Bubble lamp

27-4-2012

A bubble is brief, and bursts at your touch. But while it lasts, it catches the light and reflects the room like a multi-coloured

temporary structure. Front Design, Nacho Carbonell and Formafantasma created a bubble lamp which works for 50.000 hours. In the time it takes the LED to burn out, the lamp will have had 3 million different globe shades.

Queen’s Day inspiration: orange sushi

27-4-2012

In Rotterdam (The Netherlands) the Iizo sushi café prepares a robot to make only orange sushi for Queen’s Day. The sushi will be in orange shells made of soy or have a layer of orange fish eggs.

Hoppit, a new dining-out search engine

26-4-2012

Hoppit is the first site which provides a dining-out search engine which filters its results based on the ambience of restaurants. Based in Manhattan and currently available in 25 cities in the US, each restaurant in the Hoppit database is tagged with one of ten “vibes” or types of atmosphere. These include ‘classy & upscale’, ‘hipster’, ‘romantic’ and ‘cozy & quaint’, among others.

A culinary diner at a Dutch farm

26-4-2012

Organic farmers throughout The Netherlands (33 locations) welcome guests at their farm. To get familiar with organic farming and enjoying a delicious meal at their farm. As from May 12th.

A recovery package

26-4-2012

New York’s The Pierre hotel and a local plastic surgeon-in-chief Dr. Robert Grant, created a luxury post-operative recovery package. The Pierre Hotel recently underwent a USD 100 million renovation it is now offering woman the luxury and privacy during their recovery. They updated 189 guestrooms and suites as well as the hotel’s banquet and public spaces.

I Love Orange Drink

26-4-2012

A new Dutch liquor – especially for Queen’s Day & the European Championship. Only available in the Netherlands.

Great hospitality at the InterContinental

26-4-2012

Always wanted to have a private suite with your name on it? At the InterContinetal in San Francisco this is possible! After 250 stays, a room is named after you. The very regular guest is not the only pampered one. After 10 visits your favorite pictures are placed in your room during your stay. After more visits, you will get your own pen, personal slippers, upgrades, private bath robe, iPod with music or sheets with initials.

Great hospitality!

Floating dish

26-4-2012

The rEvolution wineglass made by Vinice was already posted on our website. Today we saw a tweet of restaurant De Leeuw in Lichtenvoorde (The Netherlands) that uses the glass in a different way in the ‘floating dish’.

Salinity Monitor Spoon

25-4-2012

This spoon measures the level of salinity in your food (liquid, sauce). A great tool for guests with high blood pressure.

It sugar, putting fun back into candy

25-4-2012

It’Sugar, a shop spotted in Dubai (Mall of the Emirates) with shops in the United States as well. The IT’SUGAR experience, is set against a soundtrack that makes you want to get up and dance in the store, which is exactly what the staff does! Every time the ‘I Want Candy’ track is played, the staff (dressed in eye-catching “sweet” customized dungarees) breaks into a spontaneous dance routine – something which needs to be seen.

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