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Popular This Week1. Longboard Art - Image Deck Creates Customized Decks for Your Viewing Pleasure (GALLERY)  Longboards have never been so good looking. International models Coco Rocha, All Stephens and Hannah Holman are all a part of the brand lifestyle that Image Ride projects to its many happy clients.
While…2. Naked Caterers - Strip of Meat Offers Topless Male Servers for Events (VIDEO)  Strip of Meat is a New Zealand-based business venture offering topless men for events. These men will “dress down” for professional occasions while serving your guests catered meals, wine and more.
Now,…3. $1 Million Social Site Ideas - MyMillionDollarPictures.com Wants 1 Million Pics for $1 a Pop  Remember the million dollar home page? (See below if not.) MyMillionDollarPictures.com is a very similar, yet more modern, concept as it integrates social media.
The aim of MyMillionDollarPictures.com…4. DIY Flash Sites - Wix.com Lets You Make Free Flash Websites (VIDEO)  What’s better than an awesome website builder? An awesome FREE website builder! Wix.com lets you create your own blog, but unlike blogger.com and wordpress.com, it lets you create your own free flash website.… |
Popular This Month1. More Teeny Tiny Houses - Tumbleweed Homes Make Mini Homes Next Big Thing (VIDEO)  House hunting was all about “location” but now size matters. New condos are seen as tiny, but what if I told you the the next thing is housing was Tumbleweed Tiny Houses? There are mini houses that range…2. Mobile Hotel Pods - The SLEEPBOX Could Make Hotel Reservations Obsolete (GALLERY)  Picture the very near future, picture finding yourself in a city away from home, picture yourself without a hotel reservation. Now picture yourself not sweating it. This is a very real possibilty thanks…3. Dripping Chocolate Ceilings - The Godiva Chocoiste is a Chocoholic's Paradise (GALLERY)  I am a chocoholic and I think that Godiva’s new flagship store in Harajuku (an ultra-hip area in Tokyo, Japan) might be my mecca. Designed by Wonderwall the concept Godiva Chocoiste has a dripping chocolate…4. Mobile Niche Foods - The Grilled Cheese Truck Looks Delicious and Smells Better (GALLERY)  If you don’t like grilled cheese sandwiches, you will have to leave. Those are the rules, you can either play by them, or get the f-bomb out. The Grilled Cheese Truck looks like the greatest business venture,…5. Unorthodox Fashionzines - Twin Magazine Plans to Distinguish Itself from Conventional Mags (GALLERY)  Even with its untraditional goals—untraditional for a fashion magazine—I’m still skeptical about Twin Magazine. Twin Magazine is a fashion magazine set to launch in London, which plans to be distinct from…6. Monetized Social Media - Hellohello Pays You to Hang Out Online (VIDEO)  HelloHello is a social networking site that lets people chat with friends, blog about the latest fad, or whatever is their heart’s utmost desire, while accruing points that can later be transformed into…7. $4 Convenience Store Wine - Yosemite Road 7-11 Wine Comes in Red and White  There are many signs of the apocalypse; ones to look out for include the rivers running with blood, war, natural disasters, and when lowbrow convenience stores get their own wine label. Looks like with…8. Positivity Refreshments - 'A Bottle Of' Spring Water Promotes Happy Messages (GALLERY)  Building your brand through positivity may be especially effective in these economically turbulent times, which is what Australian company ‘A Bottle Of’ spring water is doing.
A Bottle Of combines refreshment…9. Hearing Aid Bling - Hayleigh’s Cherished Charms is a 10-Year Old Entrepreneur’s Innovati (GALLERY)  10-year old jewelry artisan Hayleigh Scott beat the odds when she miraculously survived a life-threatening birth defect. This left her hearing impaired and thus started the road to creating hearing aid…10. Jenga Retail Spaces - The Stacked Source Flagship Store from HUGE Architecture (GALLERY)  It’s hard to think of anything better to represent the selection at a fashionable shoe store than a giant display resembling stacked shoe boxes. That’s what HUGE Architecture did for the Source flagship…11. Rebranded Coffee Shops - The Starbucks Concept Store Has Fresh New Look (GALLERY)  A London Starbucks concept store is attempting to take Starbucks to another level. Going back to basics with its original logo, manual espresso machines, and retro rad furniture, this is a coffee shop…12. High Fashion Rentals - The RentTheRunway Website Allows You to Lease Designer Clothes  If you have ever wanted a high fashion designer garment straight from the runway but balked at paying the multi-thousand dollar price tag that comes attached, then the RentTheRunway website is for you.…13. Cotton Candy Jeeps - Look for This Ride in NYC to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth  The next big thing in the New York mobile food industry may just be cotton candy jeeps and starting the wave is Cecelia Gomez. The snack-preneur cruises around Fifth Avenue and Sunset Park in New York…14. Charm School Revivals - Mimi a la Mode Adds Etiquette Lessons to Its Retail Roster (VIDEO)  Mimi A La Mode is taking the daring step of adding a charm and etiquette school to her Old-Hollywood inspired line of sleep masks, shower caps and spa apparel.
