Designs of the Year 2013: The Oscars of the design world nominations

Design Museum’s 2013 Designs of the Year award   London’s Design Museum, the world’s leading museum devoted to contemporary design, announced “Designs of the Year 2013” nominations. The Designs of the Year awards, ‘The Oscars of the design world’ showcases the most innovative and imaginative designs from around the world, over the past year, spanning … Read more

Sound of Color – Top Hair Trends for 2013

Each year new beauty trends rise to the forefront, and 2013 is no different as Wella Professionals’ Global Creative Directors collaborated to identify four emerging styles: Fusion, Decibel, Echo, and Allegra. These Hair Trends for 2013 revealed at the 10th Annual International Trend Vision Awards  in a collection inspired by the Sound of Color provides inspiration to … Read more

What goes in must come out: 2012 Cruise Ship Report Card

Friends of the Earth releases 2012 Cruise Ship Report Card Cruise sewage: What goes in must come out. The enormous amounts of food and drink consumed on cruise ships, along with water from laundry, pool, medical facilities, photo labs, spas, and dry cleaning stations, has to go somewhere. At sea, what you flush down the … Read more

BMW Motorrad GS Trophy 2012. Through the big landscapes of South America

  The BMW Motorrad GS Trophy 2012, the biggest edition yet, brought 15 teams with riders representing 19 nations together for a seven-day 2000 kilometre adventure across the Andean high country of the Chile- Argentina borderlands. The riders battled through clouds of volcanic ash, were exhausted by sun-baked afternoons, then soaked by rain and chilled … Read more

Dimension One Spas’ luxury aquatic fitness system wins fitness award

Dimension One Spas Wins Fitness Award at World Expo Dimension One Spas (D1) won the “Top 100” Fitness Award at the World Pool and Spa Expo in Lyon, France. The prize winning model was the AquaFit Sport 13. This 13 foot swim spa offers the most for the serious athlete with the largest swim lane … Read more

Trending foods: hottest food and dining trends for 2013

New York-based restaurant consultancy group Baum + Whiteman has released its list of 17 hottest food and dining trends for restaurants & hotels in 2013. Upscale donuts, Gochujang, Quinine syrup, Shiso or Charred octopus tentacles are the foods the world will be hearing a lot more of next year.   Here is the food trendspotting … Read more