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Duo: Turntable with a Detachable Bluetooth Speaker.

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Duo is a record player that can play more than just records. It's a compact setup of turntable with a detachable Bluetooth speaker. It lets you enjoy vinyl records anytime without connecting to a complicated stereo system. This all-in-one turntable even lets you switch to streaming if you had enough of vinyl. It uses aptX Bluetooth to boost audio quality to let you enjoy your favorite music. Pre-order.

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Bluetooth Speaker
Its Bluetooth speaker lasts about 10 hours and gives you a maximum range of 10 to 15 meters. It even works without the turntable and weighs just about 1.8 lbs (800 g), making it a perfect outdoor companion.

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Bluetooth Speaker
Duo supports True Wireless Stereo Bluetooth connection and gives you a stereophonic option. What more with dual Duo speakers, when you press the Bluetooth buttons, at the same time it will automatically configure them into left and right channels to make your music come to life in wall-to-wall sound.

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Bluetooth Speaker
Bluetooth Speaker
It comes with built-in Amazon Alexa functionality that gives you vocal control of your music while connected via Bluetooth. And once you have Alexa you can do a lot more than just changing music tracks. You can choose from vibrant orange, neon yellow, and jet black.

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Bluetooth Speaker
Bluetooth Speaker

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11 Most Amazing 3D Street Art Illusions.

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When it comes to 3D Street Art Illusions then Edgar Müller never fails to impress us all. This German artist is one of the masters of 3D street art who uses street as his huge canvas to create fascinating 3D street art. And when it comes to illusions, who don't like good illusions? And for that matter street art is no exception.
Artist Müller has to his credit a 3-D street painting that made history at the Sarasota Chalk Festival as it was designed to metamorphose. The painting was created using photoluminescent paints and it changed from day to night.
These impressive three-dimensional paintings when viewed from a particular angle creates a 3D illusion. More here: Facebook and Metanamorph.

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(Image credit: Edgar.Mueller.Official). Copyright: Metanamorph.

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Silo: A Must Have Vacuum-Sealing Container System.

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How many times did this happen with you that you store the food in the fridge and yet it gets spoilt and wasted? By the time you take out the leftovers from the fridge, it goes bad before you have a chance to enjoy it, and has to be thrown off. If we have a proper foodsaver vacuum sealer then don't you think there will be a lot less wastage? But when you come to that, you will be surprised to know that 1 in 5 families do have these vacuum sealing food storage container systems or vacuum sealers but as these are bulky, or cumbersome to use or aren't as effective as they should be, so they aren't of much use. What if we had a smart vacuum-sealing container system that comes with multiple foodsaver containers to extend the shelf life of foods? Sounds interesting?
We have for you Solo - it's a one-touch connected vacuum system that keeps your food fresher, longer. It's a new take on existing vacuum sealers, comes with the IoT infrastructure - Alexa built-in. And it makes things a lot easier by locking in freshness and so the leftovers can last 2-5 times longer. Pre-order.

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foodsaver vacuum sealer
foodsaver vacuum sealer
Unlike the other vacuum sealer that uses single use bags, Solo comes with reusable airtight containers that are sure to be a lot more cost effective in the long run.

foodsaver vacuum sealer
foodsaver vacuum sealer
And when it comes to Silo, you don't need to worry about freshness as its patented deep vacuum removes out the air and creates a seal that is only broken when you open the valve, that ensures your food stays fresher longer.

foodsaver vacuum sealer
And with Alexa built-in, things are sure going to be a lot more interesting. As the creators said it, "the device doesn't just work with Alexa, it is Alexa!", that means apart for the mundane task like knowing the shelf life of your food or voice food tagging, there is lot more you can do. It can an also read you the news, dictate your recipes, and play you some tunes. Sounds interesting?

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Solo is an attempt to get you tomorrow's technology into today's homes and give you a truly modern food management system.

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You can vacuum seal any type of food using Silo's deep vacuum technology and when you are done you can fold up Silo's base to reclaim countertop space.

