Special K Tweet Shop
In London consumers found the first Tweet Shop of Special K. When consumers posted a twitter-message about the new snacks of Special K, they received a bag of one of the new tastes.
In London consumers found the first Tweet Shop of Special K. When consumers posted a twitter-message about the new snacks of Special K, they received a bag of one of the new tastes.
Last summer the roof terrace of the Netil360 building in Hackney (London) was often a bubbley scene. Asher Charman organized ‘Hottub Cinema’ nights, where people enjoyed cinema and champagne from inflatable hot tubs.
Tv-Chef Wim Ballieu wants to start a chain of meatballshop. He started a pop-up store in Gent at the Sint-Jacobsnieuwstraat in April. The balls – made from the meat from the butcher shop of his father – are filled with creative fillings such as chervil and pancetta, foie gras and even crab. You can eat in the shop and take-out the balls, they are served with ‘stoemp’ (mashed potatoes) or a salad. The balls are very popular; the pop-up setting is changed to a permanent settlement. Furthermore, a branch in Bruges will be opened and a pop-up version will open in Antwerp. We already wrote about The Meatball Shop (NY) and Monday, meatball day at restaurant ‘De Open Keuken’ in Hilversum.
In September 2012, the world’s first pop-down restaurant will open in a unique mining environment in Tytyri, Lohja. The restaurant is located 80 meters below the ground and during the evening you can go as down as 350 meters underground. The journey to the depths of the Earth is made using KONE’s test laboratory lifts. Chosen as restaurant of the year 2012 in Finland, Muru will bring its unique atmosphere, delicious food and excellent staff to Tytyri for two weeks. Down-to-earth food will be on offer in Muru’s signature style, in the spirit of a “mining canteen”.
Aloft Hotels & We Are Scientists have joined forces to present the ultimate musical challenge for unsigned bands. After sending in a demo your band can be invited to play a gig at Aloft Hotels in London, Brussels or Abu Dhabi. ‘We Are Scientists’ will watch the highlights from the gigs and choose one band to join them at the Aloft Sessions in London. They’ll help that band write and record a track in a pop-up studio within 12 hours. It’s all streamed live and direct for the world to see on Facebook. The winning band, plays their new track live at The Aloft Hotel, London.
In the summer of 2013, Boxpark NDSM will open its doors on the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam. This is a pop-up shopping mall, consisting of containers, a variant of the London Boxpark Shoreditch. The containers will feature mostly fashion stores, but as well eateries, theatre and a cinema. The stores will be opened only during the weekend, but probably non-stop for 48 hours.
‘Antwerpen Proeft’ (Antwerp Tastes) is Belgium’s culinary highlight this summer. Chefs with a 15+ ranking in the Gault&Millau BeLux will cook all-in arrangements as well as bites for visitors. The Chéfs that participate this year are Viki Geunes (‘t Zilte), Wouter Keersmaekers (De Schone van Boskoop), Axel Colonna-Cesari (Centpourcent), Dave De Belder (De Godevaart) and Kaasaffineurs Michel Van Tricht & Zoon (cheese and beer pairing experts).
Next to the prominent chefs there are local and artisanal products like hand made Moon Pops ice creams.
The In-N-Out pop-up restaurant that opened on the 24th of July in Singapore was sold out within 5 minutes. The fast food chain tests if it should expand to Asia, another pop-up store for one day opened in Tokyo in March.
Ikea has opened a pop-up lounge for the tired traveller on airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle in Paris. The lounge in terminal 3 is open until August 5th.
Since June 29, the district Schieblok in Rotterdam offers a new hotspot called the Milk Bar. This is a pop-up concept, created by master students of the art school in The Hague. Guests can come here for a milk drink, a smoothie or other healthy snacks. With this project, they are especially aiming to bring this neglected part of Rotterdam back to life and is part of the project Test Site Rotterdam in occasion of the 5th International Architecture Biënnale Rotterdam.
In London consumers found the first Tweet Shop of Special K. When consumers posted a twitter-message about the new snacks of Special K, they received a bag of one of the new tastes.
Last summer the roof terrace of the Netil360 building in Hackney (London) was often a bubbley scene. Asher Charman organized ‘Hottub Cinema’ nights, where people enjoyed cinema and champagne from inflatable hot tubs.
Tv-Chef Wim Ballieu wants to start a chain of meatballshop. He started a pop-up store in Gent at the Sint-Jacobsnieuwstraat in April. The balls – made from the meat from the butcher shop of his father – are filled with creative fillings such as chervil and pancetta, foie gras and even crab. You can eat in the shop and take-out the balls, they are served with ‘stoemp’ (mashed potatoes) or a salad. The balls are very popular; the pop-up setting is changed to a permanent settlement. Furthermore, a branch in Bruges will be opened and a pop-up version will open in Antwerp. We already wrote about The Meatball Shop (NY) and Monday, meatball day at restaurant ‘De Open Keuken’ in Hilversum.
In September 2012, the world’s first pop-down restaurant will open in a unique mining environment in Tytyri, Lohja. The restaurant is located 80 meters below the ground and during the evening you can go as down as 350 meters underground. The journey to the depths of the Earth is made using KONE’s test laboratory lifts. Chosen as restaurant of the year 2012 in Finland, Muru will bring its unique atmosphere, delicious food and excellent staff to Tytyri for two weeks. Down-to-earth food will be on offer in Muru’s signature style, in the spirit of a “mining canteen”.
Aloft Hotels & We Are Scientists have joined forces to present the ultimate musical challenge for unsigned bands. After sending in a demo your band can be invited to play a gig at Aloft Hotels in London, Brussels or Abu Dhabi. ‘We Are Scientists’ will watch the highlights from the gigs and choose one band to join them at the Aloft Sessions in London. They’ll help that band write and record a track in a pop-up studio within 12 hours. It’s all streamed live and direct for the world to see on Facebook. The winning band, plays their new track live at The Aloft Hotel, London.
In the summer of 2013, Boxpark NDSM will open its doors on the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam. This is a pop-up shopping mall, consisting of containers, a variant of the London Boxpark Shoreditch. The containers will feature mostly fashion stores, but as well eateries, theatre and a cinema. The stores will be opened only during the weekend, but probably non-stop for 48 hours.
‘Antwerpen Proeft’ (Antwerp Tastes) is Belgium’s culinary highlight this summer. Chefs with a 15+ ranking in the Gault&Millau BeLux will cook all-in arrangements as well as bites for visitors. The Chéfs that participate this year are Viki Geunes (‘t Zilte), Wouter Keersmaekers (De Schone van Boskoop), Axel Colonna-Cesari (Centpourcent), Dave De Belder (De Godevaart) and Kaasaffineurs Michel Van Tricht & Zoon (cheese and beer pairing experts).
Next to the prominent chefs there are local and artisanal products like hand made Moon Pops ice creams.
The In-N-Out pop-up restaurant that opened on the 24th of July in Singapore was sold out within 5 minutes. The fast food chain tests if it should expand to Asia, another pop-up store for one day opened in Tokyo in March.
Ikea has opened a pop-up lounge for the tired traveller on airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle in Paris. The lounge in terminal 3 is open until August 5th.
Since June 29, the district Schieblok in Rotterdam offers a new hotspot called the Milk Bar. This is a pop-up concept, created by master students of the art school in The Hague. Guests can come here for a milk drink, a smoothie or other healthy snacks. With this project, they are especially aiming to bring this neglected part of Rotterdam back to life and is part of the project Test Site Rotterdam in occasion of the 5th International Architecture Biënnale Rotterdam.