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January 28, 2007

Japanese Toilet Genius

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What do you get when you combine Japan’s love of gadgetry with its cleanliness obsession? The highest-tech toilets on the planet.

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Watch a slideshow of the patterns you sit on

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This slideshow of seat patterns taken from public transport vehicles worldwide will surely make you more aware of the designs your bottom rests on and shares with thousands of commuters everyday.

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The Monopoly Train

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There is serious debate whether an entire R Train in New York City (750 feet of steel) was a display of true graffiti or whether it was an advertising ploy.

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January 14, 2007

A Good Magazine That Gives Away All Its Money

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Subscribe for one year and and the full amount of your subscription fee ($20) goes to the organization of your choice.

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Go Ahead Just Touch It!

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The long anticipated Apple iPhone has just been revealed… During Steve Job’s speech, he more or less mocked Blackberry and other technologies relative to the capabilities of the new iPhone. The iPhone also features no buttons on it's face - it’s all touch screen, which is pretty cool.

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Eat in the Dark Beijing Style

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The first dark restaurant in Asia is officially opened on the December 23, 2006. This restaurant, located in Beijing, China, has its interior painted completely in black. Customers are greeted by a brightly lit entrance hall and will be escorted by waiters wearing night vision goggles into the pitch dark dining room to help them find their seats.

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January 01, 2007

A Post-it Pad That Could Make You Cry

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The post-it pad that looks like an Onion.

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Plastic - Contrary to the Stalinist aesthetic

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Meladur Set (for camping)
East German product designer, Günter Höhne, expert of consumer goods before the breaking down of the wall, designed this plastic dish set, enabling one of the great pastimes - camping, a vital outlet for east germans who were not allowed to travel.

Packaging and product design produced in the german democratic republic (GDR) reveals a little-known side of german popular history.

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Participate in Britain's biggest light artwork

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The public are being given the chance to be part of Britain's biggest light artwork, Nocturne, by sending photographs to the website www.metronocturne.com.

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January 28, 2007

Japanese Toilet Genius

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What do you get when you combine Japan’s love of gadgetry with its cleanliness obsession? The highest-tech toilets on the planet.

(Email Subscribers: Read More by clicking on the title of the article)

Continue reading "Japanese Toilet Genius" »

Watch a slideshow of the patterns you sit on

305907164_cc625eefc1_m.jpg
This slideshow of seat patterns taken from public transport vehicles worldwide will surely make you more aware of the designs your bottom rests on and shares with thousands of commuters everyday.

(Email Subscribers: See More by clicking on the title of the article)

Continue reading "Watch a slideshow of the patterns you sit on" »

The Monopoly Train

subizzle.jpg
There is serious debate whether an entire R Train in New York City (750 feet of steel) was a display of true graffiti or whether it was an advertising ploy.

(Email Subscribers: Read More by clicking on the title of the article)

Continue reading "The Monopoly Train" »

January 14, 2007

A Good Magazine That Gives Away All Its Money

Good Mag.gif
Subscribe for one year and and the full amount of your subscription fee ($20) goes to the organization of your choice.

(Email Subscribers: Read More by clicking on the title of the article)

Continue reading "A Good Magazine That Gives Away All Its Money" »

Go Ahead Just Touch It!

phpThumb.jpg
The long anticipated Apple iPhone has just been revealed… During Steve Job’s speech, he more or less mocked Blackberry and other technologies relative to the capabilities of the new iPhone. The iPhone also features no buttons on it's face - it’s all touch screen, which is pretty cool.

(Email Subscribers: Read More by clicking on the title of the article)

Continue reading "Go Ahead Just Touch It!" »

Eat in the Dark Beijing Style

thumb140x140_darkRestaurant.jpg
The first dark restaurant in Asia is officially opened on the December 23, 2006. This restaurant, located in Beijing, China, has its interior painted completely in black. Customers are greeted by a brightly lit entrance hall and will be escorted by waiters wearing night vision goggles into the pitch dark dining room to help them find their seats.

(Email Subscribers: Read More by clicking on the title of the article)

Continue reading "Eat in the Dark Beijing Style" »

January 01, 2007

A Post-it Pad That Could Make You Cry

20061127_02.jpg
The post-it pad that looks like an Onion.

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Continue reading "A Post-it Pad That Could Make You Cry" »

Plastic - Contrary to the Stalinist aesthetic

plastic cups - east german.jpg
Meladur Set (for camping)
East German product designer, Günter Höhne, expert of consumer goods before the breaking down of the wall, designed this plastic dish set, enabling one of the great pastimes - camping, a vital outlet for east germans who were not allowed to travel.

Packaging and product design produced in the german democratic republic (GDR) reveals a little-known side of german popular history.

(Email Subscribers: Read More by clicking on the title of the article)

Continue reading "Plastic - Contrary to the Stalinist aesthetic" »