Luxury train service Moskou-Nice
30-9-2010
Late September a new train service between Moscow and Nice was introduced. With a speed of only 65 km per hour, passengers can enjoy a 53-hour train journey. On board there are luxury sections equipped with showers and minibars. Ticket costs between € 300,= and € 1.200, =. Nice has long been a popular resort among the Russian elite, since the Romanovs built a house there in 1856.
Fairphone
29-9-2010
Fair phone is the world’s first public, non-profit developer of mobile phones. The production wil be processed in a human and environmentally friendly manner. On the website of fair phone, consumers can also participate in the campaign and design challenge. People can influence the design of the phone.
KLM app for iPhone and Blackberry
29-9-2010
This week KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a free app for iPhone and Blackberry. Using this app and mobile websites it is now possible to check in online, receive an electronic boarding pass and look up up to date arrival and departure times.
Streetart for a colourful city
29-9-2010
Street artists will have to make sure that our gloomy cities become more colorful. By painting dark buildings, overpasses, tunnels etc. with various striking colors the streets in the cities will get a bit more color. The street art is an initiative of the Access Agency.
McMobile by Access Agency
28-9-2010
Access Agency designed this colorful and striking McMobile. These eye-catching mobile booths can be used at events. The stalls can be used separately or as a train.
Pop-up Asian BBQ
25-9-2010
Vacant empty properties are not a very attractive sight. Allowing termporary enterprises in such a property offers a good solution. Asian BBQ turns them into a temporary restaurant. A good solution for empty movie theaters, churches, playgrounds or just an old warehouse for example. They recently had a summer place in a circus tent in a courtyard for 5 weeks. In addition, you can apply for an invitation to the next BBQ on a still unknown location.
Haute Cuisine in London Eye
25-9-2010
During the London restaurant week the famous London Eye will be temporarily transformed into a culinary highlight. Eleven topchefs including Gordon Ramsay and Boulud will present their best dishes in one of the capsules of the giant ferris wheel. Guests can enjoy a four-course dinner, one for every time the wheel goes round. A table for ten persons can cost up to €10.000, =, of which part will go to charity.
Smoked salmon flavoured vodka
23-9-2010
Alaska Distillery came up with something new, vodka with the taste of smoked salmon! The vodka is now only available in the U.S..
Jamie Oliver goes vegetarian
21-9-2010
Jamie Oliver is about to collect all his vegetarian dishes in a new book. It is still unknown when the book will be published.
Recycable picnic-box
21-9-2010
Boxsal introduces a recyclable picnic basket. The basket and the cutlery are made from sustainable cardboard and paper. The basket is available in three different shapes, including the Office Escape, a picnic basket shaped like a briefcase.