Crescent Moon Tower Dubai
9-3-2012
The Crescent Moon Tower is a design project by Transparence House and is submitted to the 11th Thyssenkrup Elevator Architecture Award. This building design symbolizes Dubai as part of the islamic world and shows the technology and economic development in Dubai. The building accommodates a childrens library, a conference facility, a restaurant, multiple cafés and an open air observation platform. If the design will be build, it is said to be completed in 2015 along with it’s sister project the “Full Moon Hotel”, resembling the Death Star form Star Wars.
Purple strawberries
9-3-2012
A new purple strawberry ‘Purple Wonder’ was unveiled by the W. Atlee Burpee Company this week at the Philadelphia International Flower Show. The strawberry was actually bred by horticulturists at Cornell University but Burpee will have exclusive rights to market the plant to home gardeners.
Rectangular pizza
8-3-2012
`Best Pizza in Manhattan’ by Daily News and ‘Best of Manhattan’ by NY Press, the pizzas from L’Asso Pizza (NY) are very special. Their biggest draw is the city’s finest ‘legal’ pizza. A law was recently passed defining the proper way to prepare their Margherita DOC. Their pizzas are made using only the highest quality organic ingredients. And they show us that a pizza isn’t only perfect when round.
Paper Dish
8-3-2012
The Paper Dish keeps your hands clean while eating a pizza and eliminates the need for napkins. Paper Dish was designed by Yu Kyung Ha, Won Min Jung, and Kwon Young Hee, and won a well-deserved Red Dot Design Award.
Self-sufficient farm-restaurant-hotel-amusementpark
8-3-2012
Guest speaker at the Battle of the Cheetahs , Oogst 1000 Wonderland is a design for a self-sufficient farm, restaurant, hotel and amusement park for 1,000 people per day. Food for the restaurant comes from the central structure and directly adjacent fields. They combine fun with usefulness. Hotel guests are also the farmers, when you work, you can stay for free. Oogst 1000 does also has the worlds first toilets that are linked to a bio-gas energy system and were you actually get paid € 0.50 per visit.
Order a McDonald’s menu through GPS
7-3-2012
McDonald’s is testing a pilot where motorists can watch the menu, place an order and pay through their naviagtion system in their cars. The order can be picked up at the nearest McDonald’s drive-in.
The Story of Sushi
6-3-2012
The Story of Sushi is a short movie created for Bamboo Sushi restaurant in Portland. It is about sustainability and overfishing and the restaurants philosophy on this. Watch the movie!
Bread made out of sea water
6-3-2012
Dutch Baker Marcel Spelt made bread from Oosterscheldewater (estuary in the Netherlands). He introduced it at the “horecabeurs Goes”. “Bread of the Sea” tastes salty and contains 30% less salt than ordinary salted bread.
Lasagna cups
5-3-2012
This cute lasagna cups are made of the same ingredients as a ‘regular’ lasagne. Check the website of Lauren’s Latest for the recipe. A nice idea for example for small eateries. A different way of serving dishes!
Cupcake machine
5-3-2012
Sprinkles Cupcakes (worlds first cupcake bakery) is planning to open a cupcake machine in Beverly Hills. The machine provides fresh cupcakes with a choice of different cupcake mix and sprinkles 24-hours a day. The owner Candace Nelson also plans to open a Spinkles Ice Cream store.
