Cool Top 10 of 2008




01. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Excelling by Being Yourself

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Excelling by Being Yourself

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What we from Science of the Time found most attractive and inspiring in 2008 was not a gadget or whatever superficial thing people…

02. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Wildlife

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Wildlife

Created by an American artist, Karolina Sobecka, the tiger “Wildlife” was running in the streets of São Paulo this year. It´s one of the installations for the Electronic Language International…

03. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Stitsh

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Stitsh

Www.stitsh.com The site looks like a fashion blog, filled with loads of snapshots of cool kids from the streets. The impressive new thing is that you can buy…

04. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: The True Masters of Cradle to Cradle

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: The True Masters of Cradle to Cradle

We all know Africa is the garbagedump of the western world. Literally. Western companies pay African countries loads of money to import their garbage. Cars that are not allowed to…

05. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: ‘Shibuya Was Like a Stroke’

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: ‘Shibuya Was Like a Stroke’

Hitotoki is an online literary project collecting stories of singular experiences tied to locations in cities worldwide.  Established in Tokyo, it is launched in/on Shanghai now. Aiming to…

06. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Vanishing Ink

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Vanishing Ink

In 2008 Xerox introduced Ink that uses ultraviolet light and regular surrounding heat to vanish. By using this ink you can recycle the paper as many as 30 times. As…

07. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: ING-Cafe’s

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: ING-Cafe’s

To make its brand known, the ING-bank decided to open café’s as a commercial space. The inside of the café is accentuated with a wide band of orange-colored rubber sheets,…

08. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Self Love

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Self Love

This ad for D&G jewellery aired in heavy rotation on TV and in cinemas across Europe in 2008. It is devilishly clever. It toys with your expectations about boys meets…

09. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Ouch/Bling

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Ouch/Bling

These are called bling band-aids. Wear them as jewelry. How to really turn your OUCH into BLING. Packaging: Three plasters in slide top tin. One with ice white rhinestones, one…

10. Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Binge Chilling

Top-10 Coolest Worldwide of 2008: Binge Chilling

2008 was filled with binging. Binge drinking. Binge eating. Binge shopping. The term is generally associated with overindulgence and has a negative connotation, but it isn’t always a bad thing.…


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