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PRODUCT STORES XMAS

Xmas Gifts Picks: Solo Alto Design

Some nice products from Solo Alto Design: from Kartell a 4-pocket magazine rack with a central handle for ease of lifting. Beautiful and practical, this piece is a true classic of Italian design. 2 nice products from Rotaliana: Diva is a LED light and music system specifically designed for your iPod or iPhone. It combines …

PRODUCT STORES XMAS

Xmas Gifts Picks: Black Sheep Road

Some picks from our new friends @ Black Sheep Road. There is a 20% discount holiday sale on the site, but if you use the code polkadot10 you get 10% off more!! First on top left is Twiggy tee (39,95 €) with POP culture style icon Twiggy. The boots Valetta (334,95 €) by Chie Mihara …

INTERACTIVE JAPAN TECH

Tokujin Yoshioka: Maison Hermès window display

Based on a window display he first presented in 2004, the japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has now restructured it using a japanese actress currently being presented at Maison Hermès, Japan. The installation will run from now until january 19th, 2010. “On designing a window-display of Maison Hermès, I intended to express people’s daily ‘movements’ with a suspicion of …

FASHION STORES

Coggles

Sarah Coggles is an internationally renowned fashion store with over 200 designer collections. Multiple winner of ‘Designer Store of the Year’, ‘Retailer of the Year’ and ‘Best Independent Etailer 2009’. In 1976 founder Victoria Bage was about to expand her successful new business and open her first store when she discovered her lover was having …

PRODUCT STORES XMAS

Xmas Gifts Picks: Design Dot

Two nice ideas from the italian Design Dot, a small publishing house ofobjects in small series. CipCip (99 € ) is a coloured glazed ceramic birdfeeder. It is ready to be hung up outdoors, to provide a warm winter shelter for small birds and a safe nest for large hatches. Thanks to its natural materials, …

PRODUCT STORES XMAS

Xmas Gifts Picks: OWO

Another nice selection of Xmas gifts, this time from the design store Owo. Starting from top left, Cucuruku (215 €) is a wall clock made in wood wengè natural or balck painted. with battery quartz movement. Tolomeo Micro (150 €) is a classic piece between the table lamps. The Artemide best-seller is realized in polished …

AMBIENT INTERACTIVE JAPAN

Dunlop Melody Road

Dunlop Falken Tires are being promoted in Japan through association with a “Melody Road” set up in the Nagano Prefecture. A billboard informs motorists that if they slow down to 40 km/h on the twisting hilly road, they will hear a melody played out by their tires on the road. The safety message won the …

FASHION MADE IN ITALY PRODUCT

Volta Footwear – Summer 2010

We wrote about Volta shoes some months ago, they are without doubt one of the best new products of the year in the fashion world and we@Polkadot love their design, classic and innovative at the same time. Inspired by the footwear development of the last 50 years, Volta shoes are designed to instantly become part …

ADVERTISING PEOPLE WEB

Skype Phone Box Experiment

Skype launches a 10-day live-phoning experiment featuring a man camped outside a phone booth in Spain. Twenty-seven-year-old Mexican sports enthusiast Rob Cavazos was selected by Skype to become the “Wilderness Man”. As he is fluent in English, German and Spanish, the public can call him directly or via Skype from a website, www.phoneboxexperiment.com .

PEOPLE TECH WEB

Dimmi come ci riesci – Samsung U10

From dawn to late at night we entertain many passions. Some relate and remain bound to our personal sphere. These are the ones that give us strength and make us happy. Others, instead, become a profession, and make our dreams come true. In both cases, what it is important is to keep moving, looking for …

FASHION MADE IN ITALY PRODUCT

Sympathy For The Unusual – Fall Winter 09

Sympathy For The Unusual dopo l’esordio estivo riafferma la sua personalità creativa con una mini collezione invernale, anche questa frutto di una collaborazione internazionale. Unusual lo stile, unusual il connubio tra i tessuti, unusual l’idea alla base di questa nuova linea: quando il design incontra la moda per regalare suggestioni inedite, immagini inattese. 4 nuove …

ADVERTISING FASHION MADE IN ITALY

Kiss my Glass! Glassing Sunglasses

Color frames and Aviator-like shapes are here to stay. Glassing Sunglasses has taken a new approach to this color and shape combination, adding a twist of humor to it, at least for its latest ad campaign, shot by italian photographer Paolo Franco for Y&R Italy. If you want to have more information about Glassing and/or …

EVENTS MUSIC TRAVEL

MEI 2009: Win tickets with Polkadot

MEI is the italian music fair dedicated to independent labels and artists. Every year the music event takes place in Faenza (Ravenna). Gigs, conference and discussions about music world with a lot of representatives coming from labels, radio, music magazines, artists, and all of them involved into music business. MEI is an event to celebrate …