Carlsberg put friends to the test
A phone call in the middle of the night: your best friend is in trouble. Would you go out and help him? Carlsberg tests some friendships. What would your friends do? Are they true mates?
A phone call in the middle of the night: your best friend is in trouble. Would you go out and help him? Carlsberg tests some friendships. What would your friends do? Are they true mates?
The Australian design firm HASSELL designed the ‘Urban Coffee Farm and Brew Bar’ for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. A total of 125 coffee trees have transformed the ‘Red Stairs’ (a popular public Amphitheatre in Melbourne) into a terraced coffee farm. Shipping containers, packaging crates and timber pallets have also been added to demonstrate the journey that coffee beans take. This will creates a unique experience while visitors sit among the trees sipping their coffee. More pictures at PSFK.
Enjoying the sun, swimming in the sea and in between drinking an Ice Tea.. That’s possible in Cape Town. At one of the trendiest beaches of Cape Town, Lipton Ice Tea has introduced the first driving vending machine in the world.
The Australian design firm HASSELL designed the ‘Urban Coffee Farm and Brew Bar’ for the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. A total of 125 coffee trees have transformed the ‘Red Stairs’ (a popular public Amphitheatre in Melbourne) into a terraced coffee farm. Shipping containers, packaging crates and timber pallets have also been added to demonstrate the journey that coffee beans take. This will creates a unique experience while visitors sit among the trees sipping their coffee. More pictures at PSFK.
Hong Kong-based Handy is leasing Android smartphones out to visitors, pre-loaded with free calls, 3G internet access and apps to help them navigate their destination. Handy provides users with the most up-to-date information and the latest happenings in Hong Kong. The smartphones can be picked up from the Hong Kong International Airport and it is possible to connect the phones with laptops to the internet and helps tourist avoid spending time looking for free wi-fi. Earlier we saw that tourist can hire a tablet with free wi-fi in Singapore and guests of the London’s Stratford Holiday Inn can use a Samsung Galaxy S III during their stay.
A nice new concept of molecular chef cook José Andrés. The cook has several restaurants in Washington and opened a cocktail bar named ‘Barmini’ in the space adjoining restaurant ‘Minibar’. More than one hundred artisan cocktails are crafted and served with the combination of art and science as well as tradition and technique. Earlier we saw that José Andrés applied his innovative style to the American cuisine at restaurant America Eats Tavern.
The new blog ‘Now you’re cooking’ developed by Electrolux, helps prepare the tastiest dishes. The blog collects cooking videos, exclusive ‘behind the scenes’ material and thus inspires food lovers. Often it is impossible to keep pace with the TV cook during cooking. You can turn the movies of ‘Now you’re cooking’ on the cooking mode, so you can easily cook at the same time as the chef cook. The video shows short pieces of text that will help you go through the cooking process and when you pause the video the cooking process is even step by step explained.
The famous red cups used in the United States are redesigned into a classy and fancy shape. The old red cups weren’t classy enough pouring wine into it so the Red Cup Living designed four new cups that debuted at the International Housewares Association show. The cups are also reusable.
A great announcement of a comedy festival that takes place from 27 March till 21 April in Melbourne. Well, maybe her husband isn’t that funny, but this commercial definitely is!
Soon people will be able to get free access to 15 articles a day of the New York Times through the Starbucks Digital Network. Starbucks customers will be able to view three articles a day from five different sections. This action approach benefits for both companies, because it attracts people to visit Starbucks over a local coffee shop and it widens the reach of the New York Times.
Milan Gennissen and Frank van Nieuwhuizen, two young Dutch entrepreneurs, have developed an innovative version of the famous Italian lemon liqueur Limoncello: Limonchili. Limonchili is made from organic lemons from Sicily and combined with biological red peppers. The lemons are all hand peeled. The Limonchili contains 24% alcohol and has a soft taste that is enriched with the touch of red pepper which gives a slight tingling on the tongue. For the restaurants, Limonchili can be added as an extra course and be served between the dessert and coffee.
The pens of Casa Mariol are filled with a special ink based on the winery’s best Cabernet Sauvignon instead of ink. These pens are great as a business gift by wine sellers. And if there are Dutch wine sellers who are going to sell these pens inspired by our article.. We would love to have one!
During an application procedure for the position ‘Manager Social Media and Digital Advertising’ the Pizza Hut kept interviews of 140 seconds. The Pizza Hut believes that people who can sell themselves in 140 seconds should be good at selling the company in 140 characters on Twitter. A special way to let people apply for a function and to put your company in the spotlight.
We’ve seen robot bartenders before, but with the robot ‘Bartendro’ (designed by Kickstarter) you can make cocktails quickly and repeatedly. The ‘Bartendro’ can easily make cocktails within ten seconds. The robot machine can be controlled by a smartphone or tablet via WI-fi and with the special administrator screen you can manage dispensers, ingredients and drink recipes. It is also possible to view reports of the drinks made. Watch the video to see how the machine works.
