Reindeer in Headlights

BBDO - Toronto, Canada give us their Mercedes-Benz Reindeer in Headlights. It’s so fresh, we’re yet to find any info on this…but we can safely say, this is very cool!

Loved by @21beamish. Original image sourced here: http://www.ibelieveinadv.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mercedes_reindeer_in_headlights-1.jpeg

Kissmas Party

San Francisco-based agency Cutwater has decided to merge their holiday party and Christmas cards. The result? Cutwater Kissmas Party.

The site brings the idea of virtual mistletoe, where visitors can smooch and be smooched by strangers by using Instagram. By simply hash tagging an image #leftkiss or #rightkiss, people are paired at random. A fun way to spread some holiday cheer with clients and friends.

Loved by @21beamish. Check out more images here http://kissmasparty.com/

“Pukka” FoodTube

This video from Jamie announces his new ‘FoodTube’, which will launch on January 21^st. The go-to place for foodies where Jamie will be hosting live streams, helpful tips and new talent. This fun interactive video is a creative way to tease a new platform/channel. Plus you get to slap Jamie Oliver!!

Loved by @sophierowe2410. Check out the interactive video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usPV2cXhxp0

Matchstick Art

A Russian photographer called Stanislav Aristov uses matchsticks and the smoke from a lit matchstick to create mini fire sculptures!

Loved by @j_mish. Check out more amazing images here: http://designtaxi.com/news/354603/Photographer-Creates-Miniature-Fire-Sculptures-With-Matchsticks/

Smeared Skies by Matt Molloy

Ontario, Canada-based photographer Matt Molloy recently created a gorgeous series of sky images by stacking multiple photos onto one. The individual photos are most often taken from the time lapses he shoots. The final photo has a stunning painterly effect, almost as if someone had taken a paintbrush to the sky and smeared its beautiful colors.

Loved by @SamTheFurst. More amazing skies can be found here: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/matt-molloy-smeared-skies

Blue Tit Barnet

The greatest hair salon around. Order food, drink vino or invite friends to hang out in their garden. Blue Tit Hairdressers in Dalston and Clapton is an award-winning salon, which believes that a haircut should be an experience, not just a transaction.

Loved by @KateHowster because: “…they’re pretty good with scissors and chemicals too. Great when you’re juggling a million and one things pre Xmas.” http://www.bluetitlondon.com/

Hudson Lodge

Inspired by the Canadian ski town of Mont Tremblant, New York’s first Ski Bar, The Hudson Lodge, is an outdoor ski-resort themed bar in the heart of the city. Don your festive jumper and settle in with a Hot Buttered Rum Toddy and a forkful of Green Chili Fondue.

Loved by @Jolwoir1. See also: http://www.hudsonlodgenyc.com/

Princefest

We think Prince is pretty cool and love the Princefest concept at The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, a series of Prince documentaries and films on the 14-15 December.

Loved by @TishLondon. For the full programme visit: http://www.ica.org.uk/35323/Seasons/Princefest.html

Tree Creatures

French artist Clément Briend has created a project called Cambodian Trees, which used moving 3D projections to make trees look like wild creatures.

Loved by @sarah_says. Check out more amazing pictures here: http://www.bangstyle.com/2012/11/clement-briends-cambodian-trees-project/

Bypost

We love an app called Bypost Postcard Maker. It is an iPhone application which will allow you to send your iPhone photos as a real printed postcard to anyone in any address in the world.

Loved by @Alex_Clough who says: “It’s awesome – you pay through PayPal can tailor your message on the back.” Download the app here: http://bypost.com/

Banking by Design

Union Bank are letting you design your own commercial to promote their new banking product – Banking by Design – that lets customers pick and choose the features they want in their checking account.

Hours of fun as there are lots of options to choose from and you might be in with a chance to see your commercial aired on TV.

loved by @vclaireh. You can create your commercial here: http://commercial.bankingbydesign.com/#create

Photographer Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan is a photographer and good-timer who lives in New York City. He has worked with J. Crew, Tiffany & Co., Ghurka and Wolverine to name just a few. Sean is also the man behind the wildly popular site, The Impossible Cool, that features black and white images of well-loved style icons.

This picture was taken at the building across the street from our NY office!!

loved by @Laur_Linz. Follow the links to Sean’s sites here: http://www.papermag.com/2012/11/photographer_sean_sullivans_po.php

Rihanna’s Plane

Rihanna has invited 200 journalists and fans to join her on a 7-day, 7-country, 7-concert mini-tour called #777Tour. She is allowing them to report on her tour from the inside, resulting in an awesome look at the star’s life on the road, and giving them unobstructed access to the life of the rich, beautiful and famous. Talk about killer publicity for ALL parties!

Loved by @fullest. Check it out here: http://gawker.com/5960958/whats-happening-on-the-rihanna-plane-dispatches-from-the-front-line

100,000 Stars

Tour the Milky Way Galaxy from your desk using Google’s new interactive map.

@alex_clough massively digs space, so he’s all over Google’s latest Chrome Workshop experiment, where they have interactively mapped 100,000 stars that we can now explore from our desks. #mindblown

Loved by @alex_clough. Check it out here: http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/

Good Fast Food

Mexican chain Chipotle make tasty burritos out of humanely farmed food and run a ‘Cultivate Foundation’ which supports farming communities. Over the last several years, Chipotle has contributed more than $2 million to help fund initiatives that support sustainable agriculture, family farming, culinary education, and innovation that promote better food.

Loved by @HunterNiki. Check it out here: http://www.cultivatefoundation.org/

Pinterest Secret Boards

Pinterest now allows you to make secret boards where you can post things privately, and share them only with who you want, when you want.

Loved by @fullest in our US office. Check the full story out here: http://wapo.st/ROLBU4

Calvin Harris Get Dancing app

To listen to Calvin Harris’ new album 18 Months for free, fans can download an app that contains all of the songs in full.

Here’s the catch… they can only listen to the music as long as they are dancing. A motion-detecting feature ensures that the tunes will play only as long as the listener is dancing, or at least moving their phone. If they stop, the music stops too. Clever, eh?

Loved by @MissYudi in our UK office. Check out the full story here: http://bit.ly/UxYRPU

Grolsch Unbottling Championships

Grolsch, well known mostly for its swing-top bottle cap, have for the first time in its history held a special event celebrating the art of beer opening — The Grolsch Swingtop Open World Championship.

Aroslav Panov, a contender representing Russia, scooped the first place and won an all-expenses paid trip to the Toronto International Film festival, which Grolsch sponsors.

Loved by @vclaireh in our UK office. Check out the full story here: http://bit.ly/SPVzCi

Knitting chair

Sometimes low-tech can be just as inventive as the more high tech stuff, like this rocking chair/knitting device that lets you soothingly groove back and forth to ease your troubles while knitting yourself a hat at the same time. Rock your way to a new hat, literally! Creators Project strikes again.

Loved by @LucyNashNY in our US office. Check out http://bit.ly/Q81VkE for the full story.