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foodsaver vacuum sealer
Its app keeps you updated with inventory and usage tracking, storage suggestions, and automated food repurchase. So next time you're in the supermarket, you know what all you got in your fridge and that too if its still edible, with just a swipe of your finger.

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Silo's vacuum seal containers are made from premium Tritan TM plastic and comes in a variety of sizes.


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Awesome Drain Artwork.

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Few decades back we were told to take care of our natural resources and yet we took everything for granted. Those were the times when we were asked, if we don't care of these nature's gifts then what will our kids and grandkids inherit from us? But that time has passed off and now we are seeing the outcomes of choices we made.
Did you know that plastics have been found in stomachs of deepest sea creatures? Synthetic fibers probably that originated from plastic bottles, packaging and synthetic clothes have been found nearly 11km deep reaching the most remote places on the planet.
And there is something more to surprise you further: as per another study tiny particles of plastic were found in sea salt and it's a global phenomena. And these tiny particles of plastic will find their way into our food through the salt in our diets.
And here is the final surprise for you: as per the latest study the inevitable has happened, microplastics have been found in humans too.
Now we got these microplastics in seafood, drinking water, sea salt and finally us too. Perhaps its right time to act now. But why all these studies and data in an "Awesome Drain Artwork" post? Well, there is a very strong reason for this: wastewater goes to a treatment plant before let out into the ocean or lakes but stormwater flows directly to our lakes, ponds and rivers. These stormdrains are the mouth of our streams, lakes and rivers. And this decorative drain art is an attempt to educate everyone and let them know that stormwater flows directly to our streams, lakes and rivers and they should be conscious of what they put there as it can enter those waterways. We are responsible for protecting our valuable natural assets.

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Manholes of Japan.
The Largest Drain Hole In The World.
Creative and Clever Uses of Manhole In Advertisements.

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20 Most Beautiful Stairs Around the World.

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These stairs can be in unassuming places or as a part of a beautification project, but one thing for sure, these have turned into eye candies. Few of these have been painted, while few have tiles and some even have ever-changing design (sort of) - growing plants. While you are too close to these stairs or while you climb them you won't be able to appreciate the efforts of the various artists that went into making them master pieces. If you want to get the complete picture of what the artists want to convey you, you need to stand at a certain vantage point and then view these masterpieces.

Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy

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San Francisco, California

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Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy

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Seoul, South Korea

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Ottawa, Canada

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Belgium

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Knitting Graffiti in Valdivia, Chile

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Sicily, Italy

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Beirut

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San Francisco, California

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Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy

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United Kingdom, London

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Rakoczi Stairs, Targu Mures, Romania

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Other Posts:
11 Coolest Stair Stickers For Your Home.
15 Creative and Clever Under Stair Storage Designs.
15 Unique Staircases and Unusual Staircase Designs - Part 4.
15 Awesome Staircases and Amazing Staircase Designs - Part 3.
15 Creative and Modern Staircase Designs - Part 2.

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Best Street Art.

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Tom Bob has a whimsical touch to bring everyday inanimate objects to life and make them a center of attraction. For this American street artist it doesn't matter if it's poles or electric meters or drain covers, for him all these are part of a blank canvas that needs to be turned into an urban landscape. And once he has completed his artwork, you wouldn't believe that these are those unnoticed objects that you come across everyday and never give a second glance but now have their own identity.
Tom is awesome when it comes to his street art but he is good with words too. On his Facebook page he says "American artist Tom Bob is running loose in the streets of New York, and let's hope nobody catches him."
Awesome ;)
Here are links to his: Facebook and Instagram for more awesome street art.

(Image via: Street Art Tom Bob New York and tombobnyc).












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12 Creative and Clever Outdoor Advertisements.

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We come across numerous advertising campaigns; these can be online advertising, newspaper advertisements, television commercials, outdoor advertisements and lot more. But there are only few of those advertisements that really leave a lasting impression. And we have sorted out the best outdoor advertisements to make your day.

