To drunk to sing = to drunk to drive

11-6-2012

To communicate a drink-driving message to some of the heaviest drinkers on St. Patrick’s Day, the karaoke lyrics of famous Irish drinking songs carried a sobering message. As karaoke always seems like a great idea to people who’ve had a few too many, the singers unwittingly spread the message, singing an SOS to call them a taxi home. Created by Saatchi & Saatchi Frankfurt, Germany.

100 % LED lights at lounge bar

11-6-2012

The ‘Rede van Dronten’ currently holds the 45th position of the Dutch café top 100. One of it’s areas has recently been renovated and transformed into ‘loungebar Tokyo’. The lights in this bar are 100% LED lights. As a result there is a significant drop in power and air-conditioning costs.

Social media: The Fancy

7-6-2012

What to do with the several social media as an entrepreneur in the hospitality industry? Van Spronsen & Partners gives an explanation, only available in Dutch.

Mangusto

7-6-2012

Mangusto is a new lunch room and winebar in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. From June 15, guests can enjoy the Italian ice cream, paninis or just a glass of wine or prosecco.

Funny wine cooler

7-6-2012

Keep your bottles cool in this funny aluminium top hat wine cooler.

Play with food

6-6-2012

Play with your food! A nice and simple idea. There are drawings of trains, boats, cranes and people on the plate. The plates encourages people to play with their food. The Play with food, Sport plates are designed by the Polish Boguslaw Sliwinski.

Invisible campaign

1-6-2012

LYNX Anarchy created a marketing campaign for a new deodorant. The advertising is not visible to the naked eye, but only with polarized sunglasses. These sunglasses were distributed by LYNX to young passengers. A new way to create attention! Perhaps it is possible to create an invisible menu. Watch the video of LYNX.

GoPago

1-6-2012

With the GoPago app you don’t have to wait any longer for you coffee or sandwich. In San Francisco Bay Area and Las Vegas you can place your order by using this app. You search for a company, you place your order and pay with your credit card, all through your smartphone. Now you only have to pick up your order in the company.

Bliss Table

1-6-2012

The Bliss table was designed by John Stangdell and is made from a singular piece in multiple materials and various colors. The center features an interchangeable, modular unit which is versatile and adopts to any accasion. An other option is to store your cutlery.

An allergen-free restaurant in Lyon

31-5-2012

French restaurant ‘Mon Histoire dans l’assiette’ has created a menu that is entirely free of 11 of the most common allergens (gluten, eggs, lactose, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, mustard, shellfish, celery, sesame and lupine). The name of the restaurant translates in English for ‘My story on a plate’. There is a different menu each season. As we see a lot of discussion between the chefs on, for example Twitter, about what to cook for those with a food allergy, maybe they can visit the restaurant in Lyon this summer for inspiration.

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