This image is of a plane from South Africa's newest, low-cost airline Kulula. Their new livery aims to hyper-inform and entertain travelers - in simple Helvetica - about the ins and outs of planes. You can discover where the pilot (or "big cheese") sits, where the jump seat is and the extra leg-room to be found in the emergency exit row. Other examples of Kulula's cheeky voice can be found on their site. (i.e. Their points system is called 'moulah'.)

http://www.kulula.com

Louis Vuitton Creative Director Marc Jacobs himself has often called into question the collective sanity of the brand's customers, claiming they'll buy almost anything with the moniker or logo on it. Now he puts it to the test with the Louis Vuitton Trash Bag purse, which retails for $1,960 (USD). It feels like blatant disdain for the hand that's feeding them, and yet somehow, it'll work.

Here's New York Magazine's take on it.

Austrian artist Erwin Wurm first installed his House Attack at the Vienna Museum of Modern Art as a pairing piece to a temporary exhibit inside. It was originally meant to represent Wurm's view of the mass public's disdain for art, and its inaccessibility. The museum left the piece however, and in light of last year's financial meltdown, and millions of foreclosures across the world it seems to take on new meaning in the 'us vs. them' battle that has ensued.

http://www.mumok.at

Maybe your significant other has tired of smelling like white jasmine and is seeking a new signature scent. Well Brooklynite Christopher Brosius has the solution because he hates perfume. His CB I Hate Perfume Gallery offers shoppers an array of alternative scents that are more expressive and nostalgic than Shalimar and Chanel No. 5. Choose from 'Gathering Apples', 'Burning Leaves' or 'Memory of Kindness' (move over President's Choice marinades). Scents are available for the home as well as the body. It's only natural that scent and nostalgia go hand-in-hand.

Scent of the past.

Vanishing Creatures is a chocolate company with heart, and a conscience, offering unusual and beautiful treats for your Valentine, and doing so in a way that's meant to start a conversation about our changing world. Featured animals - mock trophies - are all ones from the list of endangered species. When you're finished with the packaging, it transforms into either a candle holder or a sweet birdfeeder.

http://www.vanishingcreatures.com

Every year, the advertising world goes crazy for Superbowl commercials. In light of this past Sunday's game, as well as a nod to last week's hype surrounding Apple's new iPad, we couldn't resist (re)giving you a glimpse at the Superbowl ad that started the Apple revolution. It's from January of 1984.

Since 1913, ehm has been reaching out to some of Toronto's most marginalized citizens. In 2009, they opened a fully operational, volunteer-run Health and Dental Clinic in their new downtown facility, to offer free medical and dental care - and in turn, dignity - to those who need it most.

On Saturday, February 6, ehm presents the Compassionate Hearts Gala in the Imperial Ballroom at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. What better way to say I love you to your favourite person, than to present him or her with a Valentine that benefits so many more? With dinner, live entertainment and a silent auction, all proceeds from the evening will go toward the operating costs of the clinic, where healing - both of the body and the soul - is top priority.

Click here to purchase tickets.

Even if you don't feel you can make it this year, ehm always accepts donations to benefit the clinic. Click here to offer your support.

As our attention spans get shorter, more sites offer ways to keep up-to-date on anything and everything, all the time. Newsmap presents the world's news about everything, all on one page, and in an impressive palette. Select from a number of countries and disciplines, or combination thereof, and Newsmap does the rest. Colour is used to distinguish the areas of interest, and how recent any news item may be - from less than ten minutes, to more than one hour ago.

Click here to see what's happening in the world right now.

Not so long ago, my sisters and I used to take the Chiquita banana stickers off the peel and stick them to the underside of the kitchen cupboard, which over time became a sweet little mosaic.

Unfortunately though, along with polar bears and newspapers, produce stickers are dying out. A recently developed technology now allows produce companies to apply a low-energy carbon dioxide laser beam alternative. Less paper and garbage is always good, but it also means a little less colour in our world.

So relish them while you can, because soon they will be no longer, which is bad news for Colorado artist Barry Snyder.

Maybe you've spent some time over the last two weeks considering what your new diet will look like this year. Perhaps you've reworked your wardrobe or your exercise routine. Well here's something else you can design yourself. Our friends over at Colour Lovers have introduced a way for you to customize your very own Colour of the Year for 2010. Enter a few attributes you feel describe the year. Select the general hue of your colour and then a few further attributes. You'll end up with your very own colour of the year.

(Enter your name here)'s Colour of the Year

A recent breakthrough might eliminate the need for diabetics to repeatedly check their blood sugar by pricking their fingers. A scientist at the University of Western Ontario has developed a contact lens that will react according to the body's blood sugar and change colour to convey elevated or reduced levels to the wearer. The lens is being hailed as among recent times' biggest medical breakthroughs. In the coming years, we think we'll see more technology emerging, in which colour becomes a language we can both speak, and understand.

The plant originally came from Mexico and while revered by the Aztecs, eventually became a symbol of Christmas to the Mexican culture. It became tradition to decorate them around Christmas time. Then in 1824, the American Ambassador to Mexico - Joel Poinsett (see where this is going?) was so impressed with the red plants that he brought them up to the U.S. and thus began their Americanization.

In the late 19th Century, a California farming family named the Eckes started selling them widely. Back then they were three feet tall. They've since been cultivated to grow smaller, and brighter. Oh, and they've never been poisonous. That's only ever been a rumour, viciously started no doubt, by another, less fortunate California farming family.

Martha Stewart wants to show you a few things to do with poinsettias.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Haft2.