Coffee cubes
19-4-2011
Flavoured Coffee Cubes. The quality of fresh ground coffee with the convenience of instant preparation. The special individually foil sealed packaging preserves the aroma, flavour and consistency of the product, giving the result of fresh coffee every time. Flavours: Amaretto, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Sambuca, Brandy, Lemon and Natural.
Inspiration from 2009: Pie on a stick
19-4-2011
Perfectly-portioned, tiny pies … and on lollipop sticks. More often we see (small) dishes presented on sticks. Original, creative and a nice way of presenting.
Donuts the new cupcakes?
18-4-2011
Affordable luxury, donuts are changing, more flavours, design etc… but underneath is still the humble donut. Some bakery’s are even adding mashed potatoes to the dough, en Louis Vuitton en Burberry made a designer donut keyring.
Green golf ball from lobster shell
18-4-2011
Researchers do convert lobster shells into biodegradable golf balls, specially designed for playing golf at cruiseships. The University of Maine, in conjunction with The Lobster Institute, UMaine Biological and Chemical Engineering Professor David Neivandt and undergraduate student Alex Caddell of Winterport, Maine, have developed this golf ball.
Inspiration from 2009: Assistance in the kitchen
18-4-2011
Nowadays we see serveral technical tools for in the kitchen, like the voice controlled culinary app. In 2009 we saw this computer which explains the consumer step by step how to prepare the dish, including the shoppinglist, how to preheat the oven, how to cut correctly and how to handle several diets.
Cookieboy
15-4-2011
Cookieboy is originally a fashion-designer but switched to baking and desiging cookies. His cookies are used for several projects like the LaForet Harajuku shopping complex en the musuem of Tokyo. Next to these exhibitions he works with brands like Issey Miyake. Also nice as ‘follow-me-on-Twitter’-cookie with the coffee.
Inspiration from 2009: Take the stairs, choose a target
15-4-2011
Last week we’ve informed you about a new ‘ healthy’ McDonalds concept in Paris. It’s not the first time that health is on the agenda of McDonald’s. In 2008 at Stockholm, the fastfood restaurant based a campaign on their visitors’ movement habits. Depending on their choice for stairs or escalator, they would see an Coca Cola regular of light advertisement.
Inspiration from 2008: Citytours by Louis Vuitton
14-4-2011
In partnership with Soundwalk, Louis Vuitton organized in 2008 serveral audio-guided citytours in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. For € 12,= per person, you could enjoy of stories of theses cities. A nice example of brand stretching, when a company is focusing on new unexplored markets. Other examples of brand stretching, is the Armani hotel or the Ralph Lauren restaurant.
Inspiration from 2008: Louis Vuitton-Soundwalk
14-4-2011
In partnership with Soundwalk, Louis Vuitton organized in 2008 serveral audio-guided citytours in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. For € 12,= per person, you could enjoy of stories of theses cities. A nice example of brand stretching, when a company is focusing on new unexplored markets. Other examples of brand stretching, is the Armani hotel or the Ralph Lauren restaurant.
SOK, Summer Espresso Lab opens in Amsterdam
13-4-2011
Announced today via Twitter: This Friday opens pop-up espresso bar SOK. It’s the new pop-up espressobar from Onno van Zanten, Sander Schat and Kees Kraakman. The name SOK represents the first letters of the initiators: Sander, Onno and Kees. The esspresso bar will open at the Hartenstraat 34, Amsterdam.