Monthly Archives: November 2009

Top 10: For the Eye

Every year at this time, ‘Top 10′ lists get released: ones that tell us how to dress next year, what cities to travel to, and what music festivals or law schools we should consider attending. Following are a few that caught our eye. Pantone introduces their 2010 Fashion Color Report, answering the question that people [...]

Top 10: For the Brain

TrendWatching.com presents their annual list of top 10 consumer trends, for 2010. These are trends they feel will help shape global demand next year, and in turn, supply. Themes centre around the end of the recession, pragmatism of goods of services, and of course the environment. The sociology of the city features high in the [...]

Top 10: For the Spirit

Finally, Lonely Planet has just released their list of top 10 countries to visit in 2010. If you don’t know, Lonely Planet is the go-to resource for people looking for a travel adventure that’s a little out of the ordinary. Some destinations not usually considered include El Salvador and Suriname. Others are unsurprising repeat recommendations [...]

Icon Makeover

Mickey Mouse is perfect. He’s polite and he’s happy all the time and rarely gets riled. At one time, he was a cultural powerhouse in the United States, representing everything good and loving. A visit to Disney.com however proves that Mickey’s light has been fading in favour of those of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas [...]

Spirit of Christmas Future

Leave it to the people that brought us Saab, H&M and tiny meatballs to invent something so fantastic as sparkling vodka. These Swedish little bubbles in Camitz Sparkling will tickle more than just your nose; they’ll address your taste fancy, and your sense of visual delight as well. Just in time for the holidays, this [...]

Let someone else decide

In our ongoing quest to find things to custom order on-line, our friends at Hipstery.com might be at the helm of the next wave of custom ordering, which is this. You don’t actually design it / choose it / determine it yourself, you merely supply information to the seller, and based on what they discover [...]