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May 2 2006
Thanks to the success of US television shows like Extreme Makeover, plastic surgery is fast becoming the norm. The latest advertising campaign for Canadian surgery ‘Toronto Plastic Surgery’ takes it one step further. Ad agency DDB Canada dreamt up this clever idea - allowing consumers to test-drive a new nose shape while drinking their coffee. We love it. by Bill T
Lifestyle
MobMov has made the Sunday night ritual of watching a movie with friends a whole lot easier. No longer need you cram onto the couch in your tiny apartment living room. Thanks to MobMov (short for mobile movie) you can create your own private drive-in movie theatre in your local neighborhood. The concept was dreamt up last year by 25-year-old web developer Bryan Kennedy who gathered his friends (and their friends) via mailing lists for movie nights. Kennedy's website tells you how to set the outdoor system up (using a DVD player and projector) so it's totally DIY. Movies in the neighborhood, now that's the community spirit. by Bill T via Springwise
May 1 2006
MobMov has made the Sunday night ritual of watching a movie with friends a whole lot easier. No longer need you cram onto the couch in your tiny apartment living room. Thanks to MobMov (short for mobile movie) you can create your own private drive-in movie theatre in your local neighborhood. The concept was dreamt up last year by 25-year-old web developer Bryan Kennedy who gathered his friends (and their friends) via mailing lists for movie nights. Kennedy's website tells you how to set the outdoor system up (using a DVD player and projector) so it's totally DIY. Movies in the neighborhood, now that's the community spirit. by Bill T via Springwise
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April 28 2006
Axe's men's knicker range cleverly demonstrates the stretchiness of its brand. "A sultry pouting brunette struts down a darkened corridor and begins to size up the muscular man before her. She tantalisingly allows her hands to explore his torso, her hands reaching further and further down, until with a raise of her eyebrows, she makes a discovery... His super-stretchy pants. She suggestively pulls on the front of the underwear for an obscenely long time, only to let them snap back, leaving her muscle-man smarting. Delightfully funny." Watch the video
Lifestyle
Inspired by Kubrick's famous ceremony scene of passion in the movie "Eyes Wide Shut", the Swiss Andrej Lorenc organizes Castles Events in the same vein. He rents castles and invites selected members of his club to spend a night of fantasies: garters, black underwear, wasp-waisted corsets, capes and Venetian masks are compulsory. Drink Champagne, feast your eyes on skin, dance to the sounds of well-known dj's, and give in to your erotic--or perhaps sexual--desires. Sexiness is also a prerequisite. Teased? Basically the parties are scheduled four times per year, mostly in Switzerland. The special of this year takes place during a weekend in an original glamorous Mediaeval Castle in the middle of France in September. For international guests there is an airport 20 kilometers away from the Castle. The exact place will only be communicated to exclusive members. The price varies according to the events. Price fee on this special event varies between $700 - $1000‚Ç for a couple or single men. Single woman pay $200. For 'High End' Guests, Castle Events provide an extraordinary comfortable Service Package, which includes your own Suite in the Castle - varies $2000 - $5000. Be aware there are only 20 rooms available. The address for temptation: www.castleevents.com.. by Yvan Rodic
April 26 2006
Inspired by Kubrick's famous ceremony scene of passion in the movie "Eyes Wide Shut", the Swiss Andrej Lorenc organizes Castles Events in the same vein. He rents castles and invites selected members of his club to spend a night of fantasies: garters, black underwear, wasp-waisted corsets, capes and Venetian masks are compulsory. Drink Champagne, feast your eyes on skin, dance to the sounds of well-known dj's, and give in to your erotic--or perhaps sexual--desires. Sexiness is also a prerequisite. Teased? Basically the parties are scheduled four times per year, mostly in Switzerland. The special of this year takes place during a weekend in an original glamorous Mediaeval Castle in the middle of France in September. For international guests there is an airport 20 kilometers away from the Castle. The exact place will only be communicated to exclusive members. The price varies according to the events. Price fee on this special event varies between $700 - $1000‚Ç for a couple or single men. Single woman pay $200. For 'High End' Guests, Castle Events provide an extraordinary comfortable Service Package, which includes your own Suite in the Castle - varies $2000 - $5000. Be aware there are only 20 rooms available. The address for temptation: www.castleevents.com.. by Yvan Rodic
