Chocolate Easter room at Cavendish Hotel
2-4-2012
The Cavendish Hotel in London devised a competition, where the winner and his or her beloved can spend Easter Eve in their special designed chocolate room. Topchocolatiers have done their best to make as many objects as edible such as flowers, slippers and even the toothbrush! In total, more than 100 kilograms of chocolate is used.
Farm hotel
30-3-2012
Babylonstoren is a Cape Dutch farm and manor house in South Africa with vineyards, orchards and a large garden. Guests are invited to join in and harvest their own products, which can be used in the restaurant or can be cooked in a self-catering kitchen.
Refrigirator disguised as amplifier
29-3-2012
Marshall designed a refrigerator disguised as an amplifier. The interior of the Marshall Fridge looks the same as each other refrigerator.
Drawer mini-fridge
20-3-2012
The Man Table looks just like any finely-finished side table. When you try to open the Man Table’s drawers, it exposes a mini-fridge right where a compartment should be. The entire table is made from real wood, and comes in the colours tobacco, espresso and black.
Milk cube
19-3-2012
Students of the Rijn IJssel College in Arnhem (the Netherlands) won the first prize with a milk cube for in the coffee. The milk cube looks the same as a lump of sugar, but is made of milk powder and stays edible for 3 years. The company won the prize as Best Overall Company during the International Student Company Festival in Riga.
Holiday Inn – First augmented reality hotel
16-3-2012
Holiday Inn hotel in London created their first augmented reality hotel, where guests can see Olympic athletes appear through their smartphone. Watch the ‘Making of’ video.
Vacuum shapeable chair
16-3-2012
Lapo Germasi, a 24-year-old Industrial Design student from Italy, designed the Inspiration Chair. The chair is made of an electro-welded PVC cube, low-density polyurethane balls and a suction valve. The Inspiration Chair can be suctioned into any preferred shape by a vacuum cleaner.
Eco-tourism in Chile
13-3-2012
We saw this picture on website The Fancy. On the website of eco-hotel Tierra Atacama in Chile, we found many more inspiring pictures. So if you’re looking for inspiration, check their website.
A special Easter egg
13-3-2012
Boil an egg – peel the egg and put it in the mold. Special for Easter.
Chutney made of fruits and vegetables
12-3-2012
Rubies in the Rubble, number 26 in the list of the Observer newspaper’s “New Radicals” series, makes delicious chutney out of discarded fruits and vegetables found at wholesale markets. Watch the video for more information!