Angela Lowe & Her Top 20 Trends Edit

An Advertising Executive by day, Angela is the Editor in Chief and founder of GUSH Magazine, Angela has a strategic mindset and an immense entrepreneurial and creative drive. She enjoys global exploration, playing football, flying trapeze arts, rock climbing, and downhill mountain biking. She is continuously on the look-out for wild and crazy adventures and is intrigued by all forms of creativity.

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Angela Lowe’s 20 Most Popular Trends

1. The Half Suit - Business On Top, Party Below

As we move into a world that is more technological advanced, every aspect of our lives begin to reflect those changes. For instance more people are working from home and interacting with their co-workers via video conference calls. Suits are typically a requirement for those meetings, but won’t a bu… [More]

2. China gets an Underwater Hotel

Crescent Hydropolis Resorts received sea rights from China to build the world’s first underwater hotel and resort. The resort’s name is Hydropolis Qingdao and the tower will be located on 33,000 sq meters of land that was formerly the Ocean Entertainment Park in Qingdao, while the actual underwater … [More]

3. Carver - Car or Motorcycle?

Carver Europe BV (‘Carver’), invented by Dutch entrepreneur Anton van den Brink, announces the world’s first-ever commercially available tilting three-wheeled vehicle. You steer it like a car, but it reacts just like a motorcycle. When you accelerate and turn the steering wheel, the cockpit banks a… [More]

4. Castle Parties

Kubrick’s “Eyes Wide Shut” has been brought to life by Andrej Lorenc in Europe. He basically rents out castle and invites members from his club to join him for a night where all your fantasies can come true. Dress code: black underwear, corsets, garters, capes and masks are mandatory. It seems… [More]

5. NZDating Buses

NZDating is an internet dating site based in New Zealand. They chose to display their service on the back of buses, which ran in a loop together. The concept makes sense when the buses are together (Bus 1 - “find perfect” Bus 2 - “you match”), but the message gets lost when they are not in close pro… [More]

6. Rotating Tower in Dubai

The latest real estate development in Dubai is a tower with four rotating penthouses and a rotating villa that has its own car lift. The new tower will be located in Jumeirah Village South and will contain 72 units. The rotating units are able to rotate 360 degrees and residents can choose if they w… [More]

7. Waterfallvertising - Water Streamed to Show Images and Text (VIDEO)

At the press preview for the North American International Auto Show, I snapped these difficult-to-shoot pics of what I am calling waterfallvertising.  At the Jeep display, the waterfall is actually streamed in such a way that the water ‘prints’ the JEEP logo, stars, stripes and a picture of a jeep. … [More]

8. Fashion Designers Expand their Empires

Donatella Versace and Giorgio Armani are taking their brands to a new level by expanding their empires beyond the realms of fashion design.  Versace has plans to completely reinvent the interiors of private jets, while Armani designs streamlined and simplistic kitchens devoid of bulky fixtures and a… [More]

9. Waterfall Door

Watur, designed by Daniel Harper, is an actual door made of constantly flowing water. I’m not sure how secure a water door is, but it looks funky. It consists of a frame with a catch basin at the bottom to catch the falling water. Custom sizing is available and will cost around $2000. (GUSH Magazin… [More]

10. Wet Lamp (VIDEO)

The Wet Lamp, designed by Scott Franklin, is safe despite my thoughts of getting electrocuted by it. Basically it’s an exposed light bulb that floats in glass bowl full of water. It It operates by a silver rod that determines how bright the light is by how far the rod is inserted into the water. You… [More]

11. Transparent Toaster Design

We have all burnt toast in our lives, but no more! Thanks to a concept developed by Inventables. The idea is to have the glass heat up enough to actually toast the bread. Currently the glass does not reach a high enough temperature, however look for this technology in the future. They should also ta… [More]

12. The DeLighTable - A Light Show

This flashy table from Thomas Gardner called the DeLighTable allows you to create vibrant visual effects just by touching it. No it’s not a hypercolour table. The table is filled with an opaque liquid placed between a transparent plastic film and a light source. When you or something touches the tab… [More]

13. Virtual Horseback Riding

Panasonic ‘s JOBA Horse Riding Fitness Equipment is actually a form of exercising. The advanced 3-D virtual reality technology imitates horseback riding and claims to help build strength and endurance. The forward and backward motion strengthens your abdominal, thigh and back muscles while helping… [More]

14. Shiny Mobile Phone for $1 Million

GoldVish, A Swiss company, has created the ultimate luxury in mobile phones - one that cost a million dollars! The phone is made of 18-karat white gold and encrusted with 120-carats of VVS-1 grade diamonds. It also has Bluetooth capabilities, a 2GB memory, an 8x digital camera, MP3 player, worldwide… [More]

15. Gold Plated Porsche

The town of Pforzheim in south-west Germany is home to the first Gold-plated Porsche. The steering wheel, door knobs to the car, body and alloy rims, are all gold plated, making the two seater extremely expensive. Nine more Porsche Models will be transformed into jewelery through the same process. S… [More]

16. Custom Phone Calls - Alec Baldwin Says I Have a Nice Ass

Remember the Personalized Phone Calls from Samuel Jackson?  Well, now Alec Baldwin is sending custom phone calls, only his are a little more creepy.  In fact, he phone me and told me that I have a nice ass. [More]

17. Viagra Ring

The company Viagra Ring has come up with a discreet way to carry around your small little blue pill wherever you go. You can choose from several styles and prices range from $50 to $80. Here’s a testimonial from their website: “I got tired of picking pocket lint off my broken Viagra tablets so I… [More]

18. Do You Weigh More Than Roseanne?

Since we already compare ourselves to celebrities, why not purchase the Celebrity Weighing Scale–a scale? I mean there’s no need for numbers, all you need to know is are you the same as Paris Hilton or Oprah. It’s much easier that way. It’s available at The Angry Store for 35 Euros. (GUSH Magazi… [More]

19. Fashion Inspired Hotels - Miss Sixty And Ralph Lauren

The apparent trend in fashion is designing hotels. Versace and Miss Sixty did it and now Bulgari and Ralph Lauren are planning to jump on the fashionwagon.  Lauren’s hotel empire is still in the early planning stages and really is just an idea right now. Who will be next? and how many hotels do we n… [More]

20. Designer Coffin Designs by UONO

Now it’s essential to remain stylish even in the grave. The German design house UONO has created a concept to revolutionize the tradition coffin. An actual benefit of this new product is the fact that it is made of jute and a water based varnish so it’s actually visually stimulating and bio-degr… [More]