Aug 24
Here’s a fun toy for kids (and kids-at-heart!) to enjoy after Dad forces everyone to sit through another Rocky marathon:
Aug 24
The Art of Advertising
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The world of art and business have been crossing paths and overlapping for hundreds of years, and from Parisian Absinthe Art to Wall Street Warhol crazes, there has been a powerful connection between art and marketing. Although this ad campaign by Guido Daniele is a few years old, it exemplifies the change in that relationship which has occurred in recent years. Our hyperconnected, light-speed generation, coupled with our throw away culture, might render certain forms of art as nothing more than a disposable tool to sell a product, rather than a lasting statement about the world at the moment of its conception.
Aug 24
Squigz by Fat Brain is a whole different building toy experience! Like
other building toys, Squigz are brightly colored and are made to stick
together. That’s basically where the similarities end.
Aug 22
Bubble Inflatables has an innovative, fun and fairly inexpensive furniture solution for anyone who doesn’t want to spring for a traditional ottoman, sofa and cozy chair. Just add air!
Aug 22
Hong Kong’s Air Pollution Forces Photo-Snapping Tourists To Use Blue Sky Backdrops
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How bad is the air pollution in Hong Kong? This bad: tourists who want to take photos of family and friends with the coastal city’s famous skyline have been forced to use fake backdrops featuring the skyline captured on a rare, pollution-free sunny day.
Aug 21
The Hello Kitty Series of head-protecting helmets from Japan’s Tanizawa Safety Products are just as tough as those worn by hard-as-nails New Jersey construction workers… not that they’d ever allow themselves to be seen wearing them.
Aug 19
Switzerland-based startup
Hyetis is preparing to impress smartwatch-cravers everywhere with its
first product, the Crossbow. It will be capable of not only
controlling your smartphone but surely outmatching it with a huge
list of features. No surprise to find, then, that Hyetis is charging
a pretty premium.
Aug 18
I’m not quite sure why I want one of these. Maybe it’s because I have a hard time waking up in the morning… But this LED showerhead would definitely brighten my day.
Aug 17
When it comes to art mediums, photography is traditionally the most controversial, and the one that raises the most questions about where the limitations and boundaries of artistic creation begin and end. For more than 150 years, photography has been limited by its two-dimensional form, but Singapore-based photographer Fong Qi Wei has found a way to break out of that narrow structure and play within a new dimension of photography – Time.
Aug 17
The Esky Mini HD Camera Pen — I Suspect James Bond Would Like This; Product Review
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I’m not sure exactly what situation I would find myself in where I would need the Esky Mini HD Camera Pen… but I want one, just in case. I dunno… Ninjas or something? Or maybe because there’s a monster in my closet…
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