The Squatty Potty toilet stool helps preventing colon disease, avoid constipation, and painful hemorrhoids and poop faster and more effectively. We aren’t used to this in the Netherlands, but it might be a great solution for the healthcare. Watch the video for the instructions and tips!
The annual festival South by Southwest (SxSW) which takes place in Austin (Texas), created the “Homeless Hotspots” as a charitable initiative to help support the homeless populations. SxSW attendees can pay to access the 4G wireless network. The homeless person acting as a Wi-Fi hotspot, wearing a “I’m a 4G hotspot” t-shirt. Attendees were encouraged to donate $2 for every 15 minutes of use.
De guests of Velo (Vietnamese restaurant in London) can order their menu through a row of touchscreens. You order on screen, you pay on screen and then you watch the status of your order as it progresses through the kitchen. Velo serves traditional Vietnamese street food – light, tasty and healthy.
With the KettlePizza, the humble kettle grill gains a new skill: cooking pizza like a proper oven. The KettlePizza is an insert that goes between the top and bottom part of a kettle grill and is made from stainless steel. The fitting is made of stainless steel and has a thermometer.
The Man Table looks just like any finely-finished side table. When you try to open the Man Table’s drawers, it exposes a mini-fridge right where a compartment should be. The entire table is made from real wood, and comes in the colours tobacco, espresso and black.
Students of the Rijn IJssel College in Arnhem (the Netherlands) won the first prize with a milk cube for in the coffee. The milk cube looks the same as a lump of sugar, but is made of milk powder and stays edible for 3 years. The company won the prize as Best Overall Company during the International Student Company Festival in Riga.
Russian Babochki Anticafé lets consumers drink and eat for free, but they are charged by the minutes they spend in the café. Creating a space where consumers can relax and pursue their favorite diversions, the venue offers tea, coffee and desserts at no charge, guests can bring their own refreshments as well. An assortment of board games, Xbox games, wifi and a cinema hall are on hand for entertainment.
Richard Branson was in Australia for the launch of Virgin Money’s new Low Rate Credit Card and he topped up some cards with cash for a staff celebration but then somehow misplaced them. Now there are five cards worth $1,299 each and anybody could find them! There are 5 cards to be found and each one comes with $1,299. They could be anywhere in Australia, but all you need to do is guess their location via Facebook and maybe the cash is yours.
For the Nutella lovers: in Germany and Italy, Nutella fast food restaurants are opened. They offer a wide choice of delights such as pancakes, biscuits, muffins, milkshakes, pasta and pizza made from Nutella.
Update: In Chicago an Eataly opened with a Nutella-restaurant as well.
The Berkeley London designer afternoon tea, Prêt-à-Portea, is inspired by the themes and colours of the fashion world. The menu is transformed every six months to follow the changing seasons in fashion. Prêt-à-Portea is served at the Caramel Room daily from 1pm to 6pm.
With the BarTune app, guests can choose the music they want to hear. To do this go to one of the participating bars, login and pick their favourite song from the available tracklist.
Holiday Inn hotel in London created their first augmented reality hotel, where guests can see Olympic athletes appear through their smartphone. Watch the ‘Making of’ video.
Jim Halfens opened a DivorceBar in Den Bosch (Netherlands) on Valentine’s Day (2012). The bar looks like an après-ski café and you’ll get a free cocktail if you show your certificat of divorce. Let’s celebrate life!
Lapo Germasi, a 24-year-old Industrial Design student from Italy, designed the Inspiration Chair. The chair is made of an electro-welded PVC cube, low-density polyurethane balls and a suction valve. The Inspiration Chair can be suctioned into any preferred shape by a vacuum cleaner.
To create a social media fanclub, Café Causette of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel (Hong Kong) launches the mini-hamburger-campaign. Guests can vote for their favorite burger, and the winning burger deserves to be on the menu. Before guests can vote, they do have to become a member of their Facebook-page.
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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