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About Online Marketing Coordinator

Nina has been the Online Marketing Coordinator since April 2011 and is responsible for marketing all aspects of the online business as well as coordinating all the visual design and editorial of the website.

B DIFFERENT – BIZARRE BEDROOMS

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On average we spend a third of our lifetime sleeping, so here at Jules B we have been looking at the most unusual beds in the world, from rocking beds to ice hotels, there certainly are some unique ones out there.This acqua wonder world is the Honeymoon suite in the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island Resort.After a night of sleeping in this nest bed you will definitely be ready to ‘tweet’ your friends about it.Created by designer Steve Kuhl for a six year old boy, this bedroom certainly would have been the talk of the playground.This strangely shaped matress can be [...]

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B AMAZED – 3D PHOTOGRAPHY

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David Copithorne is a photographer and filmmaker specialising in the use of 3D geometric imagery to create a new perspective on the native landscapes, residents and cultures of the southern hemisphere. His use of a traditional 35mm camera combined with contemporary digital media techniques allows Copithorne to express his findings with a vintage, yet ultra modern feel. Instagram users may find the style of the images familiar, but Copithorne’s artwork is not just about a gimmicky photo filter… His passion lies with his fascination with being able to capture one single image that he has witnessed, in order for it [...]

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B UPLIFTED – FESTIVAL OF COLOUR CELEBRATION

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In a follow up to our recent travel special on Jaipur and  Holi, the festival of colour, this amazing video has emerged showing the celebration. The festival celebrates harvest and fertility by the throwing of brightly coloured powdered paint called gulal to disguise all levels of status, age and caste. It’s a time for fun, hope and equality where the whole country gets involved, and throwing paint at complete strangers is entirely normal. Enjoy…and we bet you’ll be planning your trip for next year very soon!

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B CREATIVE – CRACKING EGGS!

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How many ways can you crack an egg? To celebrate this lovely Easter Sunday we have found 15 different, colourful and tasty ways to cook the simple yet very humble egg. Simply click the image to find the recipes taken from culinary blogs around the world. Taken from the article 100 ways to cook an egg – click here to find the other 85 ways!

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B ACTIVE – ZORBING

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Zorbing is a craze taking over all the hill tops around the world today! This fantastic outdoor inflatable sphere gives you such an adrenalin rush like no other you will be hooked and want to ride inside again and again. The giant ball made from a flexible lightweight plastic is actually two orbs one inside another with an air layer between. This layer acts as a shock absorber, to reduce any bumps the rider would experience while traveling. Most orbs have straps that hold the rider in position, however some that are mainly used on flat land or water leave [...]

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B INSPIRED – I LOVE PEOPLE VIDEO

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‘I Love People’ is a documentary of still photography taken by traveler and photographer Benjamin Jenks, who, whilst travelling around the world,  wanted to capture the moment he met all the new people he met along the way. Some people dream about sky diving over the Australian outback, some people dream about relaxing on a beach in Fiji but Benjamin’s dream was to hitchhike around the USA. His dream was to meet as many people from every different walk of life and just so he never forgot one person he documented it and put it together in the amazing and [...]

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B AMAZED – SAND DRAWING

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Jim Denevan creates monumental pieces of art on beaches and desserts throughout America. He uses the sand to act as a blank canvas to display these immense formations. The shapes he creates reflect the forms created in nature, he does this to feel at one with the world around him. For 10 years he has been creating sand art as a way of channeling his passion for nature as well as the epic sense of loss he felt when his mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. This was his way of therapy when he was unable to help her through this [...]

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B AMAZED – THE HYPERREALISTIC PENCIL ART OF PAUL CADDEN

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These might look like photographs, but it’s not all black and white when it comes to the work of this artist. Despite looking like they have been captured on a camera, these are actually hand-drawn images created by hyperrealist artist Paul Cadden. The 47-year-old, from Scotland, is able to recreate photos in amazing detail, often just using only a pencil. From the wrinkles on a woman’s face, a puff of smoke from a cigarette or dripping water – Cadden’s drawings look unbelievably realistic. Hyperrealism was born from the idea of photorealism, which are paintings based on photographs but created in [...]

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B INSPIRED – THE WRINKLES OF THE CITY

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“Wrinkles of the City” is the latest project in progress by photographer and street artist JR – remaining anonymous JR sets out on the streets of the world as his canvas and portrays his story. This time the project questions the memory of a city and its inhabitants. It brings the older forgotten generations to light and lets them have center stage. They are the roots of the city, they are the creators of the city and they are often shadowed by the young and the new. JR wanted to capture their character and literally plaster these huge images all [...]

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B INNOVATIVE – KALEIDOSCOPE VASES

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Italian designer Giorgia Zanellato created this great project called Narciso, which started with the intention of designing some vases, focusing on the functionality of the vase as an object. But what is the function of a vase? They are used to display flowers. Narciso is a collection of six different vases which use mirrors to draw attention to the role of the flowers. Mirrors are investigated in all their aspects, from the simplest reflection to the most complex one. In this way each vase shows flowers from a different point of view. To visit his website click here. To view [...]

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