Swimming in the Hudson river
24-6-2011
Three inhabitants from New York took the initiative to get a swimming pool in the Hudson river. The ‘+Pool’ is for every New Yorker and combines different uses of a swimming pool. The concept of a swimming pool isn’t new. Last year swimming pool ‘Bad Buiten’ opened in the Amstel river (Amsterdam). The unique feature about the +Pool, is that the initiators want to filter the water from the Hudson river itself and are going to finance the project by crowdfunding.
Creative recipe
24-6-2011
The creatives from Berg Design transform the standard recipe into a piece of experience(marketing). By combining various information of the bought products with available data, they put for instance the total amount of Calories, the average rate of circulation and other information on the bill. The (personalization) possibilities are limitless.
Alice in Tokyo
24-6-2011
Japanese design studio Fantastic Design Works created fairytale interior of Alice in Wonderland restaurant inspired by the Lewis Carroll classic. Restaurant features several different “rooms” and each of them is an imaginative combination of psychedelic decorations, dramatic designs and waitresses dressed in Alice costumes. Watch the pictures at websites mentioned below. The restaurant can be found at www.diamond-dining.com.
Candyland a sweet nightclub in Tokyo
23-6-2011
Candyland a new Nightclub in Tokyo is located on Avenue Omontesando in the district of Shibuya. An area with a high density of restaurants and luxury shops. Realized by the American architect and designer Tiffany Dahlen Virginia Melnyk and inspired by the colorful candy and other sweets, discover all the details on the websites mentioned below.
The TableSol
23-6-2011
The weather is going to be great in the Netherlands this weekend. Time for the TableSol. The tablesol protects your drink from the sun. The cap can be adjusted to different designs and logos.
Characteristic taste with STOYN Ice Cream
23-6-2011
STOYN Ice Cream is an unique design experiment that brought together 10 of the most iconic figures in world culture and embodied their images into ice cream. For example: Donald Duck, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse and Mario – their strength, character and talent were materializes in organic tastes of ice cream STOYN, for example mate with rum (Che Guevara) – every taste reflects the role of these individuals in the global culture.
Happy Drinks alcohol free cocktails with a kick
22-6-2011
The bar concept of Happy Drinks is initiated by Pierre Wind and the Trimbos institute. There are various recipes for alcohol free cocktails on the website of happydrinks.nl, categorized in ‘Strength’, ‘Social’, ‘Love’ and ‘Strange’. The inspiration for this initiative came after the many cases of binge drinking and the scarse offer of alcohol free drinks in the hospitality and leisure industry.
Twisttable easy pop up bar table
22-6-2011
Made of cardboard and completely foldable. The Twisttable is the ideal bar table for entrepeneurs that wants to be environmental friendly. The tables are durable, stable and cheaper to transport than regular tables.
Funny coffee-designs
21-6-2011
This funny coffee-designs are created by Quantum Graphics for the Interpack 2011 Exhibition, which took place in Dusseldorf last May.
Pasta Wrap
21-6-2011
The American chain of Italian restaurants, Fazoli’s, developed a pasta wrap. This populair item is now filled with pasta. This product is still in a test fase, which ends on the end of July, and is available in 5 of the 250 restaurants.