Bees on the Waldorf Astoria Hotel

3-7-2012

Since this spring, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, houses around 250,000 bees. Not only supply these bees honey in a sustainable way to the restaurant, but also aims to help provide pollination to support the city’s recent campaign to plant a million trees over the next decade. Hotel guests can also book a tour on the roof.

Lunch Hour NYC

2-7-2012

From the 29th of June, the New York Public Library opened the exhibition Lunch Hour NYC. This exhibition features all the lunch trends of over the past century. Find out how the pizza became popular in New York City, and when the first Chinese restaurants opened their doors. Did you know that the foodtrucks were already popular about a century ago…?

Behind the scenes McDonald’s hamburger photo shoot

29-6-2012

Ever wondered why hamburgers look different in advertisements? Check this video for a view behind the scenes of a professional food photo shoot by McDonald’s Canada.

Michelin and San Pellegrino compared

28-6-2012

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The top lists by San Pellegrino and Michelin are very different in some countries. Japan has for example 36 three star restaunts according to Michelin, while the San Pellegrino qualifies only two Japanese restaurants as top restaurant. More in this (Dutch) comparison by Van Spronsen & Partners.

Mobile hospitality wins design award

27-6-2012

Mobile Gastfreundschaft is a winner of DMY International Design Festival 2012 Award. The project took place in 2011 in Austria, Feldkirch and Vaduz. Mobile Gastfreundschaft pays attention to an important aspect of the design by Chmararosinke; the responsibility and the self initiative in public space. An example how to play with our environment… Watch the video.

Room for Art at Clarion Hotel Stockholm

27-6-2012

The Clarion Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden accepts self-made art as a form of payment for a two person stay overnight. Check the conditions at their site. Although we have seen more promotions like this, we still think it raises more attention then just offering budget deals!

Hero mini-factory on wheels

26-6-2012

Hero cassis is made of real fruit. To spread the word, Hero cassis samples bottles will be distributed to the Dutch people with a mini-factory on wheels. This summer, the car drives in the Netherlands.

Coca-Cola post-it art

22-6-2012

The Italian artist Eduardo Zamarro was commissioned by Coca-Cola to create the world’s largest stop-motion video using only post-it notes. Twenty students and artists made 135 artworks from 1 million post-its in only 15 days. Locals were invited to scribble their own ideas and messages of happiness as part of the mural experience.

Movie with Malibu

22-6-2012

Malibu visits a number of festivals in the Netherlands this summer. They let the guests shine in their own summer movie production. Malibu sends a professional film crew to film exiling scripts. At the Malibu Movie Headquarters the film is edited. The film is shared on Facebook, so everyone can see how the Malibu festival feeling is portrayed.

From the Source – Photography

21-6-2012

Michael Lamotte is a photographer from San Francisco that makes black-and-white pictures from products from small, local producers along with a link to both the vendor and the source, hence the name. On the website ‘From the source’ you can find some more of his creative food photos.

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