Sunday selection

Back your block
Another brand livening up the daily commute with fun bus stop features is Yahoo!, which has turned 20 bus stops in San Francisco into social gaming hubs. Commuters can challenge people in other neighbourhoods to a live play-off, clocking up points for their borough in order to win a street party with a gig by OK GO.

Bus Stop Derby
Via Adfreak


Handsfree TV
Soon, losing the remote behind the sofa won't be a problem as TVs will be gesture-controlled, if developments by PrimeSense are anything to go by. The company has developed a device, the WAVI Xtion, that enables the viewer to channel hop, control the volume and rewind content using hand signals. 

Via Technology Review by MIT


Scent School
Perfumier Le Labo's Devonshire Road boutique will be hosting a series of 5 perfume workshops from January to May,  the Synesthetic Series will teach students to experience perfume using every one of their senses. Hosted by 'synasethic provacateur' Nicola Pozzani, the interactive classes will take place on the last sunday of each month from 4-6pm for £45 per person.

Le Labo


TED on MEDs
TED is collaborating with TEDMED to host talks on the field of medicine and wellness. Firstly, learn how to hold your breath for 17 minutes*. 

*Do not try this at home.

Hip Hipstamatic

London's Orange Dot Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of iPhone Hipstamatic photography, featuring 157 photos from the a blog dedicated to the artform. Hipstamatic is a type of plastic analogue camera invented by 

Bruce and Winston Dorbowski in 1982 designed to cost less than film and to make beautiful photography available to everyone.

Catch the exhibition before it closes on 1st February.

Learn more about the history of the Hipstamatic, probably the coolest camera name ever, here.

If you've made it to the exhibition, let me know what you think. 

Vashti