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Saving Gas Money For Status Bikes - Rocketing Gas Prices Spur Sales (GALLERY) Saving Gas Money For Status Bikes - Rocketing Gas Prices Spur Sales (GALLERY)

One of the top stories on Yahoo! News this week was the onslaught of bicycle sales in the wake of $4 per gallon gasoline. Adults are buying bikes for the first time since they were children and bicycle shop owners couldn't be happier, many of them doubling their monthly sales projections. Re-born riders are finding that bikes have evolved quite a bit since they last rode; they're way more fun and with sharp designs and functionality, the new breed of bike is irresistible. Here is a glimpse of wh… [More]





Mothers Day Tech - AT & T Floral Cellphone Ad (VIDEO) Mothers Day Tech - AT & T Floral Cellphone Ad (VIDEO)

Gorgeous flowers open up to reveal Samsung's cell phones in this creative Mother's Day ad by AT & T. The flowers look like a mixture of glass and real flowers. They are just stunning. The song in the ad written by Lupe Fiasco is called Daydreamin' and is performed by Jill Scott. Kudos to 1stAveMac…[More]



Personal Jets Near Mainstream - Cirrus' The-Jet (GALLERY) Personal Jets Near Mainstream - Cirrus' The-Jet (GALLERY)

Next time you take the family for a zoom in the sky (wouldn't it be nice to do that every weekend?), leave your old Cesna in the hangar, and get them on board The-Jet by Cirrus. Crafted from alloy and composite materials, this jet accommodates seven people. It has a special two-door facility simil…[More]



Origami Ads - Maone Bank Origami Money (GALLERY) Origami Ads - Maone Bank Origami Money (GALLERY)

The origami in the gallery is part of an ad campaign created by DCS advertising agency for Maone Bank of Brazil. The campaign, which uses images and shapes of animals, is supposed to illustrate that ideally, your money should multiply in conjunction with your family. I love anything origami. I t…[More]









Chinese Oreos - Kraft Reformulates Cookie For New Market (VIDEO) Chinese Oreos - Kraft Reformulates Cookie For New Market (VIDEO)

Although extremely popular in North America, the Oreo cookie proved not to be so well received when it was first introduced to the Chinese market. It turns out that the Chinese generally found the original version of the cookie too sweet, the traditional round shape was very different than the more …[More]



Creative Leadership - Business Improvisation Creative Leadership - Business Improvisation

Improvisation is the process of accessing and applying creativity to a situation in real time. It is the ability to converge composition, creativity and execution to achieve success. Creativity can be defined as the ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, and relationships; creativity brings …[More]



Round-the-World Green Flights - Solar-Cell Hy-Bird (GALLERY) Round-the-World Green Flights - Solar-Cell Hy-Bird (GALLERY)

The Hy-Bird, a hydrogen-powered electric airplane that gets 10% of its power through solar-cells, is made of super-lightweight (and expensive) carbon fibre. The French company behind it, Lisa Airplanes, states that the power system will allow the plane to circumnavigate the globe in 3,000 km stages.…[More]



Eco-Friendly Sailing Wine - Languedoc Wine Carried by Sailboats (GALLERY) Eco-Friendly Sailing Wine - Languedoc Wine Carried by Sailboats (GALLERY)

This month, 60,000 bottles of wine from the southern Languedoc region of France being to Dublin, Ireland in a 19th-century barque, saving 8.324 kg (18,375 lb) of carbon, an estimated 140 grams (4.9 oz) of carbon per bottle, compared to the regular mode of shipment. The 52-metre (170-feet), three-m…[More]



Noise Awareness Billboards - AEG Eloectrolux Advertises The Decibel Level (GALLERY) Noise Awareness Billboards - AEG Eloectrolux Advertises The Decibel Level (GALLERY)

In a global billboard campaign by AEG-Electrolux for Noise Awareness, AEG has installed billboards with built in decibel meters so that passerbys can see the noise level. The boards have been installed in major European cities like London, Madrid, Berlin and Milan. However there were some interestin…[More]



Website for Ethical Fashion - The BBC's 'Thread: Fashion Without Victims' (GALLERY) Website for Ethical Fashion - The BBC's 'Thread: Fashion Without Victims' (GALLERY)

