Plate, glass and cutlery in one hand

9-6-2011

Easy to use at a gathering or reception; plate, glass and cutlery in one hand. So the other hand can shake hands or something else… The Mantara plate is designed by the Spanisch designer Gabriel Contino.

Gobble San Francisco

7-6-2011

If home cooking fails, the pizza restaurant at the corner starts to get boring and you rather have fresh healthy food delivered, then it’s time for Gobble. This website shows all local restaurants and provides a healthy collection of neighbourhood cooks. A meal always costs ten dollars.

A chocolate shot

6-6-2011

Austrian chocolate maker Zotter offers products that are organic, fair trade, and very creative. Choco Shots are available on their website; syringes full of chocolatey liquid that comes in packaging designed to look like it’s real medicine. These strange but inventive chocolates come in seven different varieties including Raspberry Brandy, Mandarin, Whisky and Almond.

Cupsystem for babies

3-6-2011

The BabyNes made by Nestlé is a cup system for baby milk. Within a minute it produces a well temperatured bottle of nutritional milk. No more problems with dosing milkpowder and water. The cups won’t fit in any coffecup system, so you have to buy a new machine. An idea for restaurants next to highways?

Fish sandwichspread

1-6-2011

Students of the university of Amsterdam introduced the “boterhamvis”; thin slices of white fish as sandwichspread. It is healthier than most of the meat slices and it might be cheaper. 

Magic at the table

31-5-2011

The U-food device from the firm Cnudde lets plates float and turn like a ufo! It works through the interaction of 2 negative and positive magnets that can be placed in a table. Great show element!

What’s in your lady purse?

31-5-2011

A stylish bag in a box! A container with three liters wine with small tap disguised as a VIP bag. Very cheap (€ 27,50), fun and fashionable.

Tasty Lady, a beer for and by women

30-5-2011

Alice van der Kuijl (de Bierkoning), Dagmar Baartman (de Bierderie), Hanneke van het Ende (Mitra, Stibon), Jolanda Buhrs (Drinks and Gifts) en Lenie van Gelderen (bierspecialist) five women who are determined to wipe out the assumption that women don’t like beer. Actually women do like beer and to prove that these 5 women made their own Tasty Lady beer at the Breugems Brewery, full of hop but accessible to everyone with 6,2% alcohol.

Beer from Copenhagen

26-5-2011

Carlsberg introduced a new beer, specially made for younger consumers. It is made with natural ingredients and has a fresh and sparkling taste. The label was designed by the agency e-Types. According to them, the label is minimalistic. Nordic at its best.

High tech toilet

26-5-2011

This is a fully automated toilet. When you enter the bathroom the lid rises and with a flick of your foot you determine whether the seat has to rise or not. Before you sit down, the seat and feet warmers have already done their work. For that little bit of entertainement, a mp3/radio is integrated into the toilet. It plays a preset playlist or a radio channel. When you are finished, the sprinkler and dryer take care of the rest.

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