Stylish storage in the kitchen
With this magnetic storage system of Urbio, your kitchen is not only well organized, but as well very stylish. You can organize your kitchen utensils, or use the pots for small herb plants.
With this magnetic storage system of Urbio, your kitchen is not only well organized, but as well very stylish. You can organize your kitchen utensils, or use the pots for small herb plants.
The Japanese company Daiwa House Industry developed the Agri-Cube; a unit that fits a standard parking place, which can be used to cultivate several types of vegetables. The temperature, the fertilization and drainage can automatically be controlled. This unit is especially suitable for leafy vegetables such as lettuce. Lettuce heads can be grown within 42 days.
breakfast with giraffe at the Giraffe Manor HotelGiraffe Manor is the only place in the world where you can eat breakfast with giraffe. This iconic historical building from the 1930s is often visited by a herd of eight resident Rothschild giraffe in the mornings and evenings. See here more about this cool place in Nairobi, Kenya.
LYFE Kitchen is an organic fast-food alternative with great ambitions. The founders of LYFE, an acronym for ‘love your food everyday’, are former McDonald’s employees and want to open hundreds of restaurants in the next five years. McDonald’s former chief operating officer Mike Roberts and former chief of communications officer Mike Donahue opened a prototype restaurant on Hamilton Avenue in Palo Alto. They improve the cooking process and the logistics to save every second possible. When customers order they receive a coaster with a RFID tag. By this tag a runner can locate the table with the order. The restaurant offers organic brussel sprouts as alternative for french fries. Watch the video for about the kitchen of LYFE.
Zhu Jingzuan, student Fashion & Art Design, has developed a scent photo printer for the annual Student Design Workshop of Sony China. The Dongua University student received the “Most Fun” award for her creation. The food scent duplicator has three core elements; a camera, printer and aroma sensor. This ‘nose’ analyzes the scent and picks the closest aroma-ink to add to the photo. Sony finds the idea very interesting but doesn’t think to have a the prototype in production any time soon. See the articles by Design Taxi and China Daily for more information.
Planning a trip to Sydney? The concept store by Adriano Zumbo is worth visiting. This is a well-known patissier, known from his creative dessert and sweets.
The French Michelin starred-chef Laurent Gras published his first cookbook as an e-cookbook for the iPad. The digital cookbook features 40 French recipes that reflect the chef’s food background growing up on the French Côte d’Azur, including step-by-step photos and videos. The e-cookbook can also be viewed on a laptop or computer.
Members of VirtualTourist.com composedthe Top 10 best Street Food cities. Bangkok (Thailand) can be find on the first place with Soi Rambuttri in the old part of the city. On the second place, we find Singapore, because of the variety in dishes. On the third place we find Penang in Malaysia because of the multicultural kitchen. The Top 10 looks as follows:
1. Bangkok, Thailand
2. Singapore
3. Penang, Malaysia
4. Marrakech, Marocco
5. Palermo, Sicily
6. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
7. Istanbul, Turkey
8. Mexico City, Mexico
9. Brussels, Belgium
10. Beachside Ceviche in Ambergris Caye, Belize
Instead of ordinairy lighting there are many modifications possible with light. Examples are the Peel Wall Light by Yoy or these Torn Lights concept by Billy May.
A Sign in Space is an art installation that is visible from 21 July to 2 September at Spain’s Laga Beach. The artwork by Gunilla Klingberg is embossed into the sand at low tide, only to be washed away at high tide. A Sign in Space is part of the larger international art project, Sense and Sustainability.
See also this link about commercial ‘beach printers’.
The website Fodors.com has made a rooftop bar top 10 for Europe. Ideal for everyone who wants to spend some time in one of these cities.
Lisbon, BA Terrace at Bairro Alto Hotel
Florence, SE-STO on Arno at Westin Excelsior
London, Vista at The Trafalgar Hotel
Berlin, Roof Top Terrace at Hotel de Rome
Moscow, O2 Lounge at Ritz-Carlton, Moscow
Munich, China Moon Roof Terrace at Mandarin Oriental
Paris, The 7th at Terrass Hotel (photo)
Oslo, Q Lounge Rooftop Bar at First Hotel Grims Grenka
Prague, Terrace at Hotel U Prince
Madrid, The Roof at ME Madrid
The Polish vodka brand Ultimat Vodka made a video of their afternoon guerrilla campaign in Chicago and New York. A guy in business suit poses as window washer and invites white-collar office drones to have a drink. Watch the video ‘Stop working, start drinking’.
Australian brewery Coopers created an unique “Life After Dark” billboard in Melbourne. The billboard is handcrafted with ultraviolet paint by Chicago based illustrator Pose and only visible at night. The billboard showcases Coopers Dark Ale during the day, while the complex nightlife drawing materializes at night.
A simple but effective lemon juicer can give you extra terrace credits. This Sombrero juicer fits perfectly on a water, soda or beer bottle.
With the CineBoxTM Home system you create your own backyard movie theater. Perfect for the summer evenings; organize theater evenings in your restaurants or beach club.
Culinary robotics company Next Robot unveiled its latest innovation, ‘Al Dente’, at the 2025 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago. Designed to automate the preparation read more
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