 Polo Back in NYC After 70 Years - Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic::New York city hasn't seen a polo match in decades -- over 70 years -- but that's about to change as the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic is set to take place May 31.
Asprey's house team will challenge… [MORE] |
 Terrace Farming - Urban Gardens Boom in NYC::In the past when I've stayed with friends in New York, they - and it seems everyone else they know - eat out for every meal. That's all changing though. With the soaring cost of food prices, urban vegetable… [MORE] |
 Earthquake Predictions - Great Southern California Shake-Out::Southern California residents are gearing up for an earthquake in the likes of the recent devastating tremor in China. A new report released from the US Geological Survey and the California Geological… [MORE] |
 RFID Tickets - Beijing 08 Olympic Security::Beijing has proposed a plan to install RFID tags on tickets to prevent those trying to enter with fake passes. It indicates the situation of the assigned seating and stores information like where the ticket… [MORE] |
 4 Day School Weeks - Stay-Home Mondays Conserve Fuel::Kids in the MACCRAY School District in Minnesota are jumping for joy. The school district recently reduced their school week to four days, eliminating Monday and adding one hour of tutelage to each of… [MORE] |
 Arboreal Restaurants - Okinawa Tree House::This tree house restaurant is located on Highway 58 at the entrance of Onoyama Park in the south of Japan. The establishment, called Okinawa Tree House, is perched upon what looks like a real tree. But… [MORE] |
 Harrassvertising - Coke Bots Attack When You Buy Other Brands::Just spotted: a Coke vending machine walking around outside Shibuya Station in Tokyo. Coca-Cola has sent oversized robot vending machines around Tokyo to pinch the heads of people who prefer a different… [MORE] |
 Hidden Images in Maps - Animals On The Underground::Tube travel in London can be really boring, but it was actually what inspired the concept of a new game, Animals on the Underground. I say new because it has just recently made it online in the form of… [MORE] |
 McDonalds by Mobile - Japan's RFID Contactless Coupon Program::McDonald’s Japan has started an innovative new Contactless Coupon loyalty and payment program that has been under development for nearly a year. The program started with 175 stores and will expand gradually… [MORE] |
 Disaster Baby Naming - Chinese Earthquake Names::After being struck by a 7.9 magnitude earthquake earlier this month, millions of people in China are still dealing with its toll. People are mourning in different ways, with many choosing to honour the… [MORE] |
 Celebrity-Designed Products - Japanese Crave Designs by Famous::There is a growing fad in Japan to have your MP3 player, cell phone or any other personal technology, designed by your favorite celebrity. A number of pop singers, actors and other famous people have signed… [MORE] |
 Bloggers Defy Great Firewall - Chinese Publishers Embrace Web::In the West, online publication is a core of modern literature. It’s now been proven that in China, the same can be said for journalism and the web.
Roughly 20 per cent of bestselling books in China… [MORE] |
 Free Hair Cuts For The Poor - 4,000 Barbers Clean Up Indian Children::While it's hard for most of us to image, not everyone can afford to have their hair washed and trimmed, and that includes children. In eastern India, a new initiative is seeing around 4,000 barbers volunteer… [MORE] |
 ID Via Wrinkle Detection - Japanese Cigarette Vending (UPDATE)::Japan has vending machines that dispense cigarettes, and just like similar machines in Europe, they provoke issues with underage children buying tobacco. To help prevent access to cigarettes by minors,… [MORE] |
 Suburban Free-Range Meat - Squirrels An Ethical Meal?::Are squirrels the new tofu? Apparently, the little rodents have recently earned themselves the reputation of being an ethical delicacy in the UK. "Suburban 'free-range' meat," was what TreeHugger called… [MORE] |
 Magic Meets Acrobatics - Cirque du Soleil 'Believe' to Star 'Criss Angel'::Criss Angel, the young rock magician and escape artist, is collaborating with Cirque du Soleil to launch Believe, a new Las Vegas show at the Luxor Hotel and Casino.
