Futurist Syd Mead Envisions Doha,Qatar
Monday, den 23. June 2008Qatar Steel Corp. recently commissioned futurist and designer Syd Mead to produce a vision of what the company’s home city of Doha might look like sometime in the future. Mead produced the above painting depicting a city with huge towering sculptural skyscrapers. He also proposes whale shaped airships gliding around the city. A series of [...]
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Businesses’ Dirty Secret: Psychic Consultants
Monday, den 23. June 2008Trusting your “gut instinct” when making decisions is a time tested method of creative types and business people alike. Sometimes logic has to be thrown to the wind and you need to go with the option that just feels right. This tactic is being expanded upon, as major companies are now turning to the services [...]
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Montreal’s New Public Bike System
Monday, den 23. June 2008We’ve covered a number of public bike share systems in the past. Montreal is now introducing a system of their own that enables users rent an aesthetically reasonable bike from any station within the network and return it to any other station of their choice. Aptly called the Public Bike System, the setup [...]
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Peep Insights: Mastihashop NY
Monday, den 23. June 2008
Mintel estimates that the natural and organic personal care product market has grown by 35% since 2005 and is currently valued at $465 million. The success of this burgeoning market has been enjoyed by both major brands like Wal-Mart and smaller boutiques. The latest entry in this marketplace, mastihashop caught our attention.
The brand recently opened [...]
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No Car? No Problem. Ikea To Rent Trailer Bikes
Monday, den 23. June 2008IKEA is rolling out a handy service at their Danish stores. Partnering with bicycle manufacturer Velorbis and the Freetrailer service, they plan to offer low cost rentals of bikes and trailers to shoppers. IKEA of Denmark did a study that reveled 20% of their customers traveled to the store by bike, which prompted the offering. [...]
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Solar Textiles
Monday, den 23. June 2008MIT’s Sheila Kennedy is changing the way we think about solar energy, designing panels that are flexible and mobile, like common household curtains. Moving away from the static, flat panels that we’re used to seeing, Kennedy’s “Soft House” (which she exhibited recently at the Vitra Design Museum in Essen, Germany) features energy-harvesting curtains that move [...]
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Some Basic Resources for Starting a WordPress Blog
Monday, den 23. June 2008This post lists some resources to help someone who has good web skills but does not know a lot about blogging and wants to set up a blog as part of, or an adjunct to, a business website.
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Overseas Readers Turn To British News Sites
Monday, den 23. June 2008In an article on British media in the Guardian, Mike Butcher wonders what impact of rising overseas audiences will have on UK newspaper sites. He says that only 27% of the Daily Mail’s readership is British while the telegraph.co.uk had 32.8% of its audience coming from the UK; the Times Online has 35.7%; Sun Online [...]
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Hello Kitty Comes to the Stage in China
Monday, den 23. June 2008If you thought the Hello Kitty phenomenon had subsided in Asia, you don’t have to look any farther than the theatrical stages of mainland China. The 30 year old Japanese cartoon character is in the middle of its “Dream Light Fantasy” China tour and tickets are going fast for a series of shows next [...]
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Man Auctions Complete Lifestyle
Monday, den 23. June 2008A man in Australia is trying to make a clean break from his past by auctioning off everything he owns in Perth plus an introduction to his friends and a trial at his job. Listed on the site alife4sale.com, the contents of Ian Usher’s life that’s available to the lucky winning bidder include:
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