Niven Basics
10-3-2011
On April 1st restaurant Niven Basics, the ‘little sister’ of restaurant Niven in The Netherlands, will open its doors. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays the space will be used for cookingclasses and Thursdays to Saturdays it is a restaurant. De formula is simple: guests can choose between two four-course menus for a fixed price of €37,50.
Illegal Burger
10-3-2011
Illegal Burger, in Oslo opened in secrecy late last year. The fresh-looking burgerplace is only 43 m² and the heavily wood-paneled space looks a bit like a below deck of a ship, with the tight kitchen resembling a galley. First there were secret bars, now there are secret restaurants!
Chicory beer
10-3-2011
The Flemish brewery Hof ten Dormaal developed a beer with the bitter taste of chicory. Hof ten Dormaal failed to sell the beer to distributors, because people do not like the vegetable. Therefore, 90 percent of ‘White Gold’ beer is shipped to the United States.
Buy your friend drinks online
10-3-2011
FrinXX gives consumers in Germany the opportunity to buy each other a drink through online channels, even if they are not present at the bar. FrinXX users visit the site or log in via the Facebook app. You then choose the amount you want to spend and you pay by PayPal, iPayment or ClickandBuy. After payment, you receive a code, which you can send to one or multiple recipients via email, SMS or Facebook, along with a personal message. The code must be shown to the bartender and the drinks are paid for.
Eco Can
8-3-2011
As we all know, plastic bottles and cans are incredibly unfriendly to the environment. At least you can now get your fix with the Eco Can. Eco Can is made of a biodegradable material called PLA and is totally reusable. They are double-wall insulated to keep cold drinks cold and hot drinks hot. The Eco Can is also microwave- and dishwasher-friendly.
The Tiger Blood energy drink
8-3-2011
The Tiger Blood energy drink tastes like fruit and contains 80 mg of caffeine.
Find your parkingspot by using the Park Circa mobile app
8-3-2011
To easily find a parkingplace or offering your parking place to others, use the Park Circa app. Members can spot available parking places and complete payment via the Park Circa mobile app.
Waterbottle with jogging route
7-3-2011
Like many hotels, the Hilton Hotel San Diego Bayfront offers jogging-maps to guests. Unlike other routes, these routes are printed on Hilton waterbottles. Very useful when you are jogging in a city you’re not familiar with.
Wifi in Japanese taxis
7-3-2011
While travelling it is sometimes difficult to stay connected to the world wide web. That is why DoCoMo develloped and installed free wifi in 820 taxi’s in Tokyo.
app for German cities
7-3-2011
Storytude developed, in addition to WHAI WHAI’s mobile guide, location-based stories of several German cities. Each chapter will be associated with a spot in the city. From April, Storytude will publish stories about Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne.
Save the planet one beer at the time
4-3-2011
Purpose Energy is an energy company disposed of breweries. During this process, a large amount of methane they again for the brewery’s energy needs and thereby reduce emissions of the brewery.
Chocolate wine
4-3-2011
Cocoa di Vine is a 14 percent alcohol fusion of Moscato, Torrontes and Pedro Ximenez. The wine has rich flavours of vanilla, caramel and of course chocolate.
Chilean miners-wine
4-3-2011
The British design Agency created 33 different bottles of Chilean Winers each designed with a name of a trapped miner. The packaging for Chilean Winer is designed to resemble the Phoenix 2 escape capsule.
Rice to Riches
4-3-2011
Concept in New York: a store that exclusively sells rice pudding. Like with ice cream, you can choose your own toppings.
First appartment heated by solar thermal energy
4-3-2011
This apartment building in Upper Castle, Switzerland is the world’s first to be heated exclusively by solar thermal energy. The roof produces twice the heat of what the building needs and will serve as a model for future projects.
Art on electrical junction boxes
3-3-2011
Fortum is an electricity company in Sweden. Every year grafitti and vandalism to electrical junctionboxes cost the company over $1,5 million. Research shows that art in public places and a well maintained urban environment lead to increased safety and decreases vandalism. Fortum created the competition “Art on electrical boxes”. Anyone could upload their artwork and collect votes through social media. The artworks with the most votes were posted on electrical junction boxes throughout the city.
Wat do you eat at your funeral
3-3-2011
At funerals people always eat and drink something. Whether it is a slice of cake with coffee or a complete buffet. The book ‘What do you eat at your funeral’ describes stories from different religions and cultures.
Force soda for men
2-3-2011
Force is the new soda by Jupiler brewery. With this soda Jupiler wants to target men over 30 years old and it is available in The Netherlands and Belgium as from this month.
Japanese website gives away food for free
1-3-2011
Tada Yasai is a Japanese initiative to give away ‘left over’ food for free. For example products that do not meet the aesthetic demands of supermarkets. Members of the site pay the shipping fee and local farmers have the opportunity to ‘sell’ their products.
BVLGARI Hotel in London
1-3-2011
In 2012, fashion brand BVLGARI will open its third hotel. After Milan and Bali, a hotel will be opened in London. The hotel will have 85 rooms including 8 suites of 200 sqm.
Daft Punk and Coca Cola
1-3-2011
The French DJ duo Daft Punk has designed two Coca Cola bottles for the campaign “Coke Club. It is still unknown in which country the bottles will be available.
Healthy and organic lunchbox
1-3-2011
Tiss Lunchtime launches a new, sustainable, lunch concept for schools in The Netherlands. Parents can subscribe online. The boxes are delivered daily and contains a healthy lunch. All products are organic, local and free range products.
Hangman clip on your drink
28-2-2011
Perfect for festivals! Just don’t forget to bring a cap!
Teapot for tealeaves
28-2-2011
This glass teapot has an integrated tea egg. Once the tea is ready the tea egg can easily be removed by pulling the silicone string. The teapot made by Danish brand Menu costs 59.95 euros and is available at selected stores.
Vivienne Westwood and Chivas Regal
28-2-2011
Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood designed the Chivas Regal 18 Year Old limited edition bottle. Only 2,500 bottles will be made and they cost $ 495, =
