Dec 26, 2009

Sponsored airport gates

Airports are always looking for new ways to make money, improve wayfinding and make the airport experience more enjoyable. This example from Taipei creates some interesting ideas. I don’t know whether the airport is generating revenue from Hello Kitty branding these departure gates or whether they’d doing it purely as something fun. But consider for a moment the possibilities…. The... read more

Dec 23, 2009

Colourful Airport Seating

Nice use of colour in the seats at Hamilton Airport in Ontario. Image Credit Tags: Airport, Airports, colour, ontario,... read more

Dec 11, 2009

Turquoise 2010 colour of the year

Pantone are pretty good at picking colour trends or perhaps its just that people follow what they say and therefore create products in those colours.  Either way we’re likely to see lots of turquoise in 2010, both in products and retail outlets. “Turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same... read more

Dec 6, 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-06

Vertu kiosk at HK airport – geez the carpet is ugly or is it just me? http://twitpic.com/riyn1 # Wiggles store opened at Sydney Airport International Term today – Hot Potato!!! # Athletes Foot finding larger stores working better. http://ow.ly/H3pZ # MAp airports says it would consider buying Qantas Sydney Terminal if the terms are right. http://ow.ly/H3re # At Melbourne airport again –... read more

Nov 1, 2009

Rare coloured diamond auction

Sotheby’s are planning an auction on Nov 17 in Geneva which will feature a collection of some 400 lots of rare natural-coloured diamonds and historic jewels estimated to fetch in excess of 29.5 million. One of the most anticipated pieces is a pear-shaped fancy vivid blue with a modified brilliant cut weighing 5.96 carats – estimated to achieve between %4.4-$7.5m. There’s also a rare... read more