Rooftop made of grass

1-6-2010

The French architect Patrick Nadeau has designed a new green roof, a house disguised as a grassy knoll. It doesn’t only looks nice, it’s also good for the environment as more space is created for plants to survive.

Sweet art

1-6-2010

Chez Bogato is a pastry shop that opened in 2009 in Paris. In less than a year the playful concept of Bogato already made a big impression. Bogato is known for elevating his delicacies to art pieces.

Ice cream shop uses RFID

31-5-2010

100 flavors in your assortment, but only 32 simultaneously in your store. How do you make clear to your customers which flavors are available? Izzy’s ice cream provided each ice bucket with a RFID tag, which is read the moment it’s put at the counter. The tag contains information about the taste, production date, and more. The information is directly adjusted on both the ice cream menu and the website. So guests will always know which flavors are available.

Delicious shoes

30-5-2010

As we are saying for a long time, fashion and food are inspiring each other. Here’s proof! Hand-painted shoes by Oyee design.

Monthly pop up event in Paris

30-5-2010

Eco-friendly food, dance lessons, responsibly shopping for clothes and much more. It’s all possible every first Sunday of the month in Paris on the monthly pop-up event, Brunch Bazar. The entrance fee is € 3.50 and will be donated to charity.

Social Media Bars in Johannesburg

29-5-2010

Johannesburg has 2 exclusive bars where online social media are combined with hospitality. You must be invited online to have access to one of the two locations. At the locations one will find touch screens mounted in the tables, on which one can use the internet. But one can also make contact with another tables.

Green Champs-Elysees

28-5-2010

The famous Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, where normally a thousands of cars a day pass by, has been temporarily transformed into a giant garden. On the day of biodiversity a farmers’ organization has turned the street in a garden of 1.2 kilometers long. Over 800.000 people visited the garden.

Birth tourism in the USA

26-5-2010

According to the constitution, whoever is born on U.S. soil automatically is an American citizen. This causes increasing “birth tourism”.  Hotel Marmara is responding to this by offering facilities before and after childbirth. Rooms are rented by the month, including cradles, airport transfers and a gift for the mother.

Hello Kitty wine

25-5-2010

The little cartoon cat Kitty has become a real woman and now has her own wine label. And not without success, this wine is sold in Singapore, USA, Russia and England. The wine comes from the vineyards of Lombardy, a Pinot noir grape, in northern Italy.

Invest in chocolate

25-5-2010

Rather than borrowing money from the bank, Hotel Chocolat wants to borrow money from customers. When you invest in “Hotel Chocolat” shares, you will receive your interest in chocolate. With an investment of £ 2000,= people get a chocoladebox, worth £ 107.70, six times a year.

Bezoek horecatrends op