Star Wars burgers

13-1-2012

The French fastfood chain Quick is known for the burgers they sell inspired  by movies. They designed three burgers to celebrate the new Star Wars movie Phantom Menace 3D that will be released in France in February. There is the Jedi Burger (inspired by the Star Wars Characters Joda), the Dark Vador (French for Darth Vader) and the Dark Burger. The burgers are for sale in France from 31 January.

When the books are dancing…

13-1-2012

Bookstore Type in Toronto made an impressive stop-motion video The Joy of  Books, where books are dancing.

Dining pods

13-1-2012

The Dutch design studio Tjep, revisited several elements for the restaurant Fabbrica in Bergen.  People want more authenticity these days, so they designed cozy and elevated dining pods that transports us back to a time of forts and tree houses. See the dining pods here.

Wordfeud with coasters

12-1-2012

Wordvilt (dutch) is wordfeud at coasters. Mobiles on the side, coasters on the table!

Update: Unfortunately Wordvilt is not available anymore.

Eco Friendly shopping bag

12-1-2012

The brand Tide created an  eco friendly shopping bag wich you can write your shopping list on. The bag is washable so reusable.

Sampling machine for adult desserts

12-1-2012

Kraft Foods has launched a sampling machine for desserts in Chicago and NYC that can recognizes faces and hands out free desserts, but only to adults. The dessert are specially prepared for the taste of adults.

Molecular Cocktails Kit

11-1-2012

Based on the same principles, equipment and techniques used in molecular gastronomy, this science-based approach to mixology is meant to help you turn out drinks that showcase a greater intensity and variety in flavors, appearances and textures.

Dutch seawater sold in bottles

10-1-2012

AQUA DiViNA, a Dutch company is selling bottles of seawater, which is taken from the Oosterschelde. The water is not for consumption, but to use for the cooking of mussels, or other seafood and fish. The seawater will add the ‘real’ salty taste into different dishes. A liter of seawater costs approximately 1 euro.

Real Frog Marketing

10-1-2012

How to sell a luxurious French Restaurant to the Russian people. A direct marketing campaign to change the idea of the Russians about French Restaurant which was: overprized, small portions and frogs. 

 

Snackbox

10-1-2012

Montreal-based firms Aedifica (architecture) and muvbox have teamed up to bring ‘snackbox’, a shipping container turned modern canteen, to new york’s times square. Created for restauranteur Jonathan Morr, the movable venue sells iconic new york street food with a gourmet flair. Located on a section of broadway with no vehicular traffic but many pedestrians, Morr needed a compact structure that would fit into the limited space, yet still stand out amidst the visually saturated area. Watch here another movie about a container.

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