Despite the trend of moving to big cities, people are returning to nature due to a stressful lifestyle. Research has shown that we want smaller buildings in contact with nature. The Slovenian company Smartdome Constructions answered this with Smartdome houses, modular and environmentally friendly domes that look like something from another planet or from a futuristic movie. Their advantage is that everyone can afford it, it can be easily implemented in any environment and adapted to current needs. They can be energy independent and require no bureaucracy. You do not need a building permit for installation.
Quittr is a Slovenian minimalist cigarette holder that, with its functional design, teaches the user to gradually reduce and eventually stop smoking.
BuWizz is a Slovenian remote control for Lego bricks. "Engine" behind the engine for Lego bricks is a nine-member Slovenian team that presents itself on Kickstarter with an innovation for small and large children, where it collects funds to start mass production.
A new lamp with a circular shape, called Rondela, was recently designed by Slovenian authors connected to the Ropot creative group.
Pojdi z mana is Igor Šterko's multi-award-winning youth adventure thriller, which was premiered in Slovenia at the Festival of European and Mediterranean Film, before its regular cinema release in December, and you will also be able to see it at the Ljubljana International Film Festival Liffe 2016. It for a warm, but occasionally also very tense and creepy film that exposes how vulnerable and unprepared today's youth are when technology fails.
Few people today use their smartphone without a protective case. These have long since become fashionable accessories, and the Slovenian organic covers of Organika Cases add a new dimension to them - the smell. The idea, which was conceived by the young developer Žiga Lunder and realized under the brand name Organika, can be supported on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, where the three-member Organika team collects 13 thousand US dollars to start mass production.
In Podgarić, Croatia, Slovenian photographer Luke Paige captured two Slovenes skating on the Yugoslav monument to the revolution of the Moslavina nations, which was created by the sculptor Dušan Džamonija and which was discovered by Josip Broz - Tito himself in 1967. It symbolizes the wings of freedom, and skateboarders Jan Robek and Miha Miklavčič posed for Paige.
Adrifund, the first Slovenian crowdfunding platform, came to life. Until now, we have only reported on the foreign platforms Kickstarter and Indiegogo, where many Slovenian ideas also competed for start-up funds, but now Slovenians have got their own Kickstarter. It grew on the lawn of Matej Rauh from Lesc. He brought the idea from Iceland, where the "local" platform Karolina Fund was a great success.
If we want to avoid reckless shopping for holiday gifts and unpleasant crowds in shopping centers, we can take a look at slovenika.eu, where in one place we can find a wide selection of creative Slovenian products that will delight our loved ones. At slovenika.eu, we will find something small or large for every member of our (extended) family.
Slovenia Lover is a new Slovenian YouTube show in English that promotes Slovenia in a fun way. Zunaj is already the first episode in which Rok Trkaj explains, among other things, where Slovenia is located. Many still do not know this today! Educational and fun. The creative team of Slovenia House is behind the project.
The first days of December are approaching and with them a magical festive atmosphere. The environmentally friendly Xmas3 Christmas tree and Xmas decorations, made in harmony with nature and with responsibility towards the environment, tradition and artisans, will conjure up this for us at home.
The Slovenian youth film Nika, directed by Slobodan Maksimović, will have its world premiere at the International Children's and Youth Film Festival in Zlin, which will take place from May 27 to June 3, 2016, and the action film, which deals with the theme of karting, is coming to Slovenia in October 2016.