Make a cup of coffee with your smartphone
6-12-2011
Scanomat created the Topbrewer. With this coffee machine you can make your coffee with your smartphone, from behind your desk. You will never have to wait for coffee anymore. Besides the modern design, the Topbrewer has a self cleaning function. Watch here a movie about the Topbrewer.
Olive penguins as winter inspiration
5-12-2011
Creative, easy and attractive recipe to make penguins out of black olives and carrots. Surprising and funny appetizer during the winter season.
Low Budget Campers
5-12-2011
Travelhome Campervakanties has developed a new concept: Backpackcorner. These are Campers for young, adventurous and price conscious travellers. The campers all have colourful prints in Retrostyle or Flowerpower. You can rent the Campers in Australia, Namibia, New-Zealand, America and South-Africa.
Table talks by Sergio Herman and Sofie Lachaert
2-12-2011
The Dutch 3-star chef Sergio Herman has worked together with the Flemish designer Sofie Lachaert to bring something extra to the dishes in restaurant Oud Sluis. In this collaboration, special objects arise with solely one goal; to merge the dish and the object it is laying on. These artworks are put together for a special exhibition in Tielrode (Belgium) until the 8th of January 2012.
Booking website with friends finder
2-12-2011
InBed.me is an online platform where you can book a hostel or Bed & Breakfast to stay on your next trip, and also connect with other travelers that will be staying in the same places during your trip there. You’ll be able to connect, share tips and plan activities together with other travelers and the website is connected with social media such as Facebook and Twitter.
Jay-Z and Bing marketing campaign
2-12-2011
The American website Bing co-operated with Jay-Z and placed his autobiography Decode throughout the country in 2010, prior to the launch of it. The website was able to attract many (young) visitors who tried to find the pages within the cities and share the pages in their own towns.
Mint parking ticket
2-12-2011
Almost everyone puts a parking ticket in their mouths while entering a parking garage. The chewing gum brand Extra Mint has developed special parking tickets for this, to promote their gum. Surprised faces guaranteed!
Dating with food leftovers
1-12-2011
The Swedish company Lantmannen stimulates singles to date and make use of their leftovers, to create an environmentally friendly date. Members should combine their leftovers to cook a meal with another person. By visiting the website and selecting 5 ingredients, a match with another person can be found. It is a nice and original way of preventing waste of food.
Restaurant in the backyard
1-12-2011
Malibu Farm Dinner is a new restaurant-concept in Malibu in which everything is focused on the micro-environment. Guests are dining in the garden of the farm where the entrepreneurs live and the ingredients and wines literally come from the backyard. In addition a live-band performs each evening of which the son of the entrepreneurs is a part of. In this way Malibu Farm doesn’t feel like a formal dinner, but more like a nice party at a friend’s house.
Dr. Drip coffee
1-12-2011
Spotted the same idea before, but still a nice gadget; Dr. Drip. This enables you to brew a fresh cup of coffee, wherever you are. By placing a special holder on a cup and pooring hot water over it, a fresh cup of coffee can be created. Convenience and portability are on top of mind, besides the fact that everything is organic, fair trade and recyclable.
Driving tram restaurant in Brussels
30-11-2011
In February 2012 Electrolux will open the Tram Experience in Brussels; an unique driving tram restaurant in which Belgian top chefs will serve several dishes. For 75 euros guests can order Belgian classics with a personal touch. In this way one is able to combine gastronomy with sightseeing in Brussels.
Personal Mini Newspaper
30-11-2011
Little Printer is a small thermal printer that can print personalised newspapers from selected messages of The Guardian, Facebook and Foursquare and is expected to be launched in 2012. Little Printer lives in your home, bringing you news, puzzles and gossips from your friends. You can set up subscriptions by smartphone and Little Printer will combine them in a timely mini-newspaper.
Collaboration BISHA Hotel and Lenny Kravitz
30-11-2011
Kravitz Design Inc., lead by Lenny Kravitz, will collaborate with BISHA Hotel to envision an exclusive floor in the hotel, inspired by music, art and travels of Lenny Kravitz. In this way the BISHA Hotel hopes to set a new standard for an elegant and personal boutique hotel and to become internationally known.
