Careless outside-dining

2-8-2012

With this outdoor table you don’t have to worry about the wind. All the plates, glasses and bowl are standing sheltered on table. Clever if you want to enjoy an outdoor dining party when the weather may let you down. Design by Marco Marotto and Paola Oliva.

Clever ice cream spoon

2-8-2012

This so-called 15.0% ice cream spoon is made from solid aluminum which is heat-conducting. The heat of your hand makes the ice cream melt to easily lick of the ice of the spoon.

Antwerp Tastes

1-8-2012

‘Antwerpen Proeft’ (Antwerp Tastes) is Belgium’s culinary highlight this summer. Chefs with a 15+ ranking in the Gault&Millau BeLux will cook all-in arrangements as well as bites for visitors. The Chéfs that participate this year are Viki Geunes (‘t Zilte), Wouter Keersmaekers (De Schone van Boskoop), Axel Colonna-Cesari (Centpourcent), Dave De Belder (De Godevaart) and Kaasaffineurs Michel Van Tricht & Zoon (cheese and beer pairing experts).

 

Next to the prominent chefs there are local and artisanal products like hand made Moon Pops ice creams.

Escapism in Frabriken Furillen Hotel

1-8-2012

Hotel Fabriken Furillen is located on a remote island off the Swedish island of Gotland in a former limestone quarry. The factory houses a hotel, restaurant and a bakery. There are hermit cabins alongside the hotel to escape the busy modern day lifestyle.

 

Photos by Peter Guenzel

Hotel Droog

31-7-2012

It is not a ‘real’ hotel, because of the missing licenses, but a range of shops, a café and a clothing shop of the leading Dutch design production company Droog. Droog creates products, projects and events around the world in collaboration with designers, clients and partners, located in Amsterdam. Hotel Droog is an exhibition space and test space and opens officially in September.

Check in with a smartphone

31-7-2012

Guests of the Olympic Games who stay in one of the 40 VIP hotel rooms of the London’s Stratford Holiday Inn, can use a Samsung Galaxy S III during their stay. With a customized Holiday Inn app, guests are capable of checking in and out, locking and unlocking doors, ordering room service and controlling the room’s TV. Also, the app will keep you updated with the latest Olympic news.

DIY mini vase

31-7-2012

A very simpel, but nice tip. Create this mini vase just by using a glass and a balloon. Perfect on a nicely decorated table.

In-N-Out Singapore sold out in 5 minutes

30-7-2012

The In-N-Out pop-up restaurant that opened on the 24th of July in Singapore was sold out within 5 minutes. The fast food chain tests if it should expand to Asia, another pop-up store for one day opened in Tokyo in March.

Sleep in the subway

30-7-2012

Sleep in this festival tent with 16 people or use the London Underground Tube Tent for a party with 72 people. You’ll never have to look for your tent again.

Sushi bazooka

27-7-2012

Because not everbody has the skills of Jiro Ono ***, the Japanese have introduced the sushi bazooka. A practical tool for home made sushi.

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