Meat shoes

11-5-2012

Made by artist and ‘meat-worker’ Henning Hüttner, the AIR-METT 90. The shoe was introduced at the Release-Party of the second issue of the ‘Sneaker Freaker magazine’ at TheGoodWillOut Sneakerstore in Cologne.

Heineken Night Club of the Future

10-5-2012

At the Design fair in Milan, Heineken placed the crowd-sourced night club concept. This yearlong design exploration project, is created through the progressive minds of 19 emerging designers from across the globe, resulted in a prototype of a futuristic night club. Interesting to read about the six key areas (connecting, getting a drink, discovering, dancing, cooling down and ending the night).

Hotel and public square in one

10-5-2012

OOIIO Architecture designed an open space on the lower level of a new hotel in Reykjavik that can be used as a theater, including restaurants, shops and the hotel lobby facing it. From there, people can take an escalator up to the public sculptural hotel roof, where they can enjoy a panoramic view. Take a look at the website of Designboom to discover the design.

Surprise toilet visit

10-5-2012

Great promotional campaign of Ikea for their bathroom articles at the Salone Internationale del Mobile in Milan.

Wonderboard HACCP

10-5-2012

(advertorial) Wonderboard created by the Dutch company Milin, is a hygienic wall and ceiling solution and HACCP proof. The wonderboard is shown at the Foodtech 2012 in Rosmalen (The Netherlands).

Pizza Cone

10-5-2012

Kono Pizza sells pizza cone’s already for a couple of years. We did spot them year’s ago. In the meantime the company is selling them in 16 countries. So the cones are growing to be popular.

Entrepreneur Island Blueseed

9-5-2012

‘Blueseed’ is co-founded by Max Marti, Dario Mutabdzija and lead by Peter Thiel. The floating city will be located in international waters of the Silicon Valley and is especially designed for starting entrepreneurs. The Blueseed project offers living space, work space and entertaiment facilities to foreign start-ups. The goal is that the Blue Seed opens in the 3rd quarter of 2013. Click here for the video about Blueseed.

Sprite shower

9-5-2012

No more regular showers on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil this summer. The Coca-Cola company came with the ‘Sprite Shower’, luckily the shower is of pure water and not Sprite.

Flowers and cupcakes

9-5-2012

A recipe of Dr. Oetker and a nice idea for Mother’s Day. A cupcake with a bunch of flowers. The recipe is only available in Dutch.

Furniture tasting

9-5-2012

The Japanese – Portuguese couple Ryosuke Fuksada and Rui Pereira came up with to an edible furniture maker ‘Furniture Tasting’. Inspired by the contemporary furniture this old-fashioned waffle maker converted. Enjoy your furniture, bon appetite.

A water purification hotel

9-5-2012

Hotelier Carlos Couturier has converted a water purification into a 19th-century hotel. The hotel has a 30 meter pool. The edges of the pool been of glass, that gives a nice effect and view.

Pineapple Mimosas

8-5-2012

These Pineapple mimosas look nice, a good idea to surprise your mother at Mother’s Day. For the recipe visit this site.

QR-code with shadow effect

8-5-2012

Emart in South-Korea has found a way to attract more customers during lunch. Between 12 am and 1 pm they make a QR-code becomes visible by the sunlight. The consumer that schans the Sunny Sale QR-code will receive a voucher of 12 euros for home products. Sales increased by 25 percent during lunch.

The underwater hotel

8-5-2012

The Water Discus Hotel in Dubai is a hotel that is partially located under water. The 21 rooms are below the surface of the sea. The windows of the rooms are high, so you have a good view of the sea life. The restaurant, spa and reception are above the waterline. It’s unknown when the hotel opens.

Drunk for a few seconds

8-5-2012

The two French inventors Phillipe Starck and David Edwards have developed a spray that makes you temporarily drunk. To stimulate your brain you need only 0,075 ml of the ‘Wahh Quantum Sensations’. The drunkenness you get then is not a state but more a emotion, this make you feel light headed but you don’t lose your senses. A spray costs 20 euros and sprays 21 times.

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