. Through the participation of a few Philadelphia restaurants, Open ChefAMe offers what it calls […]
It Pays to Save The Earth
Iconoculture: Earthaid.net gives consumers a one-stop spot online to see how much juice their homes are using. The new service helps consumers monitor their home’s patterns, then pays them when they save energy. Using the motto “Smart for Your Wallet. Smart for the World,” Earth Aid Enterprises also sells Earth Aid Kits for between $75 and $99. The kits include […]
Cocoa Sniffer
Popgadget: Love chocolate but want to lose weight? Or just like the idea of inhalable food? Then the Le Whif (no, really) chocolate inhaler could be the answer to your prayers. Described as “akin to sucking a tiny bit of cocoa powder through a straw” (and who doesn’t want to do that?) the Le Whif gives flavor with next to […]
Farm Stays Becoming a Hit
Springwise: Feather Down Farms are small-scale, working farms that offer cottage-style tents with “traditional interiors” including feather beds, wood-burning stoves and flushing toilets. A far cry from a rustic tent, the spacious accommodations feature master and bunk bedrooms along with an extra canopy bed—sleeping up to 6 in all. There is no electricity in Feather Down tents, but oil lamps […]