Wearable grill booth
17-5-2011
In Berlin this man is regularly spotted with a wearable hot dog booth. The device is completely equipped with parasol, gastank holder, sauce holder and a grill. After serveral tests with charcoal and batteries, it turned out propane was the safest and best option. The design concept is called ‘Grillwalkers’ and it’s made by Bertram Rohloff in 1997.
Inspiration for hoteliers
16-5-2011
The vacation period is coming up again and apart from all the preparation, comes another challenge: the big SIM card exchange with family and friends. Because of the extraordinary (roaming) costs that come with a SIM card from ‘back home’, it is cheaper to call with local cards. If your relatives can’t provide you with the right card(s), a newly bought card is one of the best value-for-money buys you can do on your holiday. Mostly it even pays off to buy an extra phone as well, especially if you return to the country on a regular basis or stay for more than a month.
Wouldn’t it be very nice if you could save all this fuzz and lend a card, or even a phone upon your arrival?! And wouldn’t it be very easy to have such a service at your hotel? The phone in the hotel rooms is only used for a wake-up call or room service, but imagine the possibilities of a ‘mobile hotel phone’. The ideal win-win situation whereas the guest can call much cheaper, the hotelier provides an extra service and can even make last minute offers or send (important) messages.
The introduction costs of a concept like this are acceptable, hotel owners can even start a test with cheap prepaid SIM cards. I’m sure you will gain extra service points from your guests and the media, a nice instrument for free publicity.
Another picknick table
16-5-2011
“Another picnic table” is the title of the design for this picnic table. Beside its regular picnic table purpose, the seats can be flipped upwards to create a more relaxed seating position. Anthor Feature of this design is that the traditional bench on a normal picnic table is split into two separate seates which makes it easier to use.
Square meter kitchen
16-5-2011
This kichten design is based on a Chinese puzzle box, It is a small cube which tranforms into a full kitchen island. Everything you need in a kitchen is there, a fridge, cooking plate, oven. Draws, a sink and a working surface. Nice solution for small holidayhouses.
SocialStay – build your own hotelapp
13-5-2011
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SocialStay is a platform for hotels for building, managing and growing a custom mobile environment. SocialStay lets hotels create their own branded mobile apps in minutes. These apps are fully customizable and also automatically integrated with several social media. Hotels can easily notify the guests of discounts or other related special offers, feature as well a “wall” and a “Who’s Here?” section to help guests to connect with each other.
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.
Jungle roof garden
12-5-2011
In Japan they wanted something different with the Namba Park shopping mall. They ‘ve built a 8 level roof garden with streams, waterfalls, trees, lawns rock formations, cliffs and a veggie garden. The total surface spans several blocks.
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.
Haute cuisine joint
11-5-2011
Jonnie Boer, masterchef and owner of restaurant Librije made a culinary joke, a culinary joint. Totally edible and made of herbs, chocolate and peels of a lemon.
Floor for women only
11-5-2011
The new (yet to be opened) Danish hotel Bella Sky Comwell created a floor specially for female guests. The rooms are women friendly, by making the bathrooms more feminin and giving the rooms a make-up table and a full length mirror. Also the electronics are easier to use.