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Waiting for public transportation to arrive is not exactly fun and happy times. Often times the patrons are cranky after a long and tedious wait and their minds are numb and unresponsive from all the advertising that is splattered all over the bus stop cabins.
The Australian commercial promotes Kmart underwear by showing people having fun and living it up in their funky undies, while other “boring” people are dressed in formal black clothes.
Karl Lagerfeld (Chanel Designer), is the new model for a road safety campaign. An excellent idea to merge fashion and awareness. The ad provides a clear message on risk prevention on roads and highways.
In the print ads, the German designer wears a neon yellow safety vest. The accompanying text reads,
“It’s yellow, it’s ugly, it doesn’t go with anything, but it could save your life.”
This gallery showcases some of the most unique concepts for transportation, ranging from the already established Zip cars to futuristic public transit pods.
This looks like a super-cool ride you might see at Disneyland, but it’s actually a design concept for a real for an ultra-fast public transit system.
The Florence TAV Station in Italy will make high-speed, long distance trains travelling through the city a thing of the past.
General Motors has sponsored an MIT Media Lab project to address “the last mile” of public transportation. The carbon-free, stackable, electric rental car will debut next week at the EICMA Motorcycle show in Milan.
The future of vehicle seating looks like a rollercoaster ride! This new innovative design takes a whole new look at transportational seating arrangement and capabilities in the future.
Japanese kids are ready to get on board with a new concept in child-friendly public transport.
For travelers seeking the outlandish, travel review Web site IgoUgo.com has come up with a list of its top 10 weird activities ranging from cream fights to cockroach races.
Fluff flies during this highlight of Olomouc’s week-long city festival.
"Volunteers are divided into opposing teams and asked to arm themselves with trays of cream. There’s a countdown and then the teams rush towards each other. When the teams meet each other in the center, the cream starts to fly."
Find good food for less than $10 at this Taipei eatery - provided you don’t mind eating out of a (replica) toilet bowl.
"Eating here was a very unique dining experience to say the least. You are seated at a bathtub (your table) surrounded by toilets (your seats). Your food comes in your own sizzling toilet bowl."
In Austin, adults and kids alike use Winnie the Pooh’s fictional friend as an excuse to party.
"Eeyore’s Birthday has been celebrated for more than 40 years here in Austin. Admission is free and money raised from the sale of food, drinks, face-painting, etc. is donated to local non-profits. The celebration is held in Pease Park, close to downtown and accessible from the Shoal Creek hike and bike trail."
Anyone with a strong stomach can gain entry into the Downtown Hotel’s Sourtoe Cocktail Club by sipping a drink containing one of the hotel’s preserved human toes. Make it a big sip; rules say your lips must touch the salted toe.
"So now I am a member of an exclusive club,/Of those who drank a toe that was just a shrivelled stub,/And then I promptly left the bar,/To get my toothbrush and mouthwash and proceed to scrub!"
The restaurant’s name raises eyebrows, but it’s all for a good cause.
"Don’t be misled by the restaurant’s odd name or put off by the array of contraceptive devices for sale. This very popular place raises funds for the Population & Community Development Association, the country’s family-planning program. The complex is a restaurant, bar, Internet cafe, massage shop, and gift shop all rolled into one. All diners get a condom with coffee, instead of an after-dinner mint."
Pancake races have characterised Shrove Tuesday in the UK for centuries; at this one, all you need is a team and a crazy costume, and you have a shot at stardom.
"As far as I know, the Shoreditch Shrove Tuesday pancake races are as close as London gets to the much-hyped extravaganzas of Rio or New Orleans. In addition, unlike their over-the-top cousins, you can enjoy a ringside view of the whole event and it is all over in less than half an hour. And you are unlikely to get sunstroke or a hangover."
Drink a toast to modern Latvia at the lounge where a bathroom break brings joy to travellers.
"Shot Cafe has the best toilet EVER. It seems a big boast to make, but the loo here has to be seen to be believed. Mood lighting turned the bathroom from a deep blood-red to a vibrant green to a shadowy blue to a piercing white. The toilet seat was clear perspex inset with gilded barbed wire and razor blades. We fell in love with that toilet."
Nurse yourself - and your favorite beverage - in a red wine pool in the shadow of Mt. Fuji.
"I believe one would either love or hate the Yunessun Spa with intensity. Some may admire the ingenuity of the Japanese in developing such charismatic, uniquely themed spas in the arms of magnificent Hakone scenery. Others might find these creations tacky and contrived."
Order a plate of "we are bountiful" (aka crackers and spreads) at the San Francisco eatery that aims to fill your being as much as your stomach.
"This is a very, very weird place. I just can’t get beyond the names of the food. They all have fake "affirmations" so when you get something like their large salad you have to say, "I’d like the I AM ABUNDANT." It might be slow because they have to ask you between courses things like, "And what are YOU grateful for today?" You HAVE to answer, depending on the rigidity of the server, before you can get your food."
Each Australia Day, Brisbane’s Story Bridge Hotel encourages visitors to "BYO Roach" for its creepy-crawly cockroach races.
"The bagpipers led the sponsor girls onto the racing surface (a bit like a boxing bout) along with the cockroaches, where the MC read the contestants’ names to the crowd. The names were very creative and can’t be repeated here."
Yesterday evening Armani revealed one of the images from its new underwear campaign with David Beckham.
The ad was unveiled overlooking a 6,000-seater amphitheater adjacent to Macy’s in San Francisco. You know, in case that outdoor concert you’re seeing isn’t quite holding your attention. Anyhow, as you can see Beckham remains gloriously toned in campaign No. 2, and his underwear remains remarkably crisp.
Fashion is interesting. Do you know what is behind the finished made clothes on the runway?
Laird Borrelli’s latest book, Fashion Illustration by Fashion Designers, aims “to uncover and share the unsung and unseen art of illustration by fashion designers.” Page after page in this sprawling guide, which hit shelves in April, is filled with beautiful illustrations — some little more than simple pencil sketches, others colorful, elaborate cartoons.
Christian Lacroix, Giambattista Valli.
Givenchy, Isaac Mizrahi.
Photos: Fashion Illustration by Fashion Designers
Naomi Matsushima has lent her name and designs to a series of sanitary napkins from P&G’s Whisper line.
Naomi mentioned that she wanted to “design whisper” so that “women could pass their menstrual period more happily.”
P&G has announced that from the end of June a special edition of “Silky Soft Slims” will feature Matsushima’s designs, one version with stars and one with camouflage.
Photos: Trends in Japan
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