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Trailer Park and posh hotel don’t normally go in the same sentence together, but now they should. The Grand Daddy hotel in South Africa has taken seven old Airstream trailers and given them new life with dazzling interpretations on how life in an Airstream used to be. You’ll find them on the roof of the hotel, complete with mailboxes, because when you check-in, you’ll probably want to stay awhile.
August 1, 2009Join them here.
July 29, 2009
What does the future of your business look like when you start pretending to be something else?
July 28, 2009
“…entrepreneurs are very good at pushing the company forward into new areas, and then you have managers, who are very good at managing the companies. They’re two very different animals…” You can listen to the entire clip here.
July 27, 2009
700,000 titles, readable on many devices, and comparable in price: Barnes & Noble is taking on Amazon’s Kindle with it’s re-entry into the e-book market. They’re partnering with Plastic Logic to sell an exclusive e-reader in the near future as well. This will mark B&N’s second attempt at breaking into the market.
Image Source: www.bn.com
July 26, 2009
Audi has always been a beautiful car maker, but it’s also always competed for attention with their German rivals BMW and Mercedes Benz. Enter the launch of their piano. Teaming up with Bosendorfer, Audi has released a sleek, modern piano without compromising their legendary acoustics. Expanding their brand has never sounded so beautiful.
Image Source: http://www.boesendorfer.com/en/audi.html
July 25, 2009
We’ve posted before of an imaginative way to reuse and recycle plastic water bottles (see post Reuse versus Recycle below) but this is a new twist that we didn’t think possible. Bikini’s have always been daring and attention grabbing–now they’re being made out of recycled materials, including plastic water bottles, bamboo, and fishing nets. They’re even affordable. Green is the new Black when it comes to fashion.
July 24, 2009
Building on previous executive orders to “green” the state of Virginia, now the order has been issued to eliminate using state funds for individual water bottles, encourage video conferencing and use of alternative fuel for traveling state employees, and required use of certified Virginia Green facilities for meetings attended by more than 50 people. If the state, with over 120,000 employees can do it, what’s stopping private businesses?
July 23, 2009
52 artists from all over the world submitted work as part of Europe by Design, all describing “Design as the expression of a cultural vision, a political vision, or a simple unposed feeling… design and its diversity as a new way to catch Europe”.
July 22, 2009
You can either make the pitch for vegetarianism. Or simply harness the acceptability of one lifestyle change to promote another lifestyle change. The vegetarian movement harnesses the normalization in society of the Prius to make it’s pitch….
Photo: The Frontier Project
July 21, 2009