EasyJet's Reflected Billboard: This clever billboard was installed on 'Place de la Bourse' and a simple glance wont make any sense but you need to look at the water mirror to get the message.

EasyJet's Reflected Billboard

Widow Jane's Brooklyn Bridge Advertisement: The idea behind the advertisement was quite simple; to let the world know that Widow Jane's beverages are crafted with pure mineral water from the same limestone found in the Widow Jane Mine in Rosendale, NY. It's the very same limestone that is part of the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, and Grand Central Station and more. And Brooklyn Bridge was a perfect choice to present a powerful and fascinating story to the world.

Widow Jane's Brooklyn Bridge Advertisement

Rogue One: A Starwars Story - Gatwick Airport Terminal Takeover: This creative advertising campaign was to promote the launch of Rogue One: A Starwars Story.

Rogue One: A Starwars Story - Gatwick Airport Terminal Takeover

McDonald's Weather Reactive Outdoor Advertisement: A clever advertising campaign by McDonald to take part in Britain's favorite topic of conversation. The digital billboard used the MET Office real-time data that displayed the April's unpredictable weather conditions. While an unwrapped burger represents the sun, an upturned box of fries signified showers and there were eight more different icons to show how volatile April weather can be.

McDonald's Weather Reactive Outdoor Advertisement

Play-Doh Airplane Advertisement: It's a part of "Open a jar of imagination" Play-Doh campaign, and this clever billboard was created to remind to the whole world the importance of encouraging kid's imagination. And the best part is the billboard was made of 100 percent imagination.

Play-Doh Airplane Advertisement

Kit Kat Auto off Billboard: J. Walter Thompson London came up with this digital billboard that had a simple circuit with a Kit Kat finger as the switch. It was created to persuade people to take a break from electricity. When it was 8.30 pm on Saturday March 24, the Kit Kat finger in the special build unit snapped, breaking the circuit and turning off the electricity to the billboard and interestingly millions around the globe joined together to switch off their electricity for 60 minutes.

Kit Kat Auto off Billboard

Audi LOOOOL Billboard: BMW came up with a billboard right in front of Audi's showroom that read: "It's never too late to change your mind." To which Audi as a response came up with a billboard that read: "LOOOOL, you never change a winning brand." And interestingly the LOOOOL showed in Audi's banner is created using its rings in the logo.


Audi LOOOOL Billboard

The Chess Shop - Your Move Advertisement: A clever advertisement that guides people from the location of the poster to The Chess Shop on Baker Street, London.

The Chess Shop - Your Move Advertisement

McDonald's Time For A Classic Billboard: McDonald came up with these digital boards to counter the decline in lunchtime visits. These digital boards updated daily to block off lunch on the exact day they were seen, reminding people to make time for a McDonald's Classic.

McDonald's Time For A Classic Billboard

Mazda - The Head Turning Billboard: To promote Mazda MX-5 RF this smart billboard was created. It featured facial recognition, algorithms and more; what was innovative about it was that when a person turned their head towards the billboard, it counted them. It was a perfect setup to get the message to the world - 'The Mazda MX-5 RF is a real head turner.'

Mazda - The Head Turning Billboard

Peugeot Mosaic Billboard: The Peugeot came up with this mosaic billboard for their Peugeot Expert to display their true connection with craftsmen.

Peugeot Mosaic Billboard

Bus Tank Advertisement:

Bus Tank Advertisement

Other Posts:
15 Creative Ambient Advertisements.
20 Clever and Creative MINI Cooper Advertisements.
15 Clever and Creative Detergent Advertisements.
15 Cool Advertisements Using Oversized Objects - Part 3.
15 Clever and Cool Billboard Advertisements - Part 2.

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12 Best Sleevefaces You Didn't Come Across.

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What happens when you use classic vinyl record sleeves to spice up your photographs? The results can be truly impressive and this is known as Sleeveface. What's happening is you are creating an illusion by obscuring or augmenting body parts with record sleeve.
And when it comes to sleevefaces; we can't afford to miss Robin Chua also known as KiDG who has created quite a collection of sleevefaces over the years. More on his Facebook.

