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Eat Like a Movie Star
Matthew Sweet spends a day hanging out at the catering truck on a movie set to see what actors do, or don’t eat, when they are working. The caterers have to serve three meals a day plus snacks to pernickity thespians on £15 a day. Read the full article in More Intelligent Life. As always, [...]
Why Things Don’t Work
Marketing guru Seth Godin explains why things don’t work – such as lines for taxis outside airports – in this TED Talk. He also outlines several types of broken, including “it’s not my job syndrome”. Seth Godin at Gel 2006 from Gel Conference on Vimeo.
Being a Fake Businessman
Mitch Moxley describes in an article in The Atlantic Magazine describing how he got a job as the token white guy and fake businessmen at a Chinese company that wanted to give the impression of being an internationally connected business. It’s a lucrative gig for expats who want to make good money by pretending to [...]
Power Networking Hair Salon
The Wall Street Journal has been pressing its nose up against the windows of ladies’ hair salons to find the most popular salon amongst the power women of NYC. The winner is the Louis Licari salon on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan. Loyal clients, who go for a week-lasting blow dry include Harper’s Bazaar publisher Valerie Salembier, [...]
How a US Law is Born
How Our Laws are Made is a colourful infographic that describes the process of getting a US bill made law. It is the winner of The Sunlight Foundation’s Design for America Challenge. The Sunlight Foundation aims to make US government transparent and accountable.
Sustainable Knickers
PACT produce ethically sound underwear with the slogan “change starts with your underwear”, which aims to promote organic cotton farming and socially responsible employment practices. Read more at the New York Times. Watch the Office Eden ad here. P.S. it’s not the same PACT that looks after indie producers’ rights, just in case you were [...]
Stolen Recipes
The Stolen Supper Club is a London catering company that uses recipes from famous restaurants, such as Nobu, E&O, the Ivy and Marcus Waering. Every Monday, fifteen guests converge on Notting Hill, BYOB in hand, to sample the Stolen menu in return for a donation (approx. £30 depending on menu). Read a review in The [...]
Virtual Farming
Le Vedure Del Mio Orto (The Vegetables From My Garden) is an Italian website where, like the massively popular Facebook game Farmville, you can grow your own crops. The difference is that you can actually eat the crops you grow, as the website will actually plant them on its farm near Turin, harvest and then [...]
Night of the Ad Eaters
The Night of the Ad Eaters is an international travelling show that screens five and a half hours of adverts from around the world, including Russia, Asia, Africa, and South America, Mongolia, Iraq and the Guarani region of India in “an enthusiastic fairground cum rock concert atmosphere”. The tour happens annually and visits 40 countries. [...]
Zero Baggage
Zero Baggage is a new service that aims to take the lug out of luggage. They offer a range of options, all designed to make it possible for you to travel with just hand baggage by allowing you to rent new, or almost new clothes and other goods that you need for a trip abroad. [...]
