Traditional food storing

7-2-2012

Jihyan Ryou designed a serie of modern techniques to store fresh food, without a refrigerator. Traditional techniques are used which she learned from her grandmother and other elders in the community. View the site of Treehugger for several examples.

Original wine packaging

7-2-2012

Miniwiz, a Taiwanese design firm, designed this classic wine tote. The tote is reusable, durable and protects your wine from breaks and spills. It also has an interlocking feature that allows users to stack, link, or build anything. For instance a wine rack wall.

Serenade your date

6-2-2012

Heineken released the App “Serenade your date” on their Facebook site. This app helps people to ask their Valentine out in an original way by selecting your Valentine profile or number and say what you want to do with your Valentine and why he/she should go with you. The app turns into a promotional musical serenade that will be posted on the Wall of your Valentine. At the end of the movie the person can click on yes or no.

 

Eat me book

6-2-2012

Eat Me is a book with a collection of special art products, brands, people and goods within the world of food. Not only interesting packaging of food, but also by-products such as tools, kitchen and menu design are in the book. There is also a special section in the book with a round-the-world-tour of the newest and most innovative cafes, bars, restaurants and shows. The book is available at the U.S. Book Store.

Fix coconut drink

3-2-2012

Fix is ??a 100% natural coconut drink that restores the moisture balance in the body and keeps it refreshed. This makes it a great boost drink for after work, during travel and after physical effort. The drink is made of coconut water, lemon juice, cane sugar and natural lemon flavor. Fix is for sale in the Netherlands.

Fish vending machine

3-2-2012

The brothers Ruben and Marga Rios placed a fresh fish vending machine in front of their shop in Spain. It selss a selection of fresh seafood such as sardines, anchovy, hake and shrimp. The machine is very popular by the locals and the brothers now have plans to place a machine with living bait for fishermen.

Container that measures

1-2-2012

Jan Habraken designed a container that can measure the amount of dry ingredients that come out of the container. Clever kitchen tool! Watch the video to see how the Silo works.

Banana opener

31-1-2012

For those who find it difficult to open a banana there is a banana opener for sale on the German website Design 3000 (link). Though we guess that by the time the opener is found, the banana could have been opened by hand 3x already.

Cocktail Robot

30-1-2012

During the Barbot event new robots will be presented, including the RoboBartenders that serve cocktails. Barbot takes place in March 2012 at San Francisco

Decoration corks

30-1-2012

Corker sells a kit with push pins that can be punctured in wine / champagne corks, creating little creatures. With the kit a cork can be made into a monkey, deer, buffalo, boar, rabbit or a crow. Fun to make with kids!

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