The company Koppert Cress has developed a new edible flower, named Vananco Leaves. The purple flower with white accents has a neutral taste and is widely applicable. Because of the color the flower matches well with desserts, salads or both fish and meat. The Vananco Leaves are originated in the Asian rainforest and grows in moist places. Koppert Cress offers Vananco Leaves that are specially grown for consumption and can safely be used in dishes.
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We’ve been enjoying glorious summer weather for a few weeks now, and the popular seasonal drinks are already known. Mocktails, cocktails, spritz variations, rosé, and read more
For bedpartners who both have a different definition of a comfertable bed, this mattress is a solution. Both sides can be chilled or warmed separately.
This modern-style toilet is a combination of a sink and a toilet. The water that is normally flushed down the drain, is now being collected in the reservoir under the sink. It is then used to flush the toilet.
Specially for Valentine’s Day TomTom launched a red and white GPS system. With additional locations such as hotels, restaurants and shops, a romantic weekend can’t get any better. Available for € 159.95.
Always having trouble to get chopped onions in a bowl? This cutting board has a slot where a board can be slid in, this way onions, peppers or other foods will never end up on the counter after cutting.
When preparing a toasted sandwich it’s always a problem when the cheese starts to melt and leak! result: burnt cheese in your sandwich maker. “Toast a bag” offers a solution. The bags goes into the toaster with the sandwich, keeping the toaster clean. It can also be used for a pizza or pita bread.
Ubuntu is a vegetarian restaurant in California, with only home grown fruits and vegetables on the menu. What makes it special is that a meal can be combined with a yoga class. So you come home healthy and more relaxed after dining out.
‘Play Rethink’ is an interactive board game to bring groups of people together. It helps groups to think creatively about everyday products and services and creating environmentalfriendly ideas. It is an inspiring game for designers, teachers, students and creatives.
Couverts is a service aimed at improving accessibility of restaurants. In order to achieve this a reservationsystem is developed. The Dutch company Couverts is also offering a telephone service. This way no reservations can go wrong. The reservation system provides essential and unique features for every restaurant like: an intelligent logic table, a newsletter application and automatic confirmation of your reservation by e-mail or SMS.
These lamps have the shape of wineglasses. They create a romantic atmosphere and they are nice if you have an open kitchen. The LED lights can burn up to 30,000 hours.
With these stickers everyone can put their own character/mood on a winebottle. With the stickers attached, each bottle literally has his own face.
Especially for those parents who frequently have to take their child on their lap when there’s no chair, a foldable cardboard chair is designed. The flat package can be unfolded after which a complete chair, including strap arises.
Restaurant Linnen, Oisterwijk, the Netherlands, now serves edible Lego blocks of chocolate. They are served with the tea of Betjeman and Barton and the coffee from Buscaglione. Available in 5 different types of Lego-blocks.
This bag allows wine to be tapped into a glass. Perfect for a picnic or a day at the beach. It is easy to pour the wine into the bag and vice versa.
To promote the new grilled hamburger from McDonalds in Puerto Rico, the restaurant used projections and a smoke machine.
An air mattress in the pool has been around for years. But a real bed, with sun protection that can be comfortable for two people is surely something new.
These Hollywood inspired theabags are very striking. A true “teaparty” will be cheered up by these five Hollywood stars. Available with Mr. T, Pamela Anderson, Don Perry, Jen and Vicious Will.
This automatic beater does all the work for you. You put the beater in the sauce or soup and with the touch of a button its all whipped.
Ice cubes in the form of high heels. This ‘Tipsy Toes’ are safe to drink and are 1.75 x 0.25 x 2 inches.
Boom Boom printed 26 good deeds on small cards (for example buy a cup of coffee for a stranger). The idea is to pass these cards to friends or strangers. Through the site, people can share their experiences through pictures and videos. The card can also be followed through the site to track how many times the card is forwarded.
The American manufacturer XAN launched a chocolate collection called ‘Jewel’. This chocolates have the form of crystals and are available in sets of 5, 7 and 12 flavors.
The website of Eggwatchers shows how long to boil an egg and in the meantime find a small movie that lasts just as long as the required cooking time.
Recently the only ice hotel in North-America opened in Canada. 15,000 tons of snow and 500 tons of ice were needed to build the Ice Hotel in Quebec. The hotel has 36 rooms and is only open until April.
With this temporary tattoo you can put all the things you absolutely can’t forget on any part of your body.
The city of Rotterdam has recently received the innovation award for public services for the project ‘Verlaatje by SMS’. This project gives clubowners the ability to quickly and easily request exemption from the curfew via textmessages. Businessowners may request to their company to keep open until 06:00 ten times a year via textmessages, instead of a written permision two weeks in advance.
‘Relay Rides’ calls itself as the first company which offers “person-to-person car-sharing offers. The website allows people with cars to earn money by lending it to other people. Car owners may register through the website, then a mechanic will install a chip so that tenants can easily borrow the car keys without having to ask. Through the website, the carowner can publish what days and at what times tha car can be rented.
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