Gadgets
If size really doesn't matter, then why invent this? The Leica DISTRO A5 is hand held laser meter that looks like its digital relative, the mobile phone. Usually expensive and ugly laser meters have been marketed exclusively to the building and landscaping realm. The Distro A5 uses appealing aesthetics including soft rubber grips to aim for the general consumer market. With one of these in your hands you could easily fall in to a measuring loop, aiming pointing and calculating distances like a person possessed. It's exactly 4.34 meters from my washing machine to my dryer and I'm excited! by Andy G
April 18 2006
If size really doesn't matter, then why invent this? The Leica DISTRO A5 is hand held laser meter that looks like its digital relative, the mobile phone. Usually expensive and ugly laser meters have been marketed exclusively to the building and landscaping realm. The Distro A5 uses appealing aesthetics including soft rubber grips to aim for the general consumer market. With one of these in your hands you could easily fall in to a measuring loop, aiming pointing and calculating distances like a person possessed. It's exactly 4.34 meters from my washing machine to my dryer and I'm excited! by Andy G
Offices
The trend for private "boutique rooms" has spread from bars to all sorts of high end entertainment establishments. As we reported last month, the quirkiest of the current crop lot is London's, 'All Star Lanes' where patrons can enjoy a game of bowls in a private lane decked out like a super stylish bar. Set to topple All Star Lanes from its throne is the fabulous new Lucky Voice Private Karaoke. As the name suggests, the London establishment offers nine private rooms where patrons can sing their hearts out in a sleek space while sipping equally sleek cocktails. Go forth and live out your pop star dreams. by Lisa Evans
April 5 2006
The trend for private "boutique rooms" has spread from bars to all sorts of high end entertainment establishments. As we reported last month, the quirkiest of the current crop lot is London's, 'All Star Lanes' where patrons can enjoy a game of bowls in a private lane decked out like a super stylish bar. Set to topple All Star Lanes from its throne is the fabulous new Lucky Voice Private Karaoke. As the name suggests, the London establishment offers nine private rooms where patrons can sing their hearts out in a sleek space while sipping equally sleek cocktails. Go forth and live out your pop star dreams. by Lisa Evans
Lifestyle
It has been nearly thirty years since the era of moped decadence, and yet at the roots, there is a renewed interest. Though you might not know it yet, a moped-inspired sub-culture is taking form all across the country. Chicago's most revered branch of moped riders, cleverly named Peddy Cash, has helped spear head the trend since its inception. The members of Peddy Cash, for the most part, occupy the Chicago neighborhoods of Ukraine Village, Wicker Park, and Logan Square. The fifteen immediate members of Peddy Cash are considered to be part of the elite riders in the city, however they only make up a handful of the 30-40 serious moped riders springing up across Chicagoland. Peddy Cash is one of sixteen official branches recognized by a national organization called the Moped Army. The Moped Army, which was founded in 1997 in Kalamazoo, MI, is a resource for moped enthusiasts and has 10,000 registered users on its website. 291 of those members are directly connected to registered branches that range from major metropolises like the moped gang Mission 23 in New York City, to smaller areas of America like the branch Motion Left from Elkhart, Indiana. Mopeds, not scooters! There is a very serious deference. A similar trend has also been spotted down-under. by Drew Hudson
April 3 2006