The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) launched an ethical fashion ezine named "Thread". The online magazine seeks to address issues many fashion-conscious and environmentally-responsible people constantly grapple with such as the damage sustained by the environment due to irresponsible and unethica…[More]









Portable Adverbenches - Perfect Perch Portable Adverbenches - Perfect Perch

Portable, lightweight, water resistant and inexpensive, The Perfect Perch is an ingenious seating design. The Perfect Perch, fabricated from cardboard, folds flat and is the ideal medium for advertising. Can’t you see hundreds of sport spectators perched on sponsor’s names and logos?[More]



Fingerprint Paintings - Inspiration Across the Nation Campaign Fingerprint Paintings - Inspiration Across the Nation Campaign

Inspiration Across the Nation is a new campaign The Library of Congress is running to encourage people to inspire others to reach their potential. To participate, all you have to do is send the library your poems, essays, films, pictures or any type of art form you excel at and which can be transfer…[More]



Plantvertising to Go Green - Adidas Grün Campaign (VIDEO) Plantvertising to Go Green - Adidas Grün Campaign (VIDEO)

Adidas has gone green with its advertising campaign. The advertisement, which is suspected to be for its Grün range of footwear, is made of bushes with the iconic three stripes placed using three strips of wood. from shape+colour "Knowing that environmentalism is a mind-set, not just a selling po…[More]



High Gloss Mini Cans - Coke Slims High Gloss Mini Cans - Coke Slims

Coke has released their Coke Slim cans all over UK. The Coke Slim is being directly targeting at young women, the idea being the design being that it can easily fit inside the purse. Women don't want to sacrifice the space they would store their makeup, gadgets and other essentials, but they're also…[More]



Death of Pinball - Is it Gameover? (GALLERY) Death of Pinball - Is it Gameover? (GALLERY)

This is something pretty disturbing which I saw while hunting for trends. Although trendhunter.com tends to look at the future and upbeat finds, I just had to give this a mention. According to the New York Times, there is only one company left that mass produces the Pinball machine. Stern Pinball In…[More]



Motorcycle Tow Trucks - Honda Goldwings Coming Through (GALLERY) Motorcycle Tow Trucks - Honda Goldwings Coming Through (GALLERY)

Swedish firm Coming Through has employed specially modified Honda Goldwing motorcycles to quickly travel through traffic and rescue stranded vehicles. The specially designed bike takes little over a minute to convert to its towing glory, powerful enough to haul most passenger cars. The foldable br…[More]



IKEA Hotel - Sovhotell IKEA Hotel - Sovhotell

An IKEA in a downtown shopping centre in Stockholm was offering tired shoppers a 15 minute snooze at the Sovhotell (Sleep Hotel). Guests were given special pillows to suit their sleeping style along with sleeping masks and headphones, all set against a soothing faux landscape. The inspiration for …[More]



McDonalds Makeover - Hip Store, Sleek Uniforms McDonalds Makeover - Hip Store, Sleek Uniforms

McDonalds UK revamped their interiors and got new designer chairs and muted colours, but then they didn't stop at that and decided the staff needed a makeover too. McDonalds has replaced the brightly coloured uniforms of their employees with a smarter and sleeker range designed by UK design institut…[More]



Eco-Friendly Coffins 2 - Ecopod Eco-Friendly Coffins 2 - Ecopod

The Ecopod coffin is made out of 100% recycled paper and is completely biodegradable. It comes in four colors with a variety of designs and they cost about $1500 to $1900, depending on which you order. "Almost 90% of coffins used in burials are made of chipboard covered with a laminate, which leaks…[More]



Movie Inspired Fashion - Sex And The City Lingerie (GALLERY) Movie Inspired Fashion - Sex And The City Lingerie (GALLERY)

Coinciding with the release of the much awaited movie version of Sex And The City, Bare Necessities has created the Cosabella Lingerie Collection ($22-$162), inspired by the fearsome foursome. Each of the characters Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte or Miranda, has their own collection. So you can choose …[More]



Hair's Point of View - Head and Shoulders Ad Gives You New Perspective (VIDEO) Hair's Point of View - Head and Shoulders Ad Gives You New Perspective (VIDEO)