Cooking in Parisian restaurants during closing hours
29-11-2011
The team of Restolib’ organizes cooking classes, cooking workshops, wine and beer tastings, cocktail workshops and children’s parties. These workshops take place in different Parisian restaurants during closing hours. A nice concept; food lovers get the chance to cook in a professional restaurant kitchen and restaurant owners will have the change to create a higher turnover by renting their restaurant.
New trendy concepts at Schiphol
29-11-2011
Dutch desinger Tjep developed three new shops in the newly refurbished Departure Lounge of Schiphol airport in Amsterdam: House of Tulips, Say Cheese and Bread!. These three concepts, a flower shop, a cheese take-away shop and a bread restaurant, sell these typical Dutch products to promote the Ducth culture. Early September the official opening of these concepts took place. Watch the project here.
From chopstick to plant
29-11-2011
Gyeongwan Koo is the creator of these ‘green’ chopsticks. These contain a seed. After using the chopstick, it can be placed into ground after which the seed in the tip of the chopstick will start to grow. After a few days a small climber plant will start to grow around the chopstick. A nice give-away promotion tool for your Asian restaurant!
Stilton cheese with gold flakes
28-11-2011
The precious Stilton cheese has been sprinkled with flakes of real gold. Slices of the cheese are sold for £60 each. The gold flaked Stilton cheese is only produced at Long Clawson Dairy in Leicestershire during the run-up to Christmas. According to the Independent “celebrities are already queuing up to get their hands on some of the swanky Stilton”. The gold flaked Stilton cheese is sold for 608 British pounds a kilo.
Eating advice based on your agenda
28-11-2011
The Dutch Food Center has developed a new app where users can receive nutrition advice based on their agenda. After the free app is downloaded, it makes a scan of the agenda based on keywords. The program will then give you specific advice and practical tips to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The Food Centre thinks that the Eat Guide app will meet the needs that people have to obtain practical information about healthy eating.
Crowd funded internet restaurant SociRant
25-11-2011
The SociRant, the worlds first restaurant that will be created with the use of Crowdfunding. The SociRant is a Social restaurant with the latest high tech features. Everything from reservation to changing the lights in the restaurant will be done via the internet. Even in the restaurant itself, everything will be arranged via the internet. See the video for more information.
ShutUpConcert
25-11-2011
Two hours of total focus on music with a ‘guide’. The initiators came up with this concept due the stress nowadays, nobody is really listening to the music anymore. During two hours the visitors will hear all kinds of genres, composers and songwriters. At the end the visitors can determine how much they will pay, depending on how much they’ve liked the show.
Global storytelling
25-11-2011
Storytelling on stage becomes more and more popular in New York. Not just watching it but also participating. People tell all about experiences in about 10 minutes to 1,5 hours. The most popular is the Risk show, this show is known for the embarrassing character. Many people tell about their sexual experiences and stories. The evenings are organized in the Netherlands by the name ‘Echt Gebeurd’.
Cook it raw
24-11-2011
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A dozen of international chefs searched for an answer to the question if ecology and gastronomy go well together. The chefs organized a challenge to compose a meal of local products, while using as little energy as possible. The result was an unprecedented, uncooked meal with the original taste of the products. ‘Cook it Raw’ takes the chefs from destination to destination, to cook with local products at each location. Nespresso, a partner with the same values, is closely involved with the project.
Innovative teacup
24-11-2011
The new Magisso Teacup, designed by Laura Bougdanos en Vesa Jääskö, has won a Red Dot award and makes tea drinking nice and simple. Thanks to the triangle bottom, it becomes easy to adjust the strength of the tea, without creating a mess. Watch the movie here for a drink instruction.
The Pizza Hero
24-11-2011
Domino’s Pizza created an app for the iPad, the Pizza Hero, to create your own pizza and to order it afterwards. User can knead the dough, spread the pizza sauce and add all preferred ingredients. The application is divided into 11 stages in which the game element is added of making it a race against the clock, prior to the order-phase of the pizza. By means of this application the ‘handmade’ aspect of Domino’s Pizza is stimulated.
Take-away menus with QR codes
24-11-2011
QR codes have been generally used to provide consumer with more information about a product or company. Now Paperlinks used these square barcodes in mobile take-away menu’s. Guests can order and pay for their food by scanning the code with their smartphone. ‘The Order Takeout’ platform has been launched this month in a few restaurants in Los Angeles.