The teaser for the much-anticipated… [MORE] |
 Giant Dutch Street Art - Henk Hoftra's Art Eggcident::The fake giant river painted on Dutch streets a few months ago must have been a hit, because now another giant street mural has been created in the Netherlands, this time featuring images of giant fried… [MORE] |
 Sketchy Slum Tours - Rio Favela Trafficking Tours::A lot of exotic destinations, including Rio de Janeiro, have two sides to them: the beautiful, touristy side shown in the media, and the "real," sketchier side.
Not everyone wants the postcard experience;… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Singaporean Architecture - Beach Road Complex::The prestigious architecture firm Foster and Partners have won an international competition to design a highly sustainable mixed use complex for Beach Road in Singapore. Occupying an entire city block,… [MORE] |
 Playgrounds from Hell - Slavic Nighmare Parks::Playgrounds are made for kids to have fun and enjoy their years of innocence. That's the general thought in most parts of the world, but in some Soviet countries, playgrounds house evil-looking, nightmarish… [MORE] |
 Beijing Olympic Art - Song of Sand 2008::Anticipation is rising in Beijing for the Summer 2008 Olympic Games, and that excitement has translated into some pretty unique art. Song of Sand 2008, shown in the above video, is a really creative project… [MORE] |
 Eco-Friendly Olympic Fashion - Canadian Teams Go Green::True to the country's green nature, Canada's official Olympic 2008 clothing line will be an environmentally-friendly one. In addition to having Canada's patriotic red and white colours, the fashion line… [MORE] |
 Event Style Blogs - Coachella Fashion::We've covered a number of different street style blogs, and recently mentioned The Sartorialist was covering college fashion at Yale. Now the live fashion spotting has spread to events, with Style.com… [MORE] |
 Celebrity PSAs II - Will Ferrell & Jennifer Aniston for Burma::"With great power comes great responsibility," and that is true for holding celebrity status as well. Hollywood A-listers have a huge influence on people, so it's great to see stars like Will Ferrell use… [MORE] |
 Mega Terminals - Beijing Terminal 3 is World's Largest Building::Beijing looks like they're just about ready to host the Summer 2008 Olympic Games. At the very least, they've got the Beijing Capital International Airport ready to receive athletes, media and visitors… [MORE] |
 Top 65 Japanese Pop Culture Posts + Tokyology (SUPER GALLERY)::Japan has a whole realm of sub-cultures that seem utterly bizarre to foreigners. Tokyology is a recently released documentary that covers some of the most unique aspects of Japanese pop-culture, with a… [MORE] |
 Celebrity Tour Guides - "Just Ask The Locals" of NYC::Visiting New York? How will you know where the best late night pizza place is or what museums are actually worth checking out? Ask someone that lives there!
"Just Ask The Locals" is a novel New York City… [MORE] |
 Collaborative Hotel Designs - 20 Graffiti Artists Design Habita Hotel::The Habita Hotel, a design hotel in Polanco, Mexico City, recently covered a four story wall entirely in graffiti art. The purpose of the project was not only create a unique architectural facade but to… [MORE] |
 Plastic Dolls for Awareness - Anti-Genital Mutilation Camapaign::We've featured a number of posts on Fake Love about people who seek romantic companionship from plastic dolls. We've also featured several controversial ads that promote awareness for genital mutilation,… [MORE] |
 Robotic Bouncers - "Bum Bot" Shoos away Homeless::What does a small business owner do when he's tired of his pub getting broken into? He builds a robot, of course. Atlanta pub owner Rufus Terrill is an upstanding citizen, he's owned his successful business… [MORE] |
 Urban Survival Kits - Subivor for Subway Emergencies::The Doomsday industry is expanding. A business by the name of Subivor has produced a so-called subway survival kit complete with protective mask, flashlight, a pry bar, a silver-tone metal whistle, and… [MORE] |
 Guerrilla Mirror Phones - Rogers Video Phone Ads::Rogers, one of the key mobile phone companies in Canada, used clever "mirror phone" guerrilla ads to promote their new video phone service.
