This little swissmiss family is leaving for the swiss alps today. Posts might be infrequent or not existent for the coming days. Please pardon me taking a break from the blogsphere but I have some bratwurst eating to do. Ho ho ho and stuff!
last minute gift ideas
Behind the Freakout
Crispin Porter + Bogusky’s latest online adventure for Burger King forces viewers to contemplate the unthinkable: a world without Whoppers. In a web film and series of spots kicking to the site, whopperfreakout.com, CP+B and Smuggler director Henry-Alex Rubin captured the reactions of real Burger King customers who were denied their beloved burger. While the campaign provides entertaining answers to the question “What if there were no Whoppers?” it raises others. Were all those people really real? How did the agency and director capture those reactions? Did anyone just say “Oh, OK, I’ll have the chicken then”? Here, Rubin gives us the behind the counter perspective on the shoot.
Recycled christmas trees
The coolest christmas tree I have seen so far this year. If you get four of them and add them together, back to back, you get a full tree. Love it.
You look lovely today!
These business card sized compliments have been produced on thick laid card using traditional letterpress printing. Great if you’re a bachelor and want to jot your number down for a special person! Or if you’re already with that special someone, a nice reminder to present them with from time to time.
sunday land
I just googled some of my friends from growing up and found this lovely video of my next door neighbor and friend, Gabriela Krapf. Learn more here.
Thank you internet.
OFFI mag table red
You can now buy the fabulous OFFI Mag Table in Red, over at designpublic. Yay! It goes from table or seat to laptop stand with a simple flip. As a side table it stores your magazines while providing a surface for a cup of coffee or an extra seat.
Skype Phone Adapter
Do you have a favorite old telephone–maybe that old rotary phone, or your house cordless phone? Use this handy adapter to connect it to your PC. The SKYHJA has standard audio in/out plugs on one side and a regular old phone plug (RJ11) on the other, essentially converting your old phone to a speaker and mic to use with Skype.
hanabi lamp
Hanabi (fireworks party) is the name of this beautiful lamp, by japanese designer Endo. Closed when cold, and with petals opened when it becomes hotter due to the light bulb’s temperature. A lovely and original idea.
(via senorita puri)
The Gender Battle.
See it in much better quality here.
(thank you marcello)
Toastvertising
Toastvertising.
Making of Toastvertising.
See the site of toastvertising and The Book of Spam.
(thank you dustin)
formal apology
Formal apology by the Bureau of Communication. Wonderful. (You can fill it out online and email it!)
(via monoscope)
Never Mind What’s in Them, Bags Are the Fashion
Retailers are giving shopping bags a makeover, turning consumers into walking ads. At left, Lord & Taylor bags; center, a bag from Lululemon Athletica; at right, the Scoop bag.
Once a flimsy afterthought in American retailing — used to lug a purchase home from the store, then tossed into the trash — the lowly, free store bag is undergoing a luxurious makeover.
Never Mind What’s in Them, Bags Are the Fashion, by Michael Barbaro for the NYTimes
Google Introduces Video Sitemaps
Google has extended their Sitemaps to include support for videos, which means your videos will be more easily indexed by Google’s Video search. In practice, this means that webmasters will now be able to create a new Sitemap in which they can specify all videos (and metadata that goes with them) on the site. One of the benefits of this, for example, is that Google will be able to generate a thumbnail of your video and place it in the search results. See an example on the official Google Webmaster Central blog.
(via mashable)
Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum
The Halo Ultraviolet Vacuum ($500) is the first vacuum to use UV-C light to kill unseen bacteria and germs hiding in your carpet and flooring, and also includes “normal” vacuum features like a lightweight design, integrated HEPA filtration, adjustable height, a 13-foot detachable hose, and a 31-foot power cord.
(via uncrate)
do books still matter?
“We’re just not going to be reading for text anymore,” said Saveri, the Institute for the Future researcher. “We’re going to be ‘reading’ for movies, graphics, images, digital stories, symbols,” she says. “You may say young people aren’t reading the classics, but 20 years from now, there might be some classic multimedia pieces with video, with hyperlinks. That’s the new edge of literacy.”
Saveri suggests parents blog with their kids, make a YouTube video, jump into the new media – and take books along. “We’ve got to get over our nostalgia,” she says. “Denying your child a rich media world is doing your child a disservice.”
(thank you Molly)
zid zid kids backpacks
zid zid kids Bus Backpack and Airplane Backpack. Cool funky gifts for kids. And yes, I admit it, I want the bus one for myself. Wromm. Wromm.
human tetris
(via cogitations)
6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame
Tired of sending your loved ones actual photo prints? Send them hundreds of images on a little memory card along with a 6.5-inch digital picture frame. The frame connects via USB directly to your camera or PC; supports up to 12-megapixel photos in the JPEG format. It is compatible with the following memory cards: CompactFlash Card type I, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, MultiMediaCard and SD Memory Card. Runs on AC power via the included adapter, or lasts up to 8 hours on its included rechargeable battery. 6.5-Inch Digital Picture Frame