RF Meister U Fitting Makes Fitting Rooms Interactive

RFID Integration in fitting rooms gives product information and enhances the customer experience

Created by Toshiba TEC, RF Meister U Fitting is a new usage for their RFID technology in a retail space, particularly the fitting room space which is often ignored.
Each fitting room comes equipped with a touch panel screen built into the wall, with [...]

Digital Women’s Fashion Magazine “ef” for iPhone

Online fashion magazine the first to target female iPhone and iPod Touch users

Produced by publishing company Shufunotomo Co. Ltd, “ef” is a popular women’s fashion and lifestyle magazine oriented towards working women in their 30s. The magazine was once a print publication, but moved online in 2006 as the magazine “Digital ef.” For a small [...]

Crowdsourced Advice Creates E-Manga

New title from Bandai’s Yomban online publishing site offers classic content with a contemporary twist

Bandai Visual Co.’s “Yomban” site publishes original manga, novels and essays in mini e-book form. At any given time there are over a dozen available to read for free on the site.
While titles span genres, their latest release is [...]

Murakami-Themed Vuitton Shop Opens in Tokyo

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Tokyo’s Louis Vuitton Flagship store in Omotesando has undergone a complete makeover in the style of famed pop designer Takashi Murakami in the latest from their 6-year relationship.
The influence has seeped into every aspect of Vuitton, from the product design, to shop interior, to the mobile / web [...]

Gifticons Open New Commerce Channels

SK Communication’s Gifticons help people exchange real gifts via mobile phone

SK Communications, the company behind Cyworld, lets its users exchange real-world gifts through mobile, IM, and the Internet. Users of NateOn, the most popular IM platform in Korea, can buy Giftcons through mobile payment (either Danal or Mobilians).
These Gifticons are credits for certain items, [...]

Adidas “Show Your Resolution!” Project

Adidas campaign strengthens brand image while “teaming up” for a common good with fans and the national soccer team

In preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Asia Preliminary, Adidas has created a campaign combining mobile and PC websites as well as in-store marketing with digital signage to link the brand tighter with the [...]

Adidas iPhone Guide to Urban Art in Berlin

Adidas’ free app guides users around Berlin’s colorful street art

Street-art enthusiasts are now able to discover some of Berlin’s best work through the Adidas Urban Art Guide app.
The app maps significant pieces around Berlin through Microsoft Virtual Earth, allowing users to view murals and grafitti by clicking on the appropriate icons.
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Ushahidi Manages Crowd-Sourced Reports in Crises

Online resource uses blogs, SMS, and emails from citizens to track and map international crises in real time

Ushahidi is a crisis response communication system that takes messages from anyone via SMS, web, or email and displays them on a map, allowing the public to track the development of crises in real time. Originally created [...]

Aqua Dance from Bandai

Lifestyle product makes fun use of cutting-edge nanotech coating
Using nanotech coating, Bandai has created Aqua Dance, a self-perpetuating interior product that generates endless globes of water endlessly cascading down its surface.
With the Adesso WR coating developed by Nikka Kagaku Co. Ltd., water beads up and behaves more like mercury than H2O. Aqua Dance uses [...]

Marcel Wanders: Equal Parts Designer and Entrepreneur

One of the biggest stars of the contemporary design world, industrial and interior designer Marcel Wanders has collaborated with the world’s leading brands over a multitude of industries
 The mission statement on world-renowned Dutch industrial designer Marcel Wanders’ website, often quoted by the man himself, reads “Here to create an environment of love, live with passion, [...]