The giant cell phone decals were placed around Toronto bathrooms… [MORE] |
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 Fake Animals - When Taxidermy Goes Awry::You’ve never seen a rabbit with antlers? I was told these odd animals, named Wolpertinger (Crisensus bavaricus), once lived in the forests of Bavaria. My German hunter friend said that before they were… [MORE] |
 Padlocked Pants - Protecting Indonesian Masseuses::To curb prostitution, the Indonesian Government has demanded masseuses padlock their pants in order to make it very clear to customers they wouldn't be offered any type of sexual services.
It may sound… [MORE] |
 Green Floating Villages - Eco Architecture in Northern England::This is the winning design for an eco-friendly floating village that is planned for Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve in Preston, northern England. The winning concept, created by Adam Khan… [MORE] |
 Giant Green Projections - Earth Images at Grand Central NYC::April 22 is Earth Day, but New Yorkers are limiting their thanks for the earth to one single day. The green celebration has turned into one that's being called Earth Weekend as it extends from April 14… [MORE] |
 Urban Clean-Ups - 20-Minute Toronto Makeover for Earth Day::Toronto has really basic, yet eye-catching, signs all around the city to promote a community clean-Up. Just in time for Earth Day on April 22, Mayor David Miller is hoping people will be inspired to pitch… [MORE] |
 Fashion Before Passion - Amsterdam Red Light Fashion::Amsterdam is best known for its red light entertainment industry as well as liberal drug scene, but what most people have overlooked is its rising status in the world of fashion and even haute couture.… [MORE] |
 Olympic Inspired Gadget Design - Bird's Nest MP3/4 Speakers::I'm sure there is going to be a long list of Beijing Olympic-inspired gadgets as the August games draw nearer, but this one inspired by the Bird's Nest is a good start.
These cute little speakers are… [MORE] |
 Illegally Skinny - French Bill Will Make Skinny Models 'Illegal'::The French National Assembly has approved a bill that will make it ILLEGAL for anyone to 'promote extreme thinness'. The law, if passed, would apply to advertisers in both print and online media.
If… [MORE] |
 Anti-Grope Ads - 900 BMTA Billboards Against Molesters::The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has launched a new ad campaign to raise awareness for sexual harrassment.
A series of three ads will run on posters around Boston, including on 900 billboards.… [MORE] |
 Creating Higher Education - KAUST, The $10 Billion Saudi University::In September 2009, doors will open to the soon-to-be-famous King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST).
Over the last year, the 9,000 acre KAUST campas has been in a construction phase.… [MORE] |
 Online AIDS Documentaries - Live, Hope, Love: HIV in Jamaica::Live Hope Love is a beautiful online photo and poetry journal that captures the lives of those living with HIV in Jamaica. The multimedia project offers an interactive look into the lives of people Living… [MORE] |
 One Card ID - DC Wallets Get Thinner With Resident + Student + Access Combo::Designers and futurists alike have promised a simpler way of interacting with the communities we live in. They have predicted the use of cellphones to take the place of movie tickets and credit cards;… [MORE] |
 Controlling the Weather (UPDATE) - Beijing to Use Rockets to Stop Rain for Olympics::In 2007, Trend Hunter featured the concept that Beijing would be controlling the weather during the Olympics. Despite some controversy (which is hardly new for these games), messing with mother nature… [MORE] |
 International Light Festival - Luminale 2008::This past week a fabulous light festival called “Luminale” has been taking place in Frankfurt Germany. Designers exhibit fantastic illuminated projects on various architectural canvases including bridges,… [MORE] |
 Alcohol-Free Pubs - UK's First Islamic Pub::The Halal Inn, in Oldham UK, is the UK's only Islamic pub. Inside is everything you would expect from a pub except there is no booze...
Of course in addition to the range of expected pub snacks there… [MORE] |
 Water Graffiti - Vindict Wine Campaign::Vindict, an Amsterdam wine company, has come up with a really fun campaign featuring water graffiti.
The striking reversed-graffiti is not only an eye catching promotion, but it's also environmentally-friendly,… [MORE] |
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