Socially Conscious Snow Leopard Vodka

A new luxury spirit that donates a percentage of its proceeds to conservation

For consumers who don’t have time to try all of the many different vodkas on the market, it’s tough to know the liquor’s true nuances and build brand allegiance. With the newly released Snow Leopard Vodka, however, there’s an added value to every purchase: conservation. The high-end spirit is distilled and handcrafted in small batches in Poland’s Polmos Lublin, using fertilizer and pesticide-free spelt (rather …

Unerdwear

A geeky Polish duo designs comfy, print-heavy "softwear" for nerds

Two graphic designers working in Poland’s burgeoning tech industry have taken “softwear” startups to the next level. Their unintentional product: Unerdwear, boxer shorts that unleash your true inner nerd. Kasia Bojanowska and Joanna Socha’s combined eye for Tumblr-meets-Reddit-meets-Nintendo patterns, their absurd sense of humor and working in close proximity with the target demographic led to a fortuitous happenstance. “Me and Socha go way backwe went …

Boddie Smartwatch

Polish start-up Rearden Technology launches a social media solution via crowd-funding site Indiegogo

As we continue to grow more and more attached to technology, the weight of social relationships and ever-connectedness builds with it. While we all seem to subconsciously know the downside of this lopsided relationship, few of us do anything to address it. But Polish start-up Rearden Technology aims to, with the Boddie Smartwatch, launching today through crowd-funding site Indiegogo. The slender device wirelessly tethers to …