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Artist Turns Simple Pumps Into Awesome Art.

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We are sure that you mustn't have given a second thought to these simple pumps or johnny pumps or fireplugs that you see most of the time side of the street. Mostly these are painted in bright colors to make it easy for spotting them. These are components of active fireprotection, but none cares. But if you have a talented artist like Toni Toews in your neighborhood then it's altogether a different story. Don't believe us, have a look for yourself.

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Simple Pump Artwork

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Most Amazing Elevator Optical Illusions.

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Who doesn't enjoy a good optical illusion? And if you have an eye for these optical illusions, we are sure you are going to enjoy these..

Bottomless Elevator 3D Illusion: This awesome 3D illusion was part of the guerrilla marketing idea to promote the opening of the Nemesis Sub-Terra ride at Alton Towers Resort. But the unsuspecting regular London shoppers were definitely in for a surprise when they called the elevator and found the elevator bottom missing. The optical illusion made it look like the floor of the elevator has collapsed and people are just a step away from falling into the deep elevator shaft.

Bottomless Elevator 3D Illusion
Bottomless Elevator 3D Illusion
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Bottomless Elevator 3D Illusion

3D Optical Illusion Lift Floor: For creating this awesome optical floor illusion, a photograph of elevator shaft floor was taken, then printed with a TrueVIS VG-640, laminated with antislip laminate and applied to 5mm foamex.

3D Optical Illusion Lift Floor

Bauer Media Elevator Advertisement: The optical floor illusion was a part of the Bauer's advertising campaign.

Bauer Media Elevator Advertisement

Maxwell House Elevator Advertisement: This creative illusion created an impression that the elevator had no floor.

Maxwell House Elevator Advertisement

3D Art in Elevator: This mostly looks like a part of an advertising campaign with sharks or some movie related to sharks; similarly, we did a post of shark on a building which was a part of Discovery's Shark Week.

3D Art in Elevator

More on Elevators:

Elevator Art:

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Swiss Skydive Elevator Advertisement: This ambient advertisement was created for Swiss Skydive, special panels were fitted in floors of the multi-store buildings that created an impression that people are in for freefall while the elevator descended.

Swiss Skydive Elevator Advertisement

LG Electronics Pranks Elevator: The LG Electronics pranks the elevator riders using a grid of their IPS monitors to create an optical illusion.


Jelly Tots Elevator Advertisement: This ambient advertisement was created for Jelly Tots as a part of "Adventure is Anywhere" campaign. A colorful underwater world was created in elevators in major shopping centers for kids to know that with Jelly Tots, adventures can really happen wherever you are.

Jelly Tots Elevator Advertisement

MINI Cabrio Elevator Advertisement: MINI Cabrio stickers were placed on elevators to create the impression of getting in a MINI Cabrio. More here.

MINI Cabrio Elevator Advertisement

Divorce Lawyer Elevator Advertisement: A typical wedding photo was affixed to lift doors in a law firm and every time the doors opened, the couple separated. But help was at hand for everyone as soon as they stepped into the lift: a sign showed the name of the law firm and which floor the office was on. More here.

Divorce Lawyer Elevator Advertisement

Alternatives to Elevator:

Escalator Advertisement: Here we got a creative escalator advertisement that demonstrates DHL's inexplicable ability to reach on time regardless of conditions. The areas on either side and between the escalators were covered with huge bird's-eye view of Hong Kong highway with stationary vehicles; and the moving handrails then acted as a fast lane with a steady flow of little yellow DHL vans racing past. More here.

DHL Escalator Advertisement

Juice Salon Escalator Advertisement: To advertise the wide variety of hairstyle options available at Juice Salon, the picture of a man up till his forehead was pasted on the one end of the escalator and a different hairstyle on each of its steps. More here.

Juice Salon Escalator Advertisement

Incredible Staircases in the World: This one comes from Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy. More here.

