Pop up apartment

14-2-2011

Due to a design contest in London, visitors of the city can now sleep on the roof of the Southbank Centre. Guests can sleep in a temporary one-bedroom apartment. The winning design was created by David Kohn Architects.

RFID keychain to update your Facebook

12-2-2011

When entering the theater of Amsterdam, visitors receive a keychain with a RFID chip attached, which is connected to your Facebook-account. You can automatically update your profile by holding the keychain in front of the SowiSocial-desks.

A floating and mobile hotel

12-2-2011

To make a Norwegian village more attractive for tourists, an international contest was set up. The  Swedish architect company Jägnefält Milton came up with the idea to use the existing railway for riding hotelrooms.  The rooms do float as well and can be stacked.

What happens when? project

11-2-2011

A 9 month lasting crowdfunded and crowdsourced project in a restaurant in New York. Each month the restaurant will be runed by a different group of people. After 9 months the restaurant will be demolished.

Sleeping in a huge bird’s nest

10-2-2011

Designed for larger rooms, but this huge bird’s nest seems a great bed for kids.

Disloyalty card

6-2-2011

Three independent coffee shops in Lincoln, Nebraska have joined forces and created the disloyalty card. It works the same as every other loyalty card, only with this card you can go to the participating independent coffee shops. They want to compete with the big coffee chains and attract visitors to go back to the local coffee shops.

Machine to recycle office paper in toiletpaper

5-2-2011

The Japanese company Oriental has developed the White Goat, a machine that directly recycles office paper into toiletpaper.

New app is connecting guests of hotels

3-2-2011

Israel-based IMguest provides guests a virtual tool to find fellow travelers, based on interests and purpose of visit.

Wooden shower

1-2-2011

Designed by Rare, a wooden shower with a steel core. The water runs through silicone tubes.

Donate to charity via rounded-up credit card purchases

1-2-2011

Pennies is an organization that allows online buyers to round up their purchase by credit card or debit card and donate the difference to charity. Dominos Pizza, Zizzi Pizza and TravelLodge have already joined.

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