Refreshment in the city
9-8-2012
In the Portuguese city Guimarães, LIKEarchitects and fashion designer Ricardo Dourado are providing enough refreshment. Fountains of the city are transformed to mini swimming pools. These Fountain Hacks won the Performance Architecture award for urban interventions, part of the European Capital of Culture.
Dog parking bays
9-8-2012
The German IKEA Köln-Am Butzweilerhof offers dog parking bays, since the IKEA introduced a no-dog policy. Dogs will have a comfortable waiting space, while his owners can shop tranquilly. The parking bays feature a grass mat and drinking bowl.
Edible art by Dan Cretu
8-8-2012
Romanian artist Dan Cretu makes edible art with cucumber, peppers, oranges and other food. Inspire yourself by the examples on his Tumbler page.
The Cube Tube vertical ice tray
8-8-2012
Ice cubes can be created in various shapes and sizes, but this vertical ice cube tray looks really logical and handy. The tray can contain 14 ice cubes and is one of the products that is developed in cooperation with the product innovation website Quirky.
Customize your own mobile home
7-8-2012
Why sacrifice style and comfort when buying a mobile home? With the NONSTANDARD Mehrzeller you can design and customize your mobile home. The architect ensures that the result will be feasible and you are ready for the holidays.
Olympic bubbles
7-8-2012
The famous champagne brand Chandon designed an Olympic bottle and sparkling wine, specially for the Games. The Brut Classic is composed of the Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier grape and is being described as an elegant wine, with hints of green apple, cinnamon and caramel. The wine is only available at Selfridges.
Be one with the surroundings
7-8-2012
This hotel room, an Austrian concept design, makes guests be one with the surroundings by applying large windows. The Hypercucbus can easily be moved and features a bath, a small living space and a sleeping compartment.
GO recycle bin
6-8-2012
Goodss Passion designed recycle bins with lids in the shape of a bottle, tin can and carton as a universal language. They think that use of shapes instead of color codes, icons or text makes recycling less boring.
I love witlof | chicory
6-8-2012
The witlof / chicory growers of The Greenery publish a social media cookbook with the most popular recipes. People can add these recipes to the Facebook page and ‘Like’ them during the I love Witlof campaign. The main goal of the campaign is to activate young females to cook with witloof chicory. The social media cookbook is available from September.
Anchodina
6-8-2012
Anchodina is sardine fillet that has been salted and pressurized for 8 months and put in olive oil. The result is a mild salty sardine with a tender texture.