It has been nearly thirty years since the era of moped decadence, and yet at the roots, there is a renewed interest. Though you might not know it yet, a moped-inspired sub-culture is taking form all across the country. Chicago's most revered branch of moped riders, cleverly named Peddy Cash, has helped spear head the trend since its inception. The members of Peddy Cash, for the most part, occupy the Chicago neighborhoods of Ukraine Village, Wicker Park, and Logan Square. The fifteen immediate members of Peddy Cash are considered to be part of the elite riders in the city, however they only make up a handful of the 30-40 serious moped riders springing up across Chicagoland. Peddy Cash is one of sixteen official branches recognized by a national organization called the Moped Army. The Moped Army, which was founded in 1997 in Kalamazoo, MI, is a resource for moped enthusiasts and has 10,000 registered users on its website. 291 of those members are directly connected to registered branches that range from major metropolises like the moped gang Mission 23 in New York City, to smaller areas of America like the branch Motion Left from Elkhart, Indiana. Mopeds, not scooters! There is a very serious deference. A similar trend has also been spotted down-under. by Drew Hudson
Gadgets
It's very nerdy, but strangely cool. This is a DIY kit that gives retro gaming life to your tired old bike wheels. Passers by will watch in awe as you zip through the streets with your bike wheels illuminating a yellow circle chasing a blob ( better known as pac man )
We have featured spoke LCD's before, but nothing as cool as this home made recipe from a genius with too much times on his hands. The kit includes all parts and circuit board for one basic configuration SpokePOV with K of memory (for one static image) and 60 high brightness LEDs (30 on each side). Available in red or yellow in both BMX (6.5" long) or MTB/Road (9.5" long) and blue in MTB/Road, the kit is available from here. by Andy G via Make blog
March 24 2006
It's very nerdy, but strangely cool. This is a DIY kit that gives retro gaming life to your tired old bike wheels. Passers by will watch in awe as you zip through the streets with your bike wheels illuminating a yellow circle chasing a blob ( better known as pac man )
We have featured spoke LCD's before, but nothing as cool as this home made recipe from a genius with too much times on his hands. The kit includes all parts and circuit board for one basic configuration SpokePOV with K of memory (for one static image) and 60 high brightness LEDs (30 on each side). Available in red or yellow in both BMX (6.5" long) or MTB/Road (9.5" long) and blue in MTB/Road, the kit is available from here. by Andy G via Make blog
Fashion
In the South of France lies an premium nano-country: the Principality of Monaco. It's a rich man's ghetto where everybody is obsessed by the size of their yacht and the definition of luxury. Enter Miss Bibi, aka Brigitte Giraudi, a young local creator, who has designed a jewellery collection in which each piece is an emblem of a luxurious but dark world of miniature chandeliers, chopping knives, saws, tools, mirrors, etc. From beautifully hand crafted killer earrings to sexy high heal shoe rings to infamously dangerous gun necklaces, anyone with a dry, dark, irreverent sense of humor and a taste for Monte-Carlo’s luxury will be richly rewarded. by Yvan Rodic
March 8 2006
In the South of France lies an premium nano-country: the Principality of Monaco. It's a rich man's ghetto where everybody is obsessed by the size of their yacht and the definition of luxury. Enter Miss Bibi, aka Brigitte Giraudi, a young local creator, who has designed a jewellery collection in which each piece is an emblem of a luxurious but dark world of miniature chandeliers, chopping knives, saws, tools, mirrors, etc. From beautifully hand crafted killer earrings to sexy high heal shoe rings to infamously dangerous gun necklaces, anyone with a dry, dark, irreverent sense of humor and a taste for Monte-Carlo’s luxury will be richly rewarded. by Yvan Rodic
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March 2 2006
Life like print ads are sweeping the world's most prominent cities. In Paris, Stringfellows strip club have put the pole into pole-dancing by cleverly designing their print campaign to work with existing lamp posts throughout the city. The ads are sharp, sexy, and almost interactive in their appearance, providing the ultimate X-factor that most advertising agencies only ever dream about. by Andy G