In days of old, proper young ladies would…15. Real Life Online Stores - The eBay Pop-Up Store is a Shift in Web-Based Shopping  The best thing about shopping online is not having to try anything on, the worst part is not having to try anything on. So, the new eBay pop-up store is both the best and worst thing ever.
Opening on… |
Popular Last Month1. Emotion-Detecting Office Gadgets - The Rationalizer Tells You to Chill When Your Temper Flares (VIDEO)  Most people encounter stress in their daily lives, and the Philips Rationalizer is a curious gadget that aims to alert its wearer of temper flares that could negatively impact their ability to reason.…2. Whiteboard Paint - IdeaPaint Turns Any Surface into a DIY Whiteboard (UPDATE) (VIDEO)  Last winter, we brought you news on IdeaPaint, a startup that offers whiteboard paint for DIY whiteboard surfaces. The company has since blown up, with appearances at Dwell on Design LA in 2009 and a feature…3. Fashion Designer Rugs - Easton Pearson Takes the Runway to the Floor (GALLERY)  Easton Pearson is making a splash in their endeavor into home furnishings. The company has already proven itself in fashion, and now Pamela Easton and Lydia Pearson are innovating in designer rugs.
These…4. Minivans With Lambo Doors - The Honda Skydeck Has More Doors than It Knows What to Do With (GALLERY)  Concept cars are the best kind of car around, seriously. So what if you can’t drive them? You can look at them, and imagine driving them. The Honda Skydeck is a super rad ride that will probably never…5. Organic Waste Innovations - 'Stak Block' is as Strong as Brick and Made From Rice Straw (GALLERY)  In the 'Story of the Three Little Pigs,' the first house that the wolf blew down by huffing and puffing was one made of straw, but if Oryzatech has its way, not only will straw houses withstand wolves,…6. Mystery Meal Cafes - Japan's Ogori Cafe is a Surprise Every Time (GALLERY)  Perhaps best known as a country where anything and everything goes, it is a well known fact that some of the craziest business ideas, cafes, clothes and building designs come out of Japan and the recently…7. Cosmetic Cocktail Bars - Skin Inc. Serums are Mixed & Matched for Customized Skin Care (GALLERY)  It’s cocktail hour and you’re heading to the bar—except, it’s not an alcoholic beverage you’re after, it’s the Skin Inc. serums.
Skin Inc., founded by Singaporean entrepreneur Sabrina Tan, is the first…8. Video Games in Reality - Nintendo Amusement Park Lets You Become Mario or Luigi (VIDEO)  The Nintendo Amusement Park is the brainchild for a physically augmented reality that puts patrons of the park in the shoes of Mario and Luigi, allowing them to run through an obstacle course much the…9. New Storefront Ventures - Microsoft Launched Its First Retail Store in Scottsdale (GALLERY)  Microsoft has taken a cue from its competitors (namely Apple) and opened its first storefront retail operation in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Microsoft launched its first retail store with long lines, excited…10. In-Store Online Shopping - Intel Point-of-Sale Kiosk Skips Sales Personnel But Not Fitting Rooms (VIDEO)  Online shopping is an almighty gift to the consumer as far as speed and convenience is concerned. With the Intel Point-of-Sale Kiosk that experience just became pretty much foolproof.
The Intel Point-of-Sale…11. Freshening Old Footwear - The Ecouterre Makeover Shoe Guide Refurbishes Your Kicks (GALLERY)  It’s tough to give up once beloved shoes, but by following the Ecouterre makeover shoe guide, you may never have to again. With fall around the corner, it’s easy to get caught up in wanting new everything…12. Bartering Brides - Kerry Coryell Trades Her Way to $75,000 Wedding (VIDEO)  In July, Kerry Coryell posted a 3-page ad on Craigslist looking for folks that might be willing to trade services so that she could have the wedding of her dreams.
To her delight, the response was overwhelming.…13. Pop Icon Makeovers - Dirk Erik Schulz's Fan Art Earns Big Bucks From Generation Y (GALLERY)  People are paying to have their favorite pop culture icons immortalized in drawings, painting, and illustrations. Of course, you do need to have artistic ability (but hey, you can always call it ‘abstract’).…14. Crowd-Funded Eco-Inventions - '321 Water Bottle' Designer Calls on Crowds to Fund Production (GALLERY)  Early this year, Marissa spotted a new eco-friendly water bottle design called the ‘321 Water Bottle’ which blends the portability of bottled water with the potability of a filtration system.
Fast forward…15. Fast Food Confections - Cupcakes and Smoothies Now at Taco Bell (GALLERY)  Britney Spears’ favorite food stop is trying something new. Cupcakes and smoothies are now available at two Taco Bell locations in California. The Irvine-based chain has installed a juice and dessert bar… |
