Who doesn’t hate the wire hangers? Now that I’ve discovered that somehow about 3.5 billion of these ugly, non-biodegradable hangers end up in land fill every year, I even more motivated to seek an alternative. Read more »

We showed you the pet tree in an earlier post, but it seems the Japanese and their infatuation with anything small enough to hang off mobiles have come up with a 2.0 version of the pet-tree. Enter the Micro Garden. Read more »

There are some interesting billboards out there, but generally its not a medium you can get too engaging with. They’re big, seen by many and parades our “hit-centric” culture. But just as its all starting to blur into a white cloud, along comes Mini Cooper and their “Talking Billboards”. First things first though, they don’t actually talk like say Boony would, but they do spit out personalised messages to a legion of Mini drivers on the road. Read more »

Back in April last year we posted some information on Semacodes or QR codes as they are referred to in Japan. Well we have now discovered a great site called “All about mobile life” that enables people like us to create our very own QR code to put on our blog or where ever the hell we like. The point is, our content becomes that little bit more mobile. Read more »

Its been confirmed that a woman in California has died from water intoxication after participating in a Nintendo promotion on a local radio station - KDND 107.9. The contest, called “Hold your wee for a Nintendo Wii” had contestants drink large amounts of water without being able to use the bathroom. Read more »

No its not the new metro Melbourne transit map, Nowandnext.com and Future Exploration Network have collaborated to create a map of major trends for 2007 and beyond, across ten segments: society & culture, government & politics, work & business, media & communications, science & technology, food & drink, medicine & well-being, financial services, retail & leisure, and transport & automotive. Designed like a transit map for a big international city, core ideas and trends are laid out like train stations and transfer hubs. Read more »

The posts have been slow and few lately, but I have been in Shanghai on production meetings. Amongst the hustle of a busy week and just one too many VW Santana Taxis, I was hit square in the face with a first hand look into poverty and deprivation. Read more »

This Focus piece will be looking at the American Express RED campaign and cause related marketing as a whole. Read more »

The term subway is not really used here in Melbourne or Australia, most of our trains run above ground. The closest thing - the City Loop, a four stop ring that in my opinion doesn’t run frequent enough or cover as much as the CBD to warrant what I’d call an efficient system (if you’ve ever been on Hong Kong’s MTR, you’d know what I mean). In major urban hubs like NY, Tokyo and HK however, the subway is a part of everyday life and with a little innovative technology, things just got a little more interesting. Read more »

There are plenty of gizmos, lanyards, ribbons, and designer crap people are hanging off their mobile phones and keyrings, but have you ever considered attaching a tree? (I can see all the enviromentalist’s eyes light up.) Aside from the obvious problems you would have talking on your mobile with a damn branch poking you, the idea just doesn’t stick…that is until now. Read more »