Reusable brown paper bag
11-4-2012
Do you like the classic brown paper bag of bread, but you think it is annoying that you can use only once and that the bag will quickly tear apart. Try this new paper bag, the bag is insulated and therefore reusable and also good for the environment.
Ordening drinks with your BlackBerry
10-4-2012
Do you own a BlackBerry? Than you can order your drinks through your phone and do you have direct contact with the bartender, at the Mataysian Jazz Club ‘No Black Tie’. Through BlackBerry Messenger you can communicate with the bar. A nice example of collaboration between a club and a company like BlackBerry.
Hugging for a Coca-Cola
10-4-2012
This vending machine of Coca-Cola distributed free drinks to everyone who hugged the machine. It was placed on a university in Singapore and it invited passengers with the lines ‘Hug Me!’
Tackiest VIP card
6-4-2012
Frank’s is an exclusive speakeasy in Buenos Aires. You can enter the club via a password (changes every week) that is spread by word-of-mouth. Because of the changing password, 200 of the bar’s most high-profile customers (actors, businessman, models etc.) stopped visiting.That’s why the bar created the ‘tackiest VIP card’, hiding the real identity of Frank’s, which was printed on the card in invisible UV ink and sent it to these customers. They successfully converted over 130 people, who returned to the bar using their VIP-card.
Ice cream salon with characters
6-4-2012
Once upon a Milkshake is an ice cream salon with different characters for every flavour. Inspired by various writers who tell stories about their travels and experiences, they created a character for each product with a short story. The characters include: Agent Red Velvet (cacao with cream cheese), Honey Nougat (premium nougat and honey) and Spooky Mocha (aromatic coffee beans and chocolate).
Restaurant Day
5-4-2012
Restaurant Day is a day where anyone can set up a restaurant, café or bar. It can be anywhere, like at your home, at the office or on a street corner! The next Restaurant Day is planned on the 19th of May.
Martin Creed unveils restaurant at Sketch
4-4-2012
Martin Creed was given a completely open brief to design the Sketch restaurant in London. The only note was that it could function as a restaurant. He used 96 different types of marble and all objects in the restaurant, from cuttlery, tables, chairs to glassware are different. The Master Chef Pierre Gagnaire makes the experience complete by cooking visually dishes, therefore art and food go hand in hand at Sketch.
Frozen beer foam
4-4-2012
The Kirin brewery has lauched Ichiban Shibori’ with frozen beerfoam. The foam is edible like a sorbet and doesn’t make the beer watery.
The Dutch club
3-4-2012
How is the club scene doing in the Netherlands? Watch the movie (in Dutch).
New energy drinks by Red Bull
2-4-2012
Red Bull introduced three new flavours; cranberry, blueberry and lime.