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Best Stair Stickers: Here we got a Dolphin Coral Stair Risers Mural that's going to turn your staircase to look like a huge aquarium. More here.

Dolphin Coral Stair Risers Mural

Most Useful Under Stair Storage Ideas: If you are looking for some ideas on how to use the leftover area underneath the stairs and make it useful, then you landed on the right page. More here.

Most Useful Under Stair Storage Ideas

Advertisements on Stairs: To promote Ogawa Massage Chairs and their excellent massages, life sized stickers of a man face down were strategically placed at selected stairways around the city, creating the illusion that the person is receiving the "foot" massage. More Here.

Foot Massage Stairs Advertisement


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12 Awesome Vintage Photos That Show Men At Work Before AutoCAD.

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It's beyond any doubt that technological innovations have always made life better for mankind. And when there is a technological innovation in an industry it leads to multiple benefits, cost cuttings, time reduction, increased efficiency, error reduction, reduced cost of training and lot more. We have seen that robots are able to perform not only industrial works but also much more sophisticated jobs too. And now we see rise of Artificial intelligence (AI) in business and our daily lives.
Since its launch, AutoCAD has come a long way, from being a desktop app that used to run on microcomputers with internal graphics controllers to present mobile and web app - AutoCAD 360.
But before this, draftsmen made drawings; so did really their desk become smaller?
Every coin has two sides and so does every story.
What really happens when one knows a particular job and has been doing it for years and suddenly loses it due to upgradation?
Most drafters were said to be hourly employees just a step above a blue-collar worker with basic education, a 2 year AA degree from a community college.
And then engineering tech became draftsmen; these degreed engineers played the role of CAD designers, engineers, detailers, data managers, and more.
And the "Draftsmen" were allowed to disappear through attrition.
Hopefully AI isn't into blogging yet, or else we too will be without a job. Just a thought!

h/t boredpanda, dyt, vintageeveryday.

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12 Best And Unique Business Cards.

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What's the purpose of having a piece of paper and calling it your business card if it doesn't have its own personality? Your business card should be able to intrigue the recipient of your business card.
Your business card represents your business, your services or you, then it should be able to inculcate interest in your business, your services or you in your future client or customer.
Now if you got a standard or boring business card then you got two options, one go back to the drawing board and rethink how to make it stand out or two, continue it.
But one thing for sure, your business card should be able to talk about you, your business or your services and that doesn't need to be printed on it. It should be capable of conveying about you, your business or services in much more than those words printed on it.

Makeup Services Business Card: Sandra Martins offers makeup services to the customer and what better can it get than having rose red lipstick mark to send out the message? The Sandra Martins Business Card was created as a special stamp that simulates a lipstick mark that may be applied to any material, such as napkins, paper sheets, and more.

Makeup Services Business Card

Personal Trainer's Iron Slab Business Card: A clever business card of Karim Mobayed - Personal Trainer; the business card is printed on an iron slab weighing over 1lb. So once you pick up this trainer's business card your work out has started already.

Personal Trainer's Iron Slab Business Card

Self-Optometry Business Card: The Self-Optometry Business Card is a clever move by Myung Dong, a small optician store whose main customers where men and women between 50 - 70 years old in the surrounding area and who didn't acknowledge their poor vision as they were accustomed to it. Within a limited budget this clever Self-Optometry Business Card was created that examines people's eyesight. All one needed to do was just reach out their hand and the business card converts to an eyesight chart. About 500 business cards were distributed in the surrounding area, 99.9% of residents participated and over 90% of the residents visited the optician in just a month's time.

Self-Optometry Business Card

Tennis Court Business Card: Denia Salu Tennis Academy came up with this business card as it wanted to narrow its relationship with its present and future students. The business card was hand folded in half and when opened became a tennis court.

