Ah.wall design. Taking a dead space and bringing
it to life. Enhancing a room with strategic design elements on a wall
or two or four. Blik Wall Graphics
are presently available with over two dozen design decals and many
dozen color choices. Inspiration from Eames and Haring to Space
Invaders and Flower Power, Blik has something for everyone. These
oversized, self-adhesive decals are conveniently removable and begging
for the chance to liven your space. by Isla Vedre
Forget indoor gym classes, the trend-obsessed Brazilians of the leisure class have introduced the world's first outdoor spin class on wheels. Taking the concept of exercise to new levels, this totally modified fitness bus has 16 bikes, as well as a dressing room, a fridge, and a sound system. The
bus is connected to a GPS system to avoid getting caught in traffic
jams. The entire point of going to the beach in Brazil is to show off your body to the entire world, even if you are pushing 60, and now the Bus Bike can take you straight from your workout to your beach cabana on Ipanema.(via Springwise)
What
a world we live in. We can stop hair loss, improve weight loss, and now
perfect the art of 'pet loss' or rather 'lost pet'. The new PET TRACKING SYSTEM pet collar is the revolutionary way to find a lost pet through the use of 4 satellite systems and a simple SMS/ GMS message.
Here's
the deal. Fido has been watching too many Lassie re-runs and is lost
..again! Rather than send the whole town out looking for him, you
simply call the telephone number of the particular pet collar. The
satellite antenna on top of the collar then zones in on any number of
signals from at least 4 satellites, the collar then sends the location
of the lost pet back to you using the GSM & SMS network on your
phone. It's precise within 15 meters of the lost pet even across
continents! "Hi master, I wandered off to the Antarctic, take a
left at the first iceberg and come get me". After the pet is returned
safely, violins begin to play and the Lassie videos get thrown in the
bin. All's well that ends well. by Andy G
This Cobra Snake doesn't kill his prey in desert regions, he rather shoots them in drunken parties around the world and puts them onto his famous photoblog (www.thecobrasnake.com). In a few short months, out of nowhere, this a 20-year-old, bearded and hairy man is becoming a new star of cool, primarily in the USA. In addition to his talent to capture amazing White Trash instants, as he says himself, he is a marketing genius. Mark Hunter, aka the Cobrasnake, has a distinct character and a homeless runner look that both contribute to his emergence as a very fashionable brand. Besides, he has already shot the likes of Paris and Nicky Hilton, Terry Richardson, Beck, Johnny Knoxville, André 3000,... Hunter has a column in the LA Weekly, a book deal, and reportedly the producers from The Real World and The Simple Life have shown interest in a reality show. Put some buzz in your next party, invite him. His e-mail:
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Did you know that you're probably on thecobrasnake.com? by Yvan Rodic
The French artist, Wax Tailor delivers his awaited magnificent first album "Tales of the Forgotten Melodies", a 52 minutes tour in the depth of his cinematic hip hop. 18 tracks that will for sure raise memories. Wax Tailor uses samples in his music, the same way film directors use actors. His record is conceived as an orchestral movie, between hip-hop and down-tempo, where WT hijacks the forgotten melodies and tells a story of his own, where each track is a sequence. In this large patchwork of numerous influences and multiple references to the seventh art, major names of the twentieth century music (Doris Day, Nina Simone...) could get a chance to meet Stanly Kubrick, Woody Allen or Alfred Hitchcock. And as for today’s artists, the US Hip-Hop band of The Others appears on the record to offer a tribute to the hip-hop culture in which WT has been involved for 20 years. We also get a chance to rediscover Charlotte Savary, from the French Band Clover. Already there on the EP - Lost the way, she is the singer on the title "Our Dance". Finally, Marina Quaisse's violoncello, runs through the whole album and delicately colors it with darker shades of melancholy which intensify the overall coherence of the project. In France, Wax Tailor is well known since the 90's for his activism in the bosom of La Formule Band, as a rapper, a composer, a producer and a manager. But now, with this new album, there’s no doubt, WT is going to become famous worldwide. by Yvan Rodic
Chocolate or Vanilla? Honeycomb or Hazlenut? If
you were an ice-cream, which flavor would you want to be? The British
organic ice-cream and sorbets brand Rocombe would perhaps help you to answer this question with its new outstanding recipes designed by Reach Design. "From the very beginning all we ever wanted to do was to produce
fantastic ice cream that would make you say 'Wow'", says Peter and
Suzanne Redstone, the creators of Rocombe. Very fresh, very British. Let's experiment with this personalized ice-cream. by Yvan Rodic
Don’t look now, but Old Man Winter is sneaking up on us and it’s just a matter of weeks before the outdoor landscape will be packed with frigid terrain. YAKTRAX aim to be a useful ally against the completely uncool action of slipping and falling in the winter months. Get YAKTRAX and get a grip! by Isla Verde
The wallpaper revival is about to become a serious phenomenon in the world of interiors with the launch of the world's first magnetic wallpaper.
And no, it's not just so you can hang your shopping list or little
Lilly's preschool drawing on the living room wall. The magnetic feature
of the paper is all about allowing you to customize the design of your
interior wall space. Basically, you get to make up your design using
the wallpaper as a background. Created by Pepper-Mint,
a London based design company, the concept has been dubbed Magnetic
Interior Landscapes. Now, all you need is the eye of an artist and your
home's walls can become one great big canvas.
Staying true to eclectic ambience through dramatic electronic music, Hooverphonic are known as the "best-kept secret of Belgian Pop".. to quote Frank Duchêne (Keyboards) : "We wanted to get the chance to grow and build up a reputation. Being the hype of the month doesn't interest us". One cannot deny that next to making fascinating and intriguing music, the mystical aura around "Hooverphonic" contributed to the success they are having now and not just in Belgium, not just in Europe, but also in the States. Known simply as Hoover across Europe, the group made their initial
splash contributing the song "2Wicky" to the soundtrack of the 1996 Bernardo Bertolucci film Stealing Beauty. Lead singer Liesje Sadonius is sultry while defining Hooverphonic's
signature shoegazer-like vocalics, with almost impressive electronic
support from guitarists Alex Callier and Raymond Geerts and keyboardist
Frank Duchêne. If your into Portishead, Lamb or Moloko, you’ll love Hooverphonic. Buy their previous albums from Amazon - Listen to new Track here
The high-end mobile phone markets of Europe, Asia and the Middle East are the principal demographics to experience the world’s first “fingerprint-recognition” phone by Pantech, and only time will tell if the rest of the world will be ready for the revolution that the GI100 will initiate; if not a revolution, then a jealous tirade by the competition. Bleeding-edge technology meets second-to-none design elements with this phone. This featherweight (82g) delivers a serious KO to the ubiquitous world of cell phone features, function and design. This phone has a serious intelligence quotient in that it allows for the Secret Finger Dial to dial specified phone numbers that are identified by each unique finger print (for a total of 10). I told you this kid was smart! The phone comes pre-loaded with 64 polyphonic ringtones, can save up to 800 numbers and allows for 2.5hrs of voice recording. I don’t think any of the proverbial stones were left uncovered with this product. by Isla Verde
Created by Vancouver design studio, Molo,
the paper softwall dynamically partitions open plan space into more
intimate and ephemeral surroundings, in a flexible and temporal way.
Softwall can be compressed and stored away if one wants a larger open
space or it can be expanded to make smaller private spaces within the
larger space. Made of 400 honeycombed layers of fire-retardant
tranlucent paper, it dampens sound, absorbs and transmits light and is
modularly expandible, folding out from only 3 centimetres to 7.5
metres. It's now part of MoMA's permanent collection. Buy online from Unica Home
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