Treasure hunt with Repudo at Pinkpop festival

8-6-2011

Repudo starts a digital treasure hunt for backstage passes and tracks at Pinkpop festival (the Netherlands). Together with Sony they place digital messages across the festival terrain that are only readable on the spot. The app for iPhone and Android combines GPS with a game element. Next to a variety of (sponsored) campaigns it’s also possible for users to leave messages for each other at any location. The platform is not mainstream yet but has potential for restaurants, hotels and other companies that want to introduce promotions with a game element.

Marketing stunt at Brasserie de Nymph

7-6-2011

At Hotel de Nymph in Brielle (the Netherlands), one could reserve a table for their “heavenly” 3-cours dinner between the first and fith of June (the days around Ascension day), and win a real “Ascension” in an hot air balloon for 2 persons.

Gobble San Francisco

7-6-2011

If home cooking fails, the pizza restaurant at the corner starts to get boring and you rather have fresh healthy food delivered, then it’s time for Gobble. This website shows all local restaurants and provides a healthy collection of neighbourhood cooks. A meal always costs ten dollars.

Party wine in two new flavors

3-6-2011

Aude-vin introduced a new wine product, two types of wine sharing the name “Night Party”. Night Party comes in two tastes, “Pasonate Peach” and “Smooth Grapefruit”. The two drinks are based on the Viognier, Syrah and Grenache grapes, and are blended with natural grapefruit and peach aroma’s. Furthermore there aren’t any other additives and the percentage of alcohol is between 11 and 12%.

Magic at the table

31-5-2011

The U-food device from the firm Cnudde lets plates float and turn like a ufo! It works through the interaction of 2 negative and positive magnets that can be placed in a table. Great show element!

Celebrate the longest day of the year!

31-5-2011

On Tuesday the 21st of June, the Summer will start in a special way at Droste’s. They invite their guests and friends to join them for a meal in the outdoors.

Tasty Lady, a beer for and by women

30-5-2011

Alice van der Kuijl (de Bierkoning), Dagmar Baartman (de Bierderie), Hanneke van het Ende (Mitra, Stibon), Jolanda Buhrs (Drinks and Gifts) en Lenie van Gelderen (bierspecialist) five women who are determined to wipe out the assumption that women don’t like beer. Actually women do like beer and to prove that these 5 women made their own Tasty Lady beer at the Breugems Brewery, full of hop but accessible to everyone with 6,2% alcohol.

Runway 34

27-5-2011

In an old hangar across the Zurich Airport an old Soviet Iluyshin IL-14 plane was completely renovated and is transformed to a restaurant, called Runway 34. Meals, cigars, whisky can all be enjoyed  in and around the plane.

Coca Cola Open music, open happines

27-5-2011

In France a new app for the Iphone is introduced. It scans your bottle of Coca Cola and depending on the level of fluid still left in the bottle, it picks music for you. Coca Cola tastes the same everywhere, but sounds differently. Watch the movie on the website.

Beer from Copenhagen

26-5-2011

Carlsberg introduced a new beer, specially made for younger consumers. It is made with natural ingredients and has a fresh and sparkling taste. The label was designed by the agency e-Types. According to them, the label is minimalistic. Nordic at its best.

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