Vending machines pop out live hairy crabs
“August until October is the prime season for hairy crabs in China, and to ensure people makes the most of the season, one shop vendor has stocked a vending machine full of live crabs, available day and night,” explains PSFK. Last week the vending machine was “stocked with live crabs appeared on a street in […]
Europe’s new hotspots
Iceland and Slovakia are among the fastest-growing tourist destinations in Europe for foreign tourists this year. According to the latest report out of the European Travel Commission, Iceland experienced an impressive 30% spike in foreign arrivals in the second quarter of 2013 compared to the same period last year. Slovakia saw a 20% increase in […]
Warhol, Monet, Rockwell…on Amazon
Amazon has launched Amazon Art, a marketplace that includes more than 40,000 works of art from over 150 galleries and dealers. Among the first batch of artworks on sale are Andy Warhol’s “Sachiko”, Claude Monet’s “L’Enfant à la tasse”, Norman Rockwell’s “Willie Gillis: Package from Home”, and a selection of Clifford Ross photography from $200 […]
FASHION HOUSES TO MAINTAIN ITALY’S BEAUTY
Fendi will finance a renovation of Rome’s famous Trevi Fountain, becoming the latest luxury group to fund repairs to priceless heritage in times of austerity. The 2.12 million euro ($2.85 million) repairs on the nearly 300-year-old fountain will be finished by 2015, Rome’s city hall and Fendi said in a note. Fendi’s artistic director Karl […]
WRAITH 2014 REVEALED, SORT OF
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars published the first official image of its 2014 Wraith, the coupe version of the Ghost, to be presented at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2013. The BMW-owned luxury car company is being typically vague about what potential owners can expect from the new vehicle, other than that it will do justice […]
INVITATION ONLY FOR THE TOP 1%
Erik Wachtmeister, the Swedish social media entrepreneur that created aSmallWorld, is back with a new online venture, Best of All Worlds. Watchtmeister’s site targets the “top 1%” and all members need to be invited in, similar to aSmallWorld which was created in 2004, the same year as Facebook. “The top one percent of the online […]
FOR MUMS ALL OVER THE WORLD
In addition to celebrating the women and mothers dearest to you today, you might want to gift life to other mums around the world with a simple, small gesture. Water.org has launched the campaign Honor your Mother. Honor Another where you can quickly create and share a sentiment with and for your mother –a minimum […]
SEE HOW BERÖRA WORKS
With the release of the lastest iPad and the necessity of touchscreen technology in freezing temps — IKEA with the support of agency SMFB developed a new product BERÖRA (Swedish for “touch”). The BERÖRA is a “sewing kit with a special conductive thread to sew into a glove or mitten, along with a needle and […]
BANKSY INSPIRED BY THE CHURCH
The anonymous street artist Banksy is known for his graffiti work and graphic statements. His latest work is a sculpture being displayed at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool alongside artistic masterpieces by Rubens and Van Dyck within room three of the museum’s 17th century old master galleries, reported CultHub. His new art work, Cardinal […]
SEE SOUND BY DEAF ARTIST
Performance artist Christine Sun Kim focuses on what she calls “the physicality of sound”. The taste curators at Nowness posted cult filmmaker Todd Selby’s short showing how Kim works in NYC’s Chinatown as she picks up sounds from the streets and balloons to create “seismic calligraphy” with the help of nails and vibrating subwoofers. Kim […]