Being paid for watching commercials

13-5-2011

These commercials are integrated in the videogames. The commercials can be found in over 350 different games which you can play through Facebook. Unfortunetaly you won’t become rich, watching these commercials: you will receive around €0,07 in Facebook credits, which you can spend on Facebook deals.

 

Fair trade tweets

12-5-2011

Ben & Jerry’s found a way to use the unused characters in a tweet. To make the tweet Fair Trade you can visit the fairtweet website, make your message and according to the number of characters used, the website will fill in the unused ones with a Fair Trady message.

Airport Park Schiphol

11-5-2011

Schiphol Airport created an indoor park for travellers to relax. The park features sounds of cyclists, animals and children. There are also butterflies projected on the walls and floors. The Park Restaurant provides healthy and fresh products.  

Your own social media theatre

9-5-2011

This theatre is designed by Aaron Jones, it’s a theatre where visitors plug in their smartphones and play music and video’s from youtube or their own movies. At this way one is able to create one’s own theatre night through social media.

Chic cooking class by Vogue

5-5-2011

Vogue Kitchen teaches us how to cook, Vogue style! A pretty Italian woman in a strapless dress shows us the ins and outs of a the preparation of a healthy meal. On top of that, all nutritional values are shown. The movies are in Italian with English subtitles.

App shows best spots alongside the Amsterdam canals

29-4-2011

A new, free iPhone application shows people the way on the Amsterdam canals. The application is called ‘Vaarwater’ (free translated as waterway) and is an initiative of Waternet. Besides eight channel routes, the app includes information about the opening of bridges and locks, water taps, places to spend the night, gas stations, bars, marinas and in the near future also hotels.

Love for Limburg iPhone app

29-4-2011

The new ‘Liefde voor Limburg’ iPhone app has all asparagus routes in Northern Limburg and shows you the way to the right places for the best asparagus dishes. Besides this information the free app for iPhone users provides a complete overview of the touristic and recreational offers in the region.

Leg advertisement

28-4-2011

The Donut Project. A guerilla campaign for Superette in New Zealand. By putting indented plates across the city at bus stops an park benches, those who sat down wearing short shorts or skirts walked away with the ad campaign ‘ Short Shorts on Sale’ imprinted on the back of their legs.

Senior-friendly-caravans

26-4-2011

The QTVan is a new type of mini caravan which can be pulled by a mobility scooter. The retro style design of the caravan houses all the goodies, a full size 1.90 meter bed, a 19 inch LCD flatscreen TV, and a coffee and tea facility. Pulled by a mobility scooter it can reach a top speed of 8 km/h.

 

The first floating golf course

22-4-2011

Plans are made for the world’s first floating golf course on the Maldives. Threatened with the rising sea level caused by climate change, the island nation may be doomed to a watery grave unless it transitions to floating developments. Designed through a collaboration between Waterstudio.NL, Dutch Docklands, and golf course developer Troon Golf, the zero-footprint solar-powered golf course will be one of the first floating developments and is expected to bring in a wave of new tourists.

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