Lifelike cake

6-12-2011

Esther Middelkoop likes to bake pies and cakes. Recently she created this original baby shower cake. Beautiful inspiration and lifelike pie. Even the small feet are clearly visible. Need more information? Send her an email.

Make a cup of coffee with your smartphone

6-12-2011

Scanomat created the Topbrewer. With this coffee machine you can make your coffee with your smartphone, from behind your desk. You will never have to wait for coffee anymore. Besides the modern design, the Topbrewer has a self cleaning function. Watch here a movie about the Topbrewer.

Table talks by Sergio Herman and Sofie Lachaert

2-12-2011

The Dutch 3-star chef Sergio Herman has worked together with the Flemish designer Sofie Lachaert to bring something extra to the dishes in restaurant Oud Sluis. In this collaboration, special objects arise with solely one goal; to merge the dish and the object it is laying on. These artworks are put together for a special exhibition in Tielrode (Belgium) until the 8th of January 2012.

Jay-Z and Bing marketing campaign

2-12-2011

 

The American website Bing co-operated with Jay-Z and placed his autobiography Decode throughout the country in 2010, prior to the launch of it. The website was able to attract many (young) visitors who tried to find the pages within the cities and share the pages in their own towns.

Mint parking ticket

2-12-2011

 Almost everyone puts a parking ticket in their mouths while entering a parking garage. The chewing gum brand Extra Mint has developed special parking tickets for this, to promote their gum. Surprised faces guaranteed!

Dr. Drip coffee

1-12-2011

Spotted the same idea before, but still a nice gadget; Dr. Drip. This enables you to brew a fresh cup of coffee, wherever you are. By placing a special holder on a cup and pooring hot water over it, a fresh cup of coffee can be created. Convenience and portability are on top of mind, besides the fact that everything is organic, fair trade and recyclable.

Personal Mini Newspaper

30-11-2011

Little Printer is a small thermal printer that can print personalised newspapers from selected messages of The Guardian, Facebook and Foursquare and is expected to be launched in 2012. Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossips from your friends. You can set up subscriptions by smartphone and Little Printer will combine them in a timely mini-newspaper.

New trendy concepts at Schiphol

29-11-2011

Dutch desinger Tjep developed three new shops in the newly refurbished Departure Lounge of Schiphol airport in Amsterdam: House of Tulips, Say Cheese and Bread!. These three concepts, a flower shop, a cheese take-away shop and a bread restaurant, sell these typical Dutch products to promote the Ducth culture. Early September the official opening of these concepts took place. Watch the project here.

Stilton cheese with gold flakes

28-11-2011

The precious Stilton cheese has been sprinkled with flakes of real gold. Slices of the cheese are sold for £60 each. The gold flaked Stilton cheese is only produced at Long Clawson Dairy in Leicestershire during the run-up to Christmas. According to the Independent “celebrities are already queuing up to get their hands on some of the swanky Stilton”. The gold flaked Stilton cheese is sold for 608 British pounds a kilo.

App to recognize customers

23-11-2011

Brouha is new application that combines chip cards with mobile phone. If customers enter a store with a RFID chip embedded customer card, the entrepreneur receives a message. He can use this information to send an automatic of customized message to the shopper.

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