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Inspired by Willy Wonka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, McVitie’s decided to cover an elevator in London with a lick-able wallpaper printed with 1,325 Jaffa Cakes.
Leaning over, ever so slightly, on your way to the top floor and licking the walls is not awkward at all.
*Find out more information on McVitie’s advertising efforts through SmartPlanet
With the recently ended Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games starting soon, London is hotter than ever. It is certainly the place to be as Summer winds down. In September starts another reason to get yourself to London, The London Design Festival.
The 10th London Design Festival this year promises to be epic. One of the highlights of this years design festival is the BE OPEN Sound Portal where visitors are immersed in 3 dimensional soundscapes.
*Get information on times, dates and venues from Visit London or the London Design Festival website
If you ever wanted to know where the team from Elle Magazine hang out, well you can now check out their top 5 restaurants in London on their website.
* The top 5 London restaurants from the Elle Magazine team
If you have visited or lived in London for any amount of time, you will be familiar with the Oyster Card, London’s payment system for their public transport. Dhani Sutanto built the RFID chip and an antenna into a resin ring so that you don’t even need to carry a card around.
No 5 Maddox and Europa House are 2 luxurious, serviced apartments in Mayfair and Little Venice respectively. Both are in beautiful suburbs with high street shops nearby as well as restaurants, bars, art galleries and museums.
Have you heard the official Olympic song? It’s by British alternative rock band Muse and it’s nothing like their previous work. I love Muse, but I think I will have to let the song grow on me and with how many times it will probably be played during the Olympics, I think it just might.
Electrolux and architect firm, Park Associati have bought a pop-up restaurant to Europe. The Cube is a restaurant that is popping up all over the continent in surprising and fascinating places, like opposite the Duomo in Milan or on the Cinquantenaire Arch in Brussels or as it has been from the 1st June 2012 on the roof of the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Coca Cola and the London 2012 Olympics have gotten together to design a coke bottle that celebrates the spirit of the Olympics. These limited edition aluminium coke cans are available only from licensed vendors in Australia from June 8th till August.
You can see the commemorative Coca-Cola bottles on the Branding Magazine website
A great way to celebrate all things London related in the lead up to the London Olympic Games 2012, is to make a ruffled burlap Union Jack cushion. Becca from From Gardeners Two Bergers made this one with a tutorial from Aimee at Twigg Studios, and it looks like it worked out just great.
You can find the method for Becca’s Union Jack cushion on From Gardeners Two Bergers
In just under 100 days, London will be opening the world’s foremost sports competition, The London Olympic Games 2012, and they have already started the celebrating. All around London and England, gardens have been planted and soldiers lined up, even Indonesian children participated in games organised by the British Embassy in Jakarta. Will you be in London for the games? We would love to know what you are looking forward to seeing!
