My inspiration blog - by Eline Kwantes

Creative necklaces by Paola Volpi

Like the idea of these different necklaces, they are very creative! Check out Paola Volpi's website for more.

 

Found via Lost at E Minor.

Augmented reality mirror enables testing Shiseido makeup

Interesting concept! Already saw things like these before, but not actively used in stores. Isn't this great? As a woman I think this is a very good invention: never walk out of a makeup store looking as a clown anymore ;-)

Found via Springwise.

Raplapla pluches

Love these pluche toys by Raplapla, spotted via the very nice webshop Ethic Garden. They are very creative and handmade of course:

 

Readeo: bedtime stories at long distance

At Springwise, I came across this concept called Readeo. The platform enables parents to share bedtime stories at long distance via the web. Great idea, that also makes use of the webcam. 

"The Chicago-based company's patent-pending application integrates digitised picture books with webcam communication, allowing adults and children to share stories while seeing and interacting with each other. A diverse library is available on the site." Springwise tells us.

Want to know more? Visit Readeo.

Postcarden - postcard and garden in one

Check out this innovative, creative idea! Watch the video to see how it works. Defenitely inspirational, right? To see more, visit Postcarden.com.

Monsters in real places

Came across this crazy blog featuring images of "monsters in real places". The idea is that people send in their creations of a real life place, with a drawn monster in it. This results into numurous creations that are sometimes quite funny...

Some examples:

 

xmoonbloom - hats for your pets

This is really funny. The owner of Etsy shop xmoonbloom crochets hats for pets!

She also creates very nice cuddly animals by the way...

Chiquita banana viral campaign

Like this funny campaign for Chiquita bananas, by DJ Neff! Includes viral stickers on the bananas themselves, but also video, sticker creator and game... Read everything about it here on DesignBoom.

Found via YoungMarketing.nl.

New way to browse Etsy - PicClick

You know I'm a great fan of Etsy's, can roam around the site for hours and hours...

PicClick, also working with eBay, now introduced a new way to browse through all the handmade items Etsy offers. It is way more visual and less text. You can view all the posted articles, or look trough them by category.

According to PicClick, people can sift through content a lot quicker on the web if you use visuals in stead of text. Totally agree, although looking at a huge amount of pictures also gets boring after a while (but text even more).

The PicClick Etsy looks like this:

 

Can imagine that a lot of other sites are going to be inspired by this new way of browsing. Who needs all the text websites offer us anyway? Ok, for a news oriented website text might be really necessary, although you see even them moving to more image and video content... As far as Etsy goes, it enhances the user experience a lot. Maybe the search results will look like this too in the future.

One disadvantage: there is still a lot of junk items in the overview. What would really be great is if the editors, or specific groups (maybe my own?), would be able to feature stuff up on a tool/page like this...

Spotted articles inspiring me to feature this at Creativity-Online.com and Mashable.com.

PleaseRobMe.com

Putting all your info up on different social media platform, is not always a smart thing to do... Recently some not so very kind people decided to break into my house - very annoying! I especially don't mention stuff like "I left home just now" on Twitter or Facebook, but a lot of people do. And robbers are of course very happy with the info you provide them with. Especially if you have a public profile, they can easily find out where and when they should be at a place.

 

The platform PleaseRobMe.com makes use of this info, to provide people with insights into what the consequences are of posting 'delicate' information like the above... It seems to have started out in a blink, but they would like to continue with a professional organisation, so they say: "We want to offer this website to a professional foundation, agency or company that focuses on raising awareness, helping people understand and provide answers to online privacy related issues."

Found via DutchCowgirls.nl.