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Unconventional Christmas Trees

They don’t need to be decorated or given a special place in your living room.

Poster-tree, it doesn’t get any easier
Poster-tree, it doesn’t get any easier
  Christmas seems to arrive sooner every year. Years ago, the tree was decorated two weeks before December 25th. Now it’s an oddity to see the streets of a large city still “bare” at the end of November.

We also keep buying more and more gifts, eating more food, and decorating more rooms in our homes with balls, lights, stars, ribbons, and tinsel.

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 on 2 Dec 2008 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts

Hanging plants. Why not?

Hang it from the ceiling like a lamp

An upside down orchid
An upside down orchid
  No, we didn’t turn the picture upside down. These plants are just like that, as strange as this may seem, they hang from the ceiling and grow “down”. They’re called Sky Planter and they’re a Bosske design created by Patrick Morris, an art student specialized in ceramics who created these plants as a final project for a course. Thanks to these hanging plants, Morris won a prestigious design award in the UK and became one of the best potters to have earned a degree in design.

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 on 1 Dec 2008 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts

Adhesive Vinyl

A good way to decorate your walls without making holes in them.

Domestic’s fake bookshelf
Domestic’s fake bookshelf
  Vinyl adhesives are the natural descendants of classic painted wallpaper. These adhesive strips are made of a flexible material: ultra-resistant and long-lasting vinyl (hence their name). They’ll stick to any flat surface: walls, ceilings, household appliances, floors… and if you peel them off carefully you can even reuse them.

They are a good option if you want to decorate a rental home but are not allowed to drill holes in the walls or paint them a different color.

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 on 28 Nov 2008 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts

Owarai

Japanese Owarai comedy is a hit on every TV show in Japan

  Do you know what “Owarai” means? It’s a word that is widely used to refer to Japanese comedy. Owarai comes from "Warai", which is Japanese for laughter. The history of Japanese humor is long. The origins of “Owarai” have their roots in antiquity.

"Manzai", one of the many styles of Japanese humor, was born in the Heian (794 -1185) period.

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 on 27 Nov 2008 by Ayumi Nakai in Japanese videos

Citrus Clock

This wooden clock works for a full week on energy provided by a single lemon.

It looks like a digital juicer, but it’s a clock
It looks like a digital juicer, but it’s a clock
  In France, many teachers use lemons to teach children about how batteries work. In other works, to teach them about electrolysis. But, why lemons? The explanation is simple: when an acidic or salty liquid such as lemon juice comes into contact with zinc it produces oxidation, the process whereby electrons are lost.

The electrons produce movement as they “leave”. And this movement is what causes electricity.

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 on 27 Nov 2008 by Marta Reig in Gadgets, inventions and prototypes

Kids Love the Gifts Included in Kagaku Magazine

This scientific magazine targeted at Japanese children always includes amazing and extraordinary science-related gifts.

This is a microphone that produces magical sounds and is made with a spring
This is a microphone that produces magical sounds and is made with a spring
  What is Kagaku magazine like?

Kagaku (Science in Japanese) is a magazine published by Gakken that is targeted at children. The publication was launched in the 60’s and focuses on the world of science. Throughout the 1980’s, Kagaku, along with Gakusyu (Learning in Japanese, also published by Gakken), sold a total of 670 million copies a month. Though it may seem exaggerated, this means that approximately 2 out of every 3 school age children had a subscription to the magazines at the time.

People who grew up back then have fond memories of Kagaku .

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 on 26 Nov 2008 by Ayumi Nakai in Japanese Culture

Flosis

This humidifier shaped like a vase will increase the moisture level in your room. Once the air has been purified, turn it off and use it as a vase.

Is it a humidifier or a vase?
Is it a humidifier or a vase?
  If you’ve never owned a humidifier, it’s probably because you live in a city that has an adequate amount of moisture in the air. If you’ve never even seen one, you definitely do not have small children or siblings. Humidifiers devices that are used to increase the amount of moisture in the air. They usually look like a sort of blender with a chimney on top that blows out water vapor.

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 on 26 Nov 2008 by Marta Reig in Gadgets, inventions and prototypes

Cool Calendars

You’ll want the days to go by faster so you can pop bubbles, light matches, or move magnets around on your fridge. Calendars aren’t what they used to be.

Adhesive Tape Calendar
Adhesive Tape Calendar
  Cell phones, Palm Pilots, and computers have managed to do away with the classic calendar.Who has a paper calendar hanging in the wall of their office these days?Nobody does, because they’re no longer necessary.But we must admit hanging a calendar on the wall with a thumbtack and flipping over the pages to discover each month’s photo had its charm and it’s a shame to have lost that.

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 on 25 Nov 2008 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts

Tuttuki Bako

This is Bandai’s latest creation, an interactive box-shaped toy with a hole on one side, so you can stick your finger in to get rid of the bad guys.

Stick your finger in to kill the bad guys
Stick your finger in to kill the bad guys
  The inventors of some Infinite Toys, those absurd toys that reproduce moments of everyday life such as peeling a banana, have also created a new invention that was recently launched on the market in Japan.

It’s called Tuttuki Bako and apparently it’s a rather cheap-looking interactive game because the screen is in black and white and its protagonists look too much like the classic PacMan.

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 on 21 Nov 2008 by Marta Reig in Unusual gifts

I’m tempted to open those cans!

In Japan, the world of canned food offers a great deal of variety. You can find very sophisticated canned food on any supermarket’s shelves.

Cans with photos of waitresses from Maid Café’s
Cans with photos of waitresses from Maid Café’s
  Japan is one of the countries with the most varied selection of canned foodstuff. Years ago, eating canned food was synonymous of malnutrition and cans contained food that was preserved using thousands of additives and artificial colors. In other words, canned food was: emergency food.

But gastronomy has reinvented itself… and so has canned food. Its quality has improved noticeably, to the point that it has become a luxury good.

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 on 20 Nov 2008 by Ayumi Nakai in Japanese Culture
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