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Foldable, portable and practical, the ‘Radler Trail Camp’ by Timberland is a lightweight and water-repellent shoe quite suitable for outdoor activities. It is especially excellent for the foldable design, featuring a zipper along its sole so that the shoe can fold along its center when not in use. With that unique feature, even with simply one bag you can take almost ten pairs of shoes at one time, as they take up really small space indeed.

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Honestly I’ve completely forgotten the invention of matches after the day there is cigar lighter on the world, but quite surprisingly I still wanted to have a try of these Stormproof Matches once I saw several keywords about them: windproof, waterproof and stormproof, burning for up to 15 seconds… That’s really attractive, and all those features make the matches especially useful for camping, fishing, boating and emergency conditions.

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The beautiful scenery is not the only reason that encourages us to go picnic in the open air, sometimes an intriguing tent plays a bigger role too. Created by British designers, these Exclusive Tourist Tents are rightly something individual and unmissable, printed with interesting patterns on exterior surfaces and thus make them completely eye-catching when used in the nature.

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Simple but practical, Survive Outdoors Longer’s (SOL) “Survival Blanket” costs you only six dollars while offers you much more help than you can ever expect. It’s made of “vacuum-metalized polyethylene” that reflects 90% of body heat and resists shredding, thus to ensure the users a warming shelter when they accidently need to survive in the wild. To provide you with more help, the blanket even comes with printed wilderness survival tips on the surface. So if you feel cold, put on the blanket. If you don’t know what to do, look at the blanket. Things will then go easy.

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You ever dreamed to own a special tent that may work in the same way as your house? Congratulations, as your dream has come true with the Japanese outdoor equipment company Logos’ Decagon Tent. It is an outdoor modular structure that can be used separately or linked together. Available in four types including ‘decagon link’, ‘link dome’, ‘link screen’ and ‘car joint tarp’, the modular tent each can hold three to four people while the largest tent actually would accommodate up to 16 people. As an additional bonus, the Decagon’s ‘car joint tarp’ is specially designed for you cars, something like the garage for your house. Presented at the “Japan Good Design Award 2011 Exhibition”, the innovative tent has received high praise from the visitors and now launched to the public.

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Wood, stone, steel… Forget those traditional materials used to build furniture, and have a look at these carbon fiver furniture set. They all have merely thin surface plate that measures 1 cm, but can actually bear great strength and work for a long time. As an additional bonus, the carbon fiber furniture is very lightweight, so you can conveniently move it in or out of rooms according to your needs.

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“Bendch” is a creative combination of a billboard screen with bench. Used as advertisement platform in public places like bus stops or culture squares, the “Bendch” can display videos, graphics and other kinds of ads, but at the same time it would act as a bench for passers-by to rest.

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Sleepbox is a mini building that allows you to sleep comfortably and conveniently. It was originally a conceptualized design put forward in 2009 and now has been installed at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, for travelers to rent and sleep for hours during their transfers at airports. [Read the rest of this entry...]

How to effectively make Frankfurt’s SPORTSCHECK store known to local residents and help the new store to sell a large amount of products? This time the Ogilvy Frankfurt HMD Druck has decided to use cars as their advertising media, transforming snow-covered cars into skid-marked ski slopes that has miniature snowboarders and skiers on top. As a result, every morning the local residents sees their cars, the appealing vouchers will remind them of the great fun of skiing. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Nowadays advertisements are no longer commercial only, they’re an important part of our life too. Outstanding ads make us smile, bring us with courage, inspire us with new ideas and sometimes live us in a better world – a world full of surprise. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Really interesting idea… We now can at least get a VW Camper Van Tent if we still couldn’t afford a VW vehicle. With external dimension of 398cm (L) x 187cm (H) x 155cm (D) and internal dimension of 388cm (L) x 182.5cm (H) x 145cm (D), this foldable tent will no doubt bring you and your family a nice summer in nature. [Read the rest of this entry...]

We all are greedy guys: when living in comfortable apartments we’d like a simple sleep in the nature, but when we’re in a forest… oh God, we just miss the spacious house so much. Luckily there’s something can meet your special needs, and what we are talking about is this Gigwam Tent System. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Tear-off ads are largely welcomed usually because they’re cheap and simple to use. But have a look at these tear-off ads and you’ll find they also win with unique originality. Each one is cleverly designed, and thus successfully attracts passersby and leaves them a deep impression. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The disposable BBQ is a clever alternative to aluminum trays and forks. All its components are combustible, minimizing the operation time and saving your energy. It is also chemical free, leaving no footprints to the environment. So when finished with the picnic, you can simply throw the devices into the fire and therefore to lighten your bags. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Outside apartments there’s good grassland for us to relax in the nature and to ensure enough comfort you’ll also need the multiuse mat. It is foldable and lightweight, allowing for an easy transportation. More importantly it can be molded into a back cushion and is built with several storage shelves so as to meet your various needs in the open air. [Read the rest of this entry...]