Branding on a Bean?

The Nature's Greeting is the New Generation of Branding 

 Looking for a new way to add green to your events? This creative magic bean provides all kinds of options for special events. From bridal gifts to corporate branding opportunities, this little bean is a BIG hit with planners everywhere. This unique gift idea is designed and guaranteed to surprise, excite, and amaze!  The Natures Bean is a rare bread of bean. In Each can, one bean is pre planted in a special soil. Each tree can grow to 25-30 cm. You can give them as gifts and have guests grow them at home, watching the message develop or pre plant them and give them fully grown to guests at their tables or as parting gifts. They are all natural and may be kept as a keepsake or planted. They are non toxic and easy to use. Its a green gift idea sure to be a big hit at your next event.

Big Sound – Little Space

Compact Metal Speaker Delivers Big Sound "Aluminum tube. Planners and creative designers are raving about this tiny little music maker that can be placed anywhere and be virtually hidden fom site. It sounds just like a full size speaker and gets surprisingly loud. All this from an aluminum tube the size of a tube of toilet paper. Perhaps the days of "bigger is better" for speakers are finally going away? It even has a built-in mp3 player and rechargeable battery, so it can play music without being connected to anything. It can be attached to anything and last for hours. Now program different sounds for different vignettes, have a wide array of music and moods in one event for next to nothing. Little investment HUGE idea.

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Topiary Photo Holder/Place Card Holder

A breathtaking topiary – always the stunning showpiece of an exquisitely arranged garden – is the inspiration for this dramatic design. The Topiary Photo Holder/Place Card Holder will bring the same engaging charm to your wedding reception tables. Nobly rising from a well-crafted, dark-wood planter is the finely manicured, round, rich green foliage – an artisan's hallmark. Every topiary can hold a cherished photo of the happy couple or a place card. The topiaries, which come in sets of four, measure 4" h x 2" w.

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Design Alert: Pantone Names Color of the Year 2010

Design ALERT. The hottest color of the year is out.  

Pantone is pleased to announce PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise, an inviting, luminous hue, as the Color of the Year for 2010. Combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, Turquoise inspires thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a comforting escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of wellbeing.

In many cultures, Turquoise is believed to be a protective talisman, a color of deep compassion and healing, and a color of faith and truth, inspired by water and sky. Through years of color word-association studies, we also find that to many people, Turquoise represents an escape, taking them to a tropical paradise that is pleasant and inviting – even if it is only a fantasy.

Whether envisioned as a tranquil ocean surrounding a tropical island or a protective stone warding off evil spirits, Turquoise is a color that most people respond to positively. It is universally flattering, has appeal for men and women, and translates easily to fashion and interiors. With both warm and cool undertones, Turquoise pairs nicely with any other color in the spectrum. Turquoise adds a splash of excitement to neutrals and browns, complements reds and pinks, creates a classic maritime look with deep blues, livens up all other greens, and is especially trend-setting with yellow-greens.

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Its a Bird, Its a Plane, its…. Flying Brands?

Picture the Calgary skyline filled with Nike swooshes. Or the golden arches of McDonald's gently drifting over Vancouver.  Well a unique company has come up with a way to fill the sky with foamy clouds shaped like corporate logos – Flogos, as he they refer to them. Former magician Francisco Guerra developed a machine that produces tiny bubbles filled with air and a little helium, forms the foam into shapes and pumps them into the sky. The Walt Disney Co. is using one to send out foamies shaped like Mickey Mouse heads into the air at Walt Disney World, Mr. Guerra said.

"It's a shock factor when you look up and there's a logo over your head," said Mr. Guerra, whose company, Snowmasters, also makes machines that churn out fake snow and foam.

HOW IT WORKS – A boxlike contraption produces a specially formulated white foam and forces it upward through a stencil. Once the foam is several inches thick, a metal cutter slices it and a faux cloud floats away.

THE NUMBERS -A single Flogo can travel as far as 30 miles and as high as 20,000 feet, says Francisco Guerra (below), and the machine can produce one every 15 seconds. The maximum width is 4 feet.

THE IMPACT -The foam is environmentally safe because it's mostly water, air and a soapy agent that creates bubbles, Mr. Guerra says. Flogos pop just like bubbles and disappear when they hit a tree or building, sometimes leaving a powdery residue that blows away.Experts weigh in

Note Kathleen Bergen, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman, said Flogos would probably fall under rules pertaining to balloon launches. She said a local FAA office would need to be contacted before a Flogos launch so that pilots could be notified about it.

Matt Leible of Generation Outdoor, a New York agency specializing in outdoor advertising, said the Flogos machine's $3,500-per-day fee is a bargain compared to skywriting ($4,500 per day) or an airplane towing a banner ($5,000 per day).

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