Tennis Court Business Card

pH Business Card: The Schwimmer Pool Service Business Card is printed on special pool pH paper and when the prospective clients dip this card into their pool's water to test its balance level, the business card then changes color to indicate whether or not they should call the phone number on the other side of the card.

pH Business Card

Degree/Diploma Business Card: Schoolarship is an organization that provides education grants to students in need. To create awareness of the benefits of scholarship grants to college and university students for a post-secondary diploma/degree, they came up with this Degree/Diploma Business Card.

Degree/Diploma Business Card

Frame Business Card: A business card of a frame manufacturer.

Frame Business Card

Ebolaindustries Business Card: Ebolaindustries is the digital nickname of Enfants Terribles and its professionals introduced themselves with a pseudonym: Mr. white, Mr. blue, Mr. orange, Mrs. green, Mrs. silver. The Ebolaindustries' business cards emulate the microscope slides, these in addition to the pseudonym, and other image in the reference color, also had the real names of the professionals, but visible only under a microscope.

Ebolaindustries Business Card

Candy Wrapper Business Card: Choko la Business Card makes its signature gourmet range an integral part of its business card. What more as the flavors kept changing, the demand of the business cards never declined.

Candy Wrapper Business Card

Shoelace Business Card: An interesting business card from Adidas, it had each salespersons detail along with the store address.

Shoelace Business Card

X-Ray Business Card: The University Veterinary Hospital has well known expert doctors in various fields. The X-Ray Business Cards were created using the hospital's stock of animal x-ray footage. These business cards looked like miniature x-ray sheets and each doctor was represented by an x-ray image that corresponded to his specialization or preferred animal.

X-Ray Business Card

Debt Recovery Agent's Business Card: This clever business card is of Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, a debt recovery agent, India. In India, for various personal loans, like credit card, car loan, home loan when the due payment starts failing, a debt recovery agent is allocated for recovery of the dues. And this business card is created using an X-Ray sheet, has the name and phone number of the recovery agent along with a broken finger. It's a simple yet effective way to get across the message that further delay in due payments won't be healthy.

Debt Recovery Agent's Business Card
Related Posts:
15 Clever Business Cards and Cool Business Card Designs - Part 9.
15 Unique Business Cards and Creative Business Card Designs - Part 8.
15 Clever Business Cards and Creative Business Card Designs - Part 7.
15 Unique Business Cards and Cool Business Card Designs - Part 6.
18 Clever and Creative Business Card Designs - Part 5.
20 Awesome and Cool Business Card Designs - Part 3.
27 Beautiful and Creative Business Card Designs - Part 2.
17 Outstanding and Creative Business Card Designs.

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Garage Transformed into a Mini Home.

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Whether you got a mansion or palatial home or you live in an apartment, what really matters is you should feel at peace. It's of no meaning if you have a house with 120 bedrooms but still lack peace and happiness. What really matters is the quality and not the quantity. Owning a mansion or palatial home may be a part of one's social status symbol but it's the people who stay in that house that makes it a home. When you return after a hard days work you should be able rest, relax and rejuvenate for the next day and we believe it got nothing to do with the size of your home.
And by transforming an old unused garage into a comfortable and beautiful living space, designer Michelle de la Vega has validated the above.
An old unused garage was renovated into a modern 250 sq. ft. full-functioning little house with customized furniture.
Though the space seems to be constraint but it looks like every inch of it was put to good use and after the transformation it seems much bigger.

h/t: homedit, architecture.ideas2live4.

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12 Creative Packaging Designs.

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Do you agree that presentation of a product makes a difference to the buying decision? What if you find a bag of chips on a shelf in a supermarket that has odd colors and unattractive packaging, do you prefer buying it? And what if you see a pack of noodles that has an impressive design and comes in attractive packaging?
We strongly believe that packaging can be of great importance to a product, or to say least for the first purchase, and later purchases are sure to be based on the quality of the product. But you need someone to first try a product for subsequent sales and here is where the packaging plays its part. Don't believe us, have a look.

JustLaid: Beautiful packaging design that emphasizes the freshness of its product.

JustLaid

Yarn Packaging: Rellana wool yarn beautifully uses creative packaging design for its hair range of yarn.

