November 3, 2013

Parking With Your Tastebuds

Springwise: Brazilian company GrupoFourMidia is now including a variety of tastes and smells on parking tickets across the country. Having already experimented with unusual mediums for advertising – take its pizza boxes with sound for example – GrupoFourMidio observed that once drivers buy a parking ticket they often place it in their mouths while looking […]

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Success With Sandals

Wicked Local: The most telling part of Juliette Bench’s office is a series of pictures, sketches and notes mounted above a fireplace across from her desk. These are not family images, to-do lists, or shots of a vacation in a distant country, but instead the culmination of two years of hard work designing a staple

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Weight Loss Fragrance

DailyMail.co.uk: From fad diets to savvy gadgets, there are hundred of products claiming to aid the all-important weight loss. And now, the latest slimming aid comes in the form of a perfume bottle. Prends–moi is the world’s first slimming fragrance from Velds that has been developed at the French perfume house Robertet. Makers claim the

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The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads

Did you know that Hollywood generated 33% less revenue than the US yellow page industry last year? Neither did I until I read a fascinating new book called The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads. Ammon Shea is not your typical thirtysomething book enthusiast. After reading

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Blind Massage Big in Asia

The new trend in massage in Asia? Blind masseuses! Entrepreneur Adrian Lee believes that doing business is not only about earning profit. He also wants to create jobs, especially for people who have less chances of getting hired. Last March, Lee ventured into the wellness industry. He opened Healing Hands Therapeutic Massage Centre, which employs

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