The Italian artist Eduardo Zamarro was commissioned by Coca-Cola to create the world’s largest stop-motion video using only post-it notes. Twenty students and artists made 135 artworks from 1 million post-its in only 15 days. Locals were invited to scribble their own ideas and messages of happiness as part of the mural experience.
Restaurant Aan Zee Oostervoorne’ (The Netherlands) is build of natural and sustainable material. All energy is obtained by solar panels on the roof, solar water heaters and windmills. In the summer the warmth is stored in the ground. The waste water is purified in a helofyte-field and the rainwater is filtered in the sand dunes. Therefore no sewage system is needed.
Chefs at Chicago’s famous Alinea restaurant continue to innovate and amaze at the dinner table, their latest creation is an edible green apple balloon that is filled with helium.
Malibu visits a number of festivals in the Netherlands this summer. They let the guests shine in their own summer movie production. Malibu sends a professional film crew to film exiling scripts. At the Malibu Movie Headquarters the film is edited. The film is shared on Facebook, so everyone can see how the Malibu festival feeling is portrayed.
Foodzy is an app that is designed to keep track of your eating habits. The developers recently integrated an Evernote login, making it possible to share recipes with others. Evernote is a digital scrapbook, accessable by PC, Mac and mobile phone. With this alliance it’s even easier to share recipes with friends, also if you’re in the supermarket for example.
Spanish importer Saborea introduces the first orange wine to The Netherlands. The BURNARJ wine is made with oranges from Vega del Guadalquivir in Andalusia. The alcohol percentage varies from 7 % in the light Semiseco to 11% in the Brut Nature, Brut and normal Semiseco.
Michael Lamotte is a photographer from San Francisco that makes black-and-white pictures from products from small, local producers along with a link to both the vendor and the source, hence the name. On the website ‘From the source’ you can find some more of his creative food photos.
Delicious eating at Dutch organic farms on 23 and 24 June.
The Lindner hotels in Germany have ‘kidnapped’ vacations from June 22 till September 7 By the theme: Wir haben Ihren Urlaub. The ‘kidnapped’ rooms are available after the ‘ransom’ is payed. During this period every participating Lindner Hotel has a few rooms for a low fare available.
At Horecatrends.com we regularly organize trend presentations. Recently we were invited by Our Common Food to inspire the teams. Take a look at the (Dutch) Prezi presentation here.
The Hostelle woman hotel is built in the old headquaters of the Bijenkorf/Hema. Bianca Brasdorp is responsible for the design of the rooms, she focuses mainly on the age group between 16 and 55 years old. In the hotel you will find graffiti, large QR codes on canvas with information about the art museums in Amsterdam. A Chinese room, a Marie Antoinette room and a pink bathroom with a Hello-Kitty-toilet. In short, a real woman domain.
At the main train station Warschau in Poland you can see this McDonald’s Timetable. At the Timetable you can see the departure times of the train and it also tells you how long you should wait in burgers, colas, chips and ice creams. This way you can assess whether you have time to eat something. Watch the video.
The temporary pop-up restaurant À la Plancha next to the Maas in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, prepares fresh seafood in the front of the customer. Between Thursday the 5th of July and Sunday 15th July fish lovers can eat here.
Bos has launched this ‘The Incredible Sampling Robot’ for its brand Ice Tea. The machine works easy, stand in front of the machine with your Smartphone, tweet via Twitter #BOSTWEET4T and your free Ice Tea is coming.