Picnicking without the mess

1-8-2011

Very clever picnic blanket and garbage bag in-one. The CleanPicnic blanket, made of recycled plastic, is a blanket of 1 by 1 meter. After a picnic, the blanket can easily be transformed to a garbage bag, by putting the 3 ends through a opening in the fourth end. You throw the garbage bag away and thereby as well all the mess.  You can also place an add at the blanket/garbage bag.

Share your holiday on Facebook

1-8-2011

 The Great Wolf Lodge chain in the United States provides RFID wristbands to their guests. These were used as room keys and in-house charge accounts before. But nowadays, these wristbands can be used to transmit photos, taken at the so-called Paw Posts in the park, to a Facebook wall. Share your offline experiences online.  

spoontrip for gastronomy and wine

1-8-2011

Spoontrip is an international platform for a variety of activities around gastronomy and wine. The webiste is based on a crowdsourced concept and offers everything from workshops to meet-and-greets to gastronomy-themed holidays.

 

A private retreat for public spaces

1-8-2011

The Hush Pod, designed by Freyja Sewell of the University of Brighton, is the perfect way to hide and escape in public spaces.

Inspiration from 2010: Holiday department store by ANWB

29-7-2011

After having checked all your lists, still forgot something to bring with you on vacation? No worries, the holiday department store is there for you in times of emergency. The store can be found found at various campingsites in France this year.

 

Mini topless on the beach

28-7-2011

An amusing marketing campaign developed by ‘Access Agency’ with lifesize inflatable Mini’s at the beach. They are introduced with the clever slogan ‘ Going topless this summer’. Click here for more photos.

Looking for a taxi?

28-7-2011

Looking for a taxi is becoming a lot easier. Through this Get Taxi-app you can order a taxi, see what the estimate time of arrival is and leave reviews behind. The app will be available in the UK, Israel, Russia, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Check the video.

Dogs are welcome

26-7-2011

Chien Bleu Travel is, according itself, the first travel agent in the UK which is specialized in the real dog-friendly hotels, cottages and other stay accommodations. Dogowners can consult this travel agent for the several accommodations, but can request whole packages as well.

 

Sustainable sleeping in Mexico

20-7-2011

Waste materials are used for this Tubohotel, located in Mexico, and features 20 hotelrooms transformed out of concrete pipes. This hotel is designes by architects of T3arc. The hotelroom consists of a queen-size bed, desk light and a van. The pipes don’t allow bathroom facilities, but they have created two communal bathhousses onsite which features private showers.

Floating wellness center in Rotterdam

19-7-2011

GO Marketing is designing and developing a floating island in the harbour of Rotterdam in corporation with IOU Architecture. The island features two floors that measure a total of 1.700m2. It will offer visitors a swimming pool, whirlpool, park, restaurant, sauna, Turkish steambath and more. The island is mobile, made of recycled materials and provided with the latest energy saving technologies.

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