In an ever faster world, don’t you just hate the bottlenecks at the subway turnstiles? The panic that your train is about to pull away is only heightened by the delay. You think to yourself, “They must be tourists, they haven’t yet mastered the cadence and pace of turnstile swiftness READ MORE >
The Hopi Hari amusement park in São Paulo, Brazil hired the QG Propaganda agency to create a promotion for their roller-coasters. They chose escalators as their medium and did a great job of grabbing people’s attention with these mobile ads.
Fisher-Price has revealed the tenth anniversary edition of the Tickle Me Elmo doll, the TMX (Tickle Me – Extreme). It has three “tickle-points,” and slaps its thigh and rolls around on the ground when you prod them. Once it’s done laughing, it climbs back to its feet.
Olivier Gregoire’s funky, crumpled metal toaster was inspired by Frank Gehry’s creased metal sculpture. The sculpture was created for a fashion designer’s shop in Tribeca, NYC. And now you can have a little piece of Gregoire inspired sculpture in your own kitchen.
Urban Dictionary is definitely a relic of early mass adopted user-driven content. As a place where anyone can submit definitions for their own slang, Urban Dictionary’s appeal was catapulted by those people who wanted to be in-the-know with current speak. Anyone not in the know has access to user submitted READ MORE >
With internet applications being limited only to the creator’s imagination, and interactive technology increasingly prevalent for marketing and entertainment purposes, Gawker.com, a blog about NYC and the Media that inhabit the city, has created a New York interactive Subway Smell Map. Users of Gawker were solicited for their opinions of READ MORE >
MINI is introducing a limited edition fridge. An Italian company partnered with MINI in celebration of the release of the new 2007 MINI Cooper models, and this hip new fridge is the result. Finished in Laser Blue with white bonnet stripes, the FAB28MCS is a limited edition of 250 units.
Jack Spade has created a leather cover for matchbooks. It comes with a Japanese book of matches. Foil stamped FIRE on the front cover.
It looks like a regular book of matches, but it really is a 5 minute candle. Very cool idea indeed.
Microsoft’s new holistic approach to music and entertainment. And yes, this year they’ll be releasing a device as part of the project. Under the Zune brand, they are looking to build a community for connecting with folks — all to discover new music and entertainment.