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Best low-fi real time service from New Zealand

I love the simplicity of this idea from New Zealand that uses a billboard to promote a real-time weather reports.  The photo says it all.

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Comfortable Weather Guy

Southern Comfort was one of my favorite commercials of 2012. Now the dude with the brown speedo is back with his own website (also on mobile) to help you figuring out the weather around the world. The experience isn’t really interactive, but it’s still quite amusing to see the comfortable guy always at ease no matter the weather conditions. Read more…

Uniqlo Tilt-Shift Calendar thingy

Tilt-shift weirdness. Uniqlo have a new weather calendar site the tells you the weather where you are in tilt-shift miniature. Kinda weird and kinda cool. I’m not sure what to make of it but I liked it and I don’t know why Maybe if it pulled tilt-shift images from instagram for each city would have been cooler? http://www.uniqlo.com/calendar/ Read more…

Uniqlo Wake Up Social App

Uniqlo have created an app in conjunction with Japanese composer Cornelius that creates a unique way to wake up in the morning. The app automatically creates a song that contains current time, weather and day of the week. Users can choose to share a record of the time, weather and temperature at the exact moment the alarm was stopped via social media. Read more…

IKEA’s iPad friendly gloves

In winter Norway is freezing, and the weather makes it impossible to use iPad outdoors, as you cannot make the touchscreen work with gloves. In such situation, SMFB came up with a brilliant idea to launch and seed IKEA’s new catalog for iPad. The agency created and distributed a special sewing kit, called “Beröra” (which means “to touch”) that in pure IKEA style enabled Norwegians to customize their mittens and make them iPad-friendly. Read more…

Reebok creates largest 3D street art

Reebok wanted to create a backdrop of truly epic proportions for their range Cross Fit. Hopping on the 3D street art craze, they commissioned artists 3D Joe and Max to break the Guinness World Record for the largest ever 3D street art piece. Read more…

Virgin Picks Your Destination based on Weather

We’ve been posting quiet a few nice ideas from the students at Miami Ad School and this one is very cool. Feeling adventurous? Well now you can let Virgin pick your next vacation destination. Instead of booking a trip, you can book a weather. Yes, a weather, because that’s what more often than not can ruin even the most well thought-out vacation. Read more…

Four nice (not so little) new projects by Google

I admit it, I wasn’t super impressed by the launch of the Google+ project. But I am impressed by a series of smaller projects that, in my opinion, either have more potential to be practically useful for our business and/or ourr life or, simply, are more fun. As usual, it’s great yet scary to see Google being so active in any sphere of our online life…

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MINImaps! Drive your MINI anywhere in the world

What happens if you combine Google Maps, Flash and Facebook with a cool automotive brand? MINImaps is the answer. A multi-player driving experience by MINI France that allows you to join a virtual race around the world based on Google Maps, while challenging your friends or complete strangers.

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Budweiser Ice Cold Index

The hotter the day, the less you pay. It’s this easy. Download the Budweiser application on your smartphone (works on iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Nokia) and get discounts or even a free beer if the weather is very hot.

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