From container to pizzeria
A nice example of re-using containers. This pizzeria in Barcelona, designed by the Spanish architect Pedro Scattarella, is fully designed and build by using old shipping containers.
A nice example of re-using containers. This pizzeria in Barcelona, designed by the Spanish architect Pedro Scattarella, is fully designed and build by using old shipping containers.
The American chain In-N-Out Burger opened on March 28th a one-day pop-up restaurant in Tokyo. This event was to research the Japanese market and to test if it would be appropriate to move across the Pacific.
Do you own a BlackBerry? Than you can order your drinks through your phone and do you have direct contact with the bartender, at the Mataysian Jazz Club ‘No Black Tie’. Through BlackBerry Messenger you can communicate with the bar. A nice example of collaboration between a club and a company like BlackBerry.
The Saguaro in California already exsits a year, but is still very brightly. This hotel is based on the colors of the rainbow.
This vending machine of Coca-Cola distributed free drinks to everyone who hugged the machine. It was placed on a university in Singapore and it invited passengers with the lines ‘Hug Me!’
Frank’s is an exclusive speakeasy in Buenos Aires. You can enter the club via a password (changes every week) that is spread by word-of-mouth. Because of the changing password, 200 of the bar’s most high-profile customers (actors, businessman, models etc.) stopped visiting. That’s why the bar created the ‘tackiest VIP card’, hiding the real identity of Frank’s, which was printed on the card in invisible UV ink and sent it to these customers. They successfully converted over 130 people, who returned to the bar using their VIP-card.
Once upon a Milkshake is an ice cream salon with different characters for every flavour. Inspired by various writers who tell stories about their travels and experiences, they created a character for each product with a short story. The characters include: Agent Red Velvet (cacao with cream cheese), Honey Nougat (premium nougat and honey) and Spooky Mocha (aromatic coffee beans and chocolate).
Do you have a Scrabble game sitting around that’s missing more than one letter tile? Recycle those Scrabble tiles and make clever and quirky coasters! Click for the list of supplies and how to create these coasters.
Wim Hartog (88 years old) become the Dutch ‘oldest bakery’. To honor Wim, Volkswagen made this beautiful portrait of the baker and his passion for the company for their 65-handyman campaign.
Restaurant Day is a day where anyone can set up a restaurant, café or bar. It can be anywhere, like at your home, at the office or on a street corner! The next Restaurant Day is planned on the 19th of May.
Kotex released worlds first Pinterest campaign where they found 50 influential women on Pinterest and sent each one of them a personalized gift, based on their interests and passions. These gifts drove social commentary across Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Choko La (chocolate chain in Delhi) designed chocolate scented business cards. The scent describes the company.
“Google’s Project Glass ” is a ‘wearable computing device’, in this case glasses, which projects information directly on your vision. The glasses are controlable by voice commandos. Watch the movie to have a look in the future, where meetings with friends are made, how a route is mapped out and explored and how a view is shared with friends, all by voice.
Toshiba Tec created the Object Recognition Scanner which reads items without the use of barcodes. The scanner is still in development, but can be seen as the end of the barcodes like we know them.
Martin Creed was given a completely open brief to design the Sketch restaurant in London. The only note was that it could function as a restaurant. He used 96 different types of marble and all objects in the restaurant, from cuttlery, tables, chairs to glassware are different. The Master Chef Pierre Gagnaire makes the experience complete by cooking visually dishes, therefore art and food go hand in hand at Sketch.
Approachable inspiration, trends and highlights from 2025 that can be easily applied to your own business in 2026. A whitepaper to scroll through when you read more
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
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