Inspiration from 2009: Pie on a stick
Perfectly-portioned, tiny pies … and on lollipop sticks. More often we see (small) dishes presented on sticks. Original, creative and a nice way of presenting.
Perfectly-portioned, tiny pies … and on lollipop sticks. More often we see (small) dishes presented on sticks. Original, creative and a nice way of presenting.
Affordable luxury, donuts are changing, more flavours, design etc… but underneath is still the humble donut. Some bakery’s are even adding mashed potatoes to the dough, en Louis Vuitton en Burberry made a designer donut keyring.
Researchers do convert lobster shells into biodegradable golf balls, specially designed for playing golf at cruiseships. The University of Maine, in conjunction with The Lobster Institute, UMaine Biological and Chemical Engineering Professor David Neivandt and undergraduate student Alex Caddell of Winterport, Maine, have developed this golf ball.
Nowadays we see serveral technical tools for in the kitchen, like the voice controlled culinary app. In 2009 we saw this computer which explains the consumer step by step how to prepare the dish, including the shoppinglist, how to preheat the oven, how to cut correctly and how to handle several diets.
“Share a table” is an initiative taken for business guests who travel a lot, resulting in a lonely dinner. “Share a table” enables the guest to join a table for a simple conversation and sharing a meal, which is indicated by cards shown on the table. A wide range of hotels in Spain, Andorra, Portugal and the Netherlands joined this concept.
Cookieboy is originally a fashion-designer but switched to baking and desiging cookies. His cookies are used for several projects like the LaForet Harajuku shopping complex en the musuem of Tokyo. Next to these exhibitions he works with brands like Issey Miyake. Also nice as ‘follow-me-on-Twitter’-cookie with the coffee.
The ‘Gastvrijheidspel’ (dutch for: The ‘Hospitalitygame’) is a simple but educational game, which makes you understand what hospitality means for your company. The standard forms help you translate the outcomes into marketing campaigns.
Last week we’ve informed you about a new ‘ healthy’ McDonalds concept in Paris. It’s not the first time that health is on the agenda of McDonald’s. In 2008 at Stockholm, the fastfood restaurant based a campaign on their visitors’ movement habits. Depending on their choice for stairs or escalator, they would see an Coca Cola regular of light advertisement.
A clear overview of all the Queensday parties in your neighbourhood, sending tweets, practice the national anthem, follow the photostream, stay up to date with the latest train information and see where all your friends hang out on April 30. The Queensday 2011 application is now available.
Reservationbook eTender has developed a Facebook application that enables visitors to book a table directly on the Facebook page of a restaurant. “Eetcafé Aangenaam” in Haarlem is the first who offers this application.
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To cook with the hottest chilli in the world, special protective clothing including a mask and gloves is required. The Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor measures on the Scoville scale, which measures the spiciness of peppers, over 1.46 million units. To compare, pepper spray gets a score of two million units.
In partnership with Soundwalk, Louis Vuitton organized in 2008 serveral audio-guided citytours in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. For € 12,= per person, you could enjoy of stories of theses cities. A nice example of brand stretching, when a company is focusing on new unexplored markets. Other examples of brand stretching, is the Armani hotel or the Ralph Lauren restaurant.
In partnership with Soundwalk, Louis Vuitton organized in 2008 serveral audio-guided citytours in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. For € 12,= per person, you could enjoy of stories of theses cities. A nice example of brand stretching, when a company is focusing on new unexplored markets. Other examples of brand stretching, is the Armani hotel or the Ralph Lauren restaurant.
Announced today via Twitter: This Friday opens pop-up espresso bar SOK. It’s the new pop-up espressobar from Onno van Zanten, Sander Schat and Kees Kraakman. The name SOK represents the first letters of the initiators: Sander, Onno and Kees. The esspresso bar will open at the Hartenstraat 34, Amsterdam.