Ad agency Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi have produced clever outdoor and in-store ads for the "The Head & Shoulders Point of View" campaign. The ads literally show you the Hair's point of view. The ads give a bird's eye view of the hair of iconic figures like the Mona Lisa sending out the mess…[More]



Branded Recycling - Branded Recycling - "Drink 2 Wear" Fashion Made of Old Coke Bottles (GALLERY)

To the brim with complaints from environmental activists that their plastic bottles are clogging up landfills, Coke has come up with a unique solution: turning recycled bottles into "Drink 2 Wear" apparel. T-shirts that read, "Make your plastic fantastic" and "Rehash your trash" will appear at nea…[More]



Sit-Down Cereal Cafes - Cereality (VIDEO) Sit-Down Cereal Cafes - Cereality (VIDEO)

According to the co founders of Cereality, David Roth and Rick Bacher, Cereality is a "Home for Cereal away from home." Cereality is the first outlet that sells nothing but cereal. Cereality Cereal Bar & Cafe, which opened its first sit-down cafe Wednesday on the University of Pennsylvania campus…[More]



Wine Trial by Vial - WineSide Test Tube Samples Wine Trial by Vial - WineSide Test Tube Samples

Fine wine is often an art kept to connoisseurs and other "cultured," snobby people. But for the rest of us, how do we select a wine without letting our ignorance take the better of us? People who are not too well informed of the right year or region now have the ability to sample a selection of fine…[More]



Plastic Surgery Kids Books - My Beautiful Mommy by Dr. Michael Salzhauer Plastic Surgery Kids Books - My Beautiful Mommy by Dr. Michael Salzhauer

Dr. Michael Salzhauer, who is a plastic surgeon, has written an illustrated book for children to help them understand why their mother looks different. In 2007, 348,000 women had plastic surgery in the USA for various different kinds of procedures ranging from breast augmentation, face lifts, tummy …[More]



Mini-Notebooks the New Text Book? - $500 HP 2133 Mini-Note PC Mini-Notebooks the New Text Book? - $500 HP 2133 Mini-Note PC

Last week HP introduced the HP 2133, a full-function, mini-notebook designed for students with a price tag of US $500. The Mini-Note PC allows students to bring it comfortably from school to home or to any place where they might continue studying. At slightly more than 2½ lbs (1.150 gr), the HP M…[More]



DIY Braille - AccuBraille Adds Dots Everywhere DIY Braille - AccuBraille Adds Dots Everywhere

AccuBraille is a new module which enables the embossing of Braille dots on all sorts of packages. Braille is now mandatory in the EU on pharmaceutical packaging. This was enough for Bobst, the well-known Swiss manufacturer of cardboard processing machines, to dedicate a team of 5 people for 18 mont…[More]



Recyclable Retail - 'NoStore' Offers Artisans Retail Space for Just One Week Recyclable Retail - 'NoStore' Offers Artisans Retail Space for Just One Week

The NoStore store is a "recyclable" retail space located in Shanghai's Metro that offers artists retail space for just one week. As a result, the contents and theme of the store change every week. The concept is dynamic and also provides artisans with an accessible outlet for their unique products…[More]



Shoe Vending - Onitsuka Tiger's Sneaker Vending Machine Shoe Vending - Onitsuka Tiger's Sneaker Vending Machine

"Do you have change for a hundred? Yeah, I have a real hankering today for a pair of those new shoes." Shoe manufacturer, Onitsuka Tiger, has placed a shoe vending machine on Carnaby Street in London. They are selling their new red/blue/white Mexico 66s in 6 sizes directly from an electronic vending…[More]



Commercializing Religion - The Pope is for Sale (and His Bobble Head) (GALLERY) Commercializing Religion - The Pope is for Sale (and His Bobble Head) (GALLERY)

"The pope is for sale," ntoes the New York Daily News. Pope Benedict XVI's imminent visit to the United States has unleashed a totally expected wave of commercialism. The article notes, "Memorabilia on sale at the (St Patrick's Cathedral) Fifth Ave. house of worship ranges from a $4 Pope Benedict bo…[More]



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