Caffeine Zone app
17-2-2012
The “Caffeine Zone ‘ is an app that counts the average of caffeine you take in. It also makes you aware of the consequences of to much caffeine consumption. The app can be downloaded via iTunes app store for iPhone, iPad and iTouch for free.
Battle for fair and sustainable food
17-2-2012
The Cheetah Generation is a group of new generation leaders around the world. They create innovative ideas for new sustainable ways. NCDO organises “Battle of the Cheetahs” (Netherlands) a competition for five teams (60 young proffesionals) to find solutions for fair and sustainable food. Coaches from business, science and NGO will guide the groups to develop ideas within six weeks.
Vruit, very slow juices
16-2-2012
Fresh slowly pressed juices, great combinations like, apple-ginger-carrot, celery-spinach, cucumber-coconut-apple, apple-cranberry and apple-cinnamon-clove. The company Vruit is located in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
Spagheterria
16-2-2012
Spagheterria (Amsterdam) is a restaurant specialized in Italian pasta dishes. All dishes are prepared with organic ingredients, which are imported from Italy. Every day guests can choose between six pasta dishes, prepared by chef Stefano Cavallari.
Mood shower gels
16-2-2012
Plant Design Studio designed shower gels that influences your mood by using specific ingredients. They designed the ‘Get Happy’ gel, ‘Wake-up’ gel, ‘Calm-down’ gel and ‘Be-my baby’ gel. A nice idea for a hotel?
Berkley restaurant releases subscription for babies
16-2-2012
Alice Waters, owner of the restaurant in Berkley California, released an subscription (Farm baby) especially for babies. Fresh seasonal ingredients from farms are made into delicious snacks to satisfy their hunger. The jars in which they are processed are also environmentally friendly.
Cooking with Wonderbag
16-2-2012
Rwandan Inyenyeri designed the Wonderbag that holds the heat and reduces gas consumption. A meal has to be heated and then you place it in the Wonderbag. The insulation holds the heat that was achieved by heating the meal to prepare the meal. The device is popular in South Africa.
Easy door lock
15-2-2012
Junjie Zhang designed a door lock that helps you to open the door in the dark. You just have to follow the shape of the V. Also useful for the eldery and drunk people!
Deposit park furniture
15-2-2012
At the Stockholm Furniture Fair the Share Portable Park Chair was presented by designstudio Thomas Bernstrand’s (Stockholm). It is a combination between a public bench and a shopping cart. Like a shopping cart, there must be a coin ins to get a chair released from the chain.
One cup a Day
15-2-2012
Design Studio Cunicode completed the experiment One Cup a Day. A month (1 cup per day) long they designed creative cups that are for sale. The 30 designs can be placed in 3 categories: funny cups, useless cups (but interesting) and cups by texture. Watch the video to see one of the cups (the Octo Cup).