Beerpints made from safetyglass
27-2-2010
Design Bridge has developed two new pints, which are much safer than traditional pints. The prototypes consist of Glass Plus (left photo) and Twin Wall (right photo). Glass Plus has a thin, transparent layer of organic resin on the inside and Twin Wall consists of two ultra-thin layers of glass which are joined together, similar to glass in car windshields. Both prototypes ensure that when the glass breaks, the dangerous glass shards are held together securely.
Eye-friendly teaspoon
26-2-2010
Inspired by a movie where someone lost an eye due to a teaspoon, this teaspoon is eye-freindly. By bending the end, it is safe to drink coffee or tea with the spoon in the cup. The spoons are available in several trendy colors.
Flat winebottle
26-2-2010
Design student from the Design Institute in Nantes, Adrien Cussonneau, designed a very original bottle. From one side it looks like a normal glass bottle, the other side of the bottle however is completely flat.
Open source restaurant
24-2-2010
Restaurant Instructables opened in Amsterdam. This restaurant is a so-called “open source restaurant”. This means that of everything you eat in the restaurant, the recipe can be found on their website, as well as an instruction about how to recreate the furniture.
Online marketplace voor hotels and restaurants
23-2-2010
The site www.horecavoorhoreca.nl is a Dutch online marketplace for hotels, restaurants and catering entrepreneurs. Here anything can be offered, from inventory to ingredients.
McDonald’s ‘Easy order service’
21-2-2010
Schiphol Amsterdam Airport in The Netherlands is the first airport in Europe that has two ordering colums at the McDonald’s Restaurant in Lounge 3 (behind the passport check). Guests can use a touchscreen for their orders and pay by debit or credit card.
Sportsbeer
21-2-2010
Sportbrands and beer are not often related. Puma however, launches a special “Unity beer” with the upcoming world cup in South Africa in Mind.
Anti-hangover drink
20-2-2010
After 6 years of research they finally developed an anti-hangover drink. The contents of the 3cl bottle temper the hangover. The ingredients of the drink are a combination of several herbal extracts, with pear flavor. These herbs are known for their detoxifying effect. It should work approximately 45 minutes after consumption.
Vin service
20-2-2010
Vin Service is a delivery service in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, for chilled beer, wine, soft drinks, chips and liquor. They also rent out party tents, BBQ’s and DVD players. They are open from Wednesday through Saturday from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 and Sunday from 8:00 p.m. to 0:00. To create name recognition, they did most of their promotion through the social network Hyves.
Restaurantweek during the winter in Boston
19-2-2010
Last March in Boston a “winter” restaurantweek was organised. This restaurantweek wasn’t only meant to eat out good and cheap, one could get discount for cinema- or theatretickets as well.