Yarn Packaging

Good Hair Day Pasta: The packaging design consists of boxes with cutout image of a woman with beautiful hairstyles, while different types of pasta are turned into awesome hairstyles. Though it was difficult for us to imagine the link between hair and food, but this pasta packaging design is sure to get your attention on the shelves.

Good Hair Day Pasta

Good Hair Day Pasta

Good Hair Day Pasta

Good Hair Day Pasta

Meat Shorts Packaging: Weird Clothing's meat shorts were packed like perishable meat.

Meat Shorts Packaging

The Bees Knees: An unusual yet effective packaging of The Bees Knees from Klein Constantia Farm.

The Bees Knees

Skinny Jeans Packaging: Skinny cardboard packaging designed to promote Lee skinny jeans.

Skinny Jeans Packaging

Laundry Detergent Box: This laundry detergent uses a washing machine inspired detergent box for promoting its product.

Laundry Detergent Box

Upside Down Shoes Packaging: The Reebok climbing shoes comes in an unusual yet interesting packaging design.

Upside Down Shoes Packaging

Peelable Banana Label: This creative Peelable Banana Label comes from Unifrutti Japan.

Peelable Banana Label

Fit Buns Bread Packaging: Creative packaging designed for Fit Buns healthy bread.

Fit Buns Bread Packaging

Dino Gum: The Dino Gum packaging was shaped like dino's jaws, just a reminder to all that dinosaurs must have had very strong teeth.

Dino Gum

Chip Bags: No more getting your hands dirty with oil and crumbs while you dig deeper when trying to enjoy a bag of chips. This creative packaging design gives you a new way to open chip bags.

Chip Bags

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Awesome Truck Side Advertising.

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How far do you think truckside advertisements are engaging? And what are optical illusion truck advertisements? We did create a post on this more than 11 years back, then and even now we aren't sure if all these are for real. Most of these seem to be photoshopped but we can't be sure. But in these, few of the truck advertisements seem to be for real. Check it out for yourself and decide………………………

Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
(Image via: adsoftheworld).

Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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Awesome Truck Side Advertisments
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10 Optical Illusions That Are Sure To Make You Think.

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Who doesn't enjoy a good optical illusion? If you are among those who enjoy illusions and try to seek answers, then we have something that is sure to get your attention, have a look.

Wall Optical Illusion: You need to stare at the red dot on the nose for 30 seconds and then look at a plain wall while blinking fast. Read this after you have done the above said: did you happen to see girl's image on the wall?

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(Image via: reddit).

Moving Balls Optical Illusion: Do you see the balls moving? Yes? Well this is a Jpeg (still photograph) and not Gif (moving).

Optical Illusions
(Image via: reddit).

It's a Bird?: When you see this image what did you see? A bird? Have a second look and this time check if it's a cat……

Optical Illusions
(Image via: reddit).

Aren't These Strawberries Red: What makes these strawberries an optical illusion? You would be surprised to know there are no red pixels in this photo. The answer to this comes from Ritsumeikan University's professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka, it's due to color constancy.

Optical Illusions
(Image via: moillusions).

Brick Wall Optical Illusion: Have a look at this wall image; it looks like any other ordinary wall. Now take a second look, and try to find the optical illusion hidden in the bricks. Got it? If no, here is the answer.

Optical Illusions
(Image via: mymodernmet).

Wood Pile Illusion: Can you find the cat in the woodpile? Take your time and if you still didn't find it, here is the answer.

Optical Illusions
(Image via: reddit).

Five Pairs Of Legs Illusion: Here we got a photo that shows six women sitting on a couch but you find only five pairs of legs. A pair of legs seem to be missing, have a look yourself. Did you find the missing legs? Give it some more time and if you still can't find them, here is the answer.

Optical Illusions
(Image via: reddit).

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The Illusion Of Three: On a simple glance it looks like the girl in the middle is holding the boys until you see the second part of the image.

Optical Illusions
(Image via: reddit).

Face Painting Optical Illusion:

Optical Illusions
(Image via: reddit).

