Happy Drinks alcohol free cocktails with a kick
22-6-2011
The bar concept of Happy Drinks is initiated by Pierre Wind and the Trimbos institute. There are various recipes for alcohol free cocktails on the website of happydrinks.nl, categorized in ‘Strength’, ‘Social’, ‘Love’ and ‘Strange’. The inspiration for this initiative came after the many cases of binge drinking and the scarse offer of alcohol free drinks in the hospitality and leisure industry.
Twisttable easy pop up bar table
22-6-2011
Made of cardboard and completely foldable. The Twisttable is the ideal bar table for entrepeneurs that wants to be environmental friendly. The tables are durable, stable and cheaper to transport than regular tables.
Weineken beer pill
22-6-2011
Have you had enough of the peer pressure to drink wine instead of a nice beer? Meet the Weineken pil that transforms a beer visually into a Chardonnay or red wine. Nice commercial with a wink from Evil Media Empire.
Open air Hotel to celebrate shortest night
21-6-2011
To celebrate the shortest night of the year, the OpenluchtHotel (Open Air Hotel) will be organized for the second time during the night of the 21st of June in Leiden (Netherlands). The city will be transformed to the largest hotel in the world. About 130 guests will have the oppertunity to sleep under the sky filled with stars, on special and monumental locations, which are disigned by artists. Before bedtime a cultural evening program will take place.
Funny coffee-designs
21-6-2011
This funny coffee-designs are created by Quantum Graphics for the Interpack 2011 Exhibition, which took place in Dusseldorf last May.
Pasta Wrap
21-6-2011
The American chain of Italian restaurants, Fazoli’s, developed a pasta wrap. This populair item is now filled with pasta. This product is still in a test fase, which ends on the end of July, and is available in 5 of the 250 restaurants.
Bus Stop Bakery best Studentcompany
21-6-2011
This pink bus sells cupcakes and clubcakes (combination of a waffle, clubsandwich, a hamburger and egg cake) throughout the Netherlands and at festivals. This is a concept of the Dutch patissier and Master chef Rudolf van Veen and Fontys Academy for Creative Industries, and is awarded as best Studentcompany of the Netherlands. In July the Bus Stop Bakery will represent the Netherlands during the European final in Madrid.
Frozen yogurt available at the train station
21-6-2011
Juice bar Shakies introduced frozen yogurt in 4 different locations on train stations; on Amsterdam Central, Amsterdam Amstel, Leiden and Eindhoven train station. The frozen yogurt is made of organic yogurt and will be served with several fruit toppings. Next to the frozen yogurt, Shakies introduced breakfast shakes and salades as well. Untill the 11th of July you can try free samples of the new products.
Download free music at the Morgan Hotels
21-6-2011
In partnership with RCRD LBL, Morgans Hotel Group launched a new service for her guests. By scanning QR codes of the keycards, guests can download free music and playlists, which are compiled to suit the unique feeling of each Morgans hotel.
There is an app for boiling an egg!
21-6-2011
This iPhone app for Swedish sandwich spread Kalles Kaviar not only tells you how to boil the perfect egg, it will put together a playlist that, when finished, means your egg is ready. (It’s all so you can get your egg perfectly hardboiled to accompany the caviar). It’s clearly a hit with caviar/egg lovers – the app already has more than 50,000 downloads and is the third most downloaded in the free app section in the Swedish iTunes AppStore.