Harvest festival potato
28-6-2012
This coming 14th of July, the Harvest festival in the theme of the potato takes place in Amsterdam Roest, organized by Youth Food Movement and artist Sascha Landshoff. The potato is one of the most eaten, but as well one of the least rated vegetation in the Netherlands. This festival takes place in a time of the estrangement the urban consumers have with their food.
Food photography
28-6-2012
Big Appetites is an exhibition of artist Chistopher Boffoli. With this photo’s he is referencing to as well a cultural fascination with tiny things as well as an American enthusiasm for excess. This exhibition is open to visit between the 21st of July through August 24th in New York.
Olympic Coca Cola
28-6-2012
Specially for the coming Olympic Games in London, Coca Cola designed this bottle, only available at Selfridges.
Michelin and San Pellegrino compared
28-6-2012
The top lists by San Pellegrino and Michelin are very different in some countries. Japan has for example 36 three star restaunts according to Michelin, while the San Pellegrino qualifies only two Japanese restaurants as top restaurant. More in this (Dutch) comparison by Van Spronsen & Partners.
Mobile hospitality wins design award
27-6-2012
Mobile Gastfreundschaft is a winner of DMY International Design Festival 2012 Award. The project took place in 2011 in Austria, Feldkirch and Vaduz. Mobile Gastfreundschaft pays attention to an important aspect of the design by Chmararosinke; the responsibility and the self initiative in public space. An example how to play with our environment… Watch the video.
Cock and bull on formaldehyde in restaurant
27-6-2012
A bit freaky; Damien Hirst has made an artwork with a cock and bull on formaldehyde for Mark Hix’s Tramshed restaurant in East London. The animals refer to the typical beef & chicken menu. Apart from the huge container there are several other artworks, like a painting ‘Cow & Chicken’ painting from the popular Cartoon Network series in the nineties.
Happy Drinks: Komkommie
26-6-2012
The combination cucumber and ginger Ale tastes very good. The lemon lowers the sweetness of the drink and adds the freshness to it. To prepare your own ‘komkommie’, you can find the recipe here.
We like the smaller festivals
26-6-2012
Jeroen Mutsaers co-owner of the event organization 12inchCity indicates that festival vistors from the big cities move to smaller festivals in the east. Last year 12inchCity organized for the first time a small scale festival called Greafental dance festival. On 7 and 8 July, the second edition of the Greafental festival will be organized.
Hero mini-factory on wheels
26-6-2012
Hero cassis is made of real fruit. To spread the word, Hero cassis samples bottles will be distributed to the Dutch people with a mini-factory on wheels. This summer, the car drives in the Netherlands.
These beer bottles are the bomb
26-6-2012
A highly beer bottle and package design. The bottles are to resemble bombs sold in the black market. It includes a hand-built crate with a bracing system to hold bottles during transportation.