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12 Perfect Photos That Look Photoshopped But Aren't.

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These photos look like they have been photoshopped but actually they aren't. Don't believe us, have a quick glance and you are sure to be surprised.

Lake In Hefei: This is the result of too much pressure on local resources where even clean water can become an issue.

Lake In Hefei
(Image via: allthatsinteresting).

Multi-Colored Bark: This multi-colored bark is of Eucalyptus deglupta also commonly known as the Mindanao gum.

Multi-Colored Bark
(Image via: daleysfruit).

Waves On Lake Erie: Dave Sandford, a professional photographer took this perfectly timed photograph at Lake Erie.

Waves On Lake Erie
(Image via: amusingplanet).

Colorful Waterfall: San Francisco-based photographers Sean Lenz and Kristoffer Abildgaard worked with glow sticks, various headlamps, road flares and even the moonlight to take this breathtaking photograph of waterfalls in California.

Colorful Waterfall
(Image via: boredpanda).

Trees In Schonbrunn:

Trees In Schonbrunn
(Image via: reddit).

Levitating Boat: The clear water makes it look like the boat is floating in the air.

Levitating Boat
(Image via: reddit).

Waterfall In The Yosemite National Park: A perfectly timed photo of a Yosemite National Park waterfall taken by Canadian photographer Justin Lee.

Waterfall In The Yosemite National Park
(Image via: lostateminor).

A Bird In Your Coffee:

A Bird In Your Coffee
(Image via: doodlewhale).

Colorful Terraces: These are the colorful rice field terraces of Yunnan.

Colorful Terraces
(Image via: reddit).

Flying Dutchman: It's the Sutro Tower in San Francisco that looks like a flying Dutchman.

Flying Dutchman
(Image via: reddit).

Kingfisher Diving Into Water: This incredible bird photograph comes from Spanish wildlife photographer Cea.

Kingfisher Diving Into Water
(Image via: mymodernmet).

Tilted House:

Tilted House
(Image via: atlasobscura).

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reTyre - The Next Generation Tyre.

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Some of us are into cars, while some are into motorbikes and some are into bikes. And when it comes to cycling, there are health benefits too. Apart from that, our cars and motorbikes are a part of a problem that we are facing with clean air.
It we aren't wrong, then tire for road bikes come in three styles - clincher, tubular and tubeless. But why don't we have a modular tire? Something like a zip-on?
Now we have a zip-on bicycle tire system - reTyre; it lets you change your tire in seconds to match your terrain. It lets you instantly swap out your tire treads for a better biking experience. These tires come with integrated zippers that give your bike added capabilities.
The reTyre Modular System consists of two parts - reTyre ONE, it's the base tire with integrated zippers attached to the sidewall and the reTyre Skins, interchangeable surfaces that you can zip up depending on the terrain you are about to ride on.
And when it comes to installation, if you can zip up your jacket, then you can change the skins in few seconds.

h/t: retyre, kickstarter.

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24 Awesome Hobo Nickels.

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As we know hobo nickel is a sculptural art form, though the term hobo nickel is generic, as carvings have been made from various denominations also.
And when we talk about these hobo nickels, we can't miss the Russian artist Roman Booteen. This master engraver carves these old coins and gives them a new life.
His creations are sure to amaze all that includes the coin collecting community. He creates some of the best hobo nickels we have ever seen. These cravings are complex, includes various figures and his characters have a personality of their own.
Few of his creations have movable parts, features hidden secret doors, push switches, hidden features and lot more.

h/t: romanbooteen, roman.booteen.

Hobo Nickels
Image Credit: Roman Booteen.


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12 Awesome Paintings on Coins.

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Frankfurt-based Brazilian designer Andre Levy transforms mass produced coins into awesome pop culture portraits. Levy uses the mini-structure of the coin to create these portraits that features presidents, monarchs, superheroes, characters from movies and animations.

h/t: talesyoulose, mymodernmet.

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(Image Credit: talesyoulose).

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