Sustainable 4-star hotel
21-11-2010
Near trainstation Amstel in Amsterdam, The Netherlands a durable four-star hotel will be build. The hotel will have twenty floors and a total of 300 rooms. Designstudios Paul de Ruiter and Mulderblauw take the utmost account of the environment by sustainable use of energy, water, waste and materials. The hotel will get a smart facade that responds to the outdoor climate, heat loss and possible overheating by the sun. The hotel will also generate energy with biomass that comes from the hotel.
Porn in a cup
21-11-2010
The Pulp and The Coffee Bean offers a cup of coffee which contains ten times the standard amount of espresso. The coffee should not be sold to people over forty years or hart failure and is described as ‘porn in a cup’. The drink is called “Dieci”, Italian for the number ten.
Sushi Pancakes
21-11-2010
Who has had enough of traditional pancakes with syrup or bacon can also have sushi pancakes. Just like real sushi, pancake sushi rolled up. The sushi pancake can be made to each person’s liking. Thus yu can put bacon or banana in it but also fish and rice.
Spcial Media Sobriety Test
20-11-2010
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For those who may regret a Tweet if they had too mucht too drink there is the Social Media Sobriety Test, to make sure you can do a sobriety test before you send a tweet. All you have to do is install the plugin in your browser and specify the sites you want to block. When you then click on one of these sites you must first pass one out of five sobriety tests. If you’re not drunk, you can login.
Eat Carrots Like Junkfood
20-11-2010
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An interesting way promote healthy carrots, “eat them like junk food. ” Bolthouse Farms came up with this playful promotional video. The idea was to use advertising techniques that are used to promote junk food and apply that to small healthy carrots. We don’t tell that carrots are healthy because people already know that, according to the creators.
Inflatable marketing
20-11-2010
Artist Joshua Allen Harris is very creative with plastic bags. By attaching prefabricated shapes on the ducts of a subway, he makes the most creative artwork.
Kommt Essen!
20-11-2010
Residents of Sweden, Norway and Germany who do not know what to eat for dinner can nowturn to the Facebook pages of KommtEssen Middagsfrid. Through these website people can see what’s on the menu, not only for today but for the next few days. KommtEssen then provides all the ingredients required. The products delivered are local and are also ecological. All dishes come with clear instructions for preparation.
Luminous nano-tree
19-11-2010
Scientists in Taiwan created an environmentally friendly alternative to streetlights. They developed a luminous tree. By applying golden nanoparticles to the leaves of a Bacopa plant, the leaves light up. In the future, they think of using this technique on roadsides to save energy costs and to reduce the CO2-emissions.
Cocktail catering
19-11-2010
The catering company Premium Cocktails is specialized in cocktails. The mobile bars can be rented on (business) events. The cocktails will be adjusted to the wishes of the organizer and the type of party. Premium Cocktails also offers as workshops.
High Tea at Omar Munie
18-11-2010
On November 17th the Dutch bag designer Omar Munie opened a new store in Rotterdam. In this store he sells his bags and during the weekends a Bag & Tea is offered on the first floor of the building. During a high tea, the customers can search for the perfect bag. Munie wants to give his customers a relaxed feeling of being together. The menu offers sweets like cupcakes but also several savory dishes as quiche and sambusa.
