My phone is off for you

25-6-2010

Know the feeling? ‘We are sitting at the same table, but we are not really together? Ingrid Zweifel started the campaign ‘my phone is off for you’. The idea is simple: Turn off your phone when you are having diner. Don’t be distracted by today’s networks and actually pay attention to the person sitting across you!

Dude, where is my tip

22-6-2010

Many tourists pay in hotels and restaurants abroad with their credit card. The downside is that the staff misses out on their tip. Where’s My Tip? now has a solution: The tip card. Put a specified amount on a card and give this card to a staff member. He or she can then use the code on the card to transfer the money to his own account.

Key chain corkscrew

20-6-2010

Always looking for a corkscrew when you want to open a bottle of wine? With the world’s smallest corkscrew on your keychain, you will never have to look for it again. Perfect for a picnic.

Haute cuisine dating

16-6-2010

Over 35 and single? In Amsterdam, a new culinary initiative was launched to get to know new people. Restaurants will place over 35 singles together during an informal dinner. Participants include the Pulitzer Hotel and Wilhelminadok.

Spinkit

16-6-2010

Michiel de Jong developed a compact, mobile unit of about 0.5 square meters containing light, sound and MP3 players, so you can throw a party anywhere. Heineken uses the Spinkit for promotional activities for Heineken Extra Cold.

Dr. Martins Coco Drink

14-6-2010

Spring Water Company intriduces Dr. Martins Coco Drink. Coco Drink is a healthy, low calorie drink based on coconut juice. The drink contains important minerals and vitamins. Dr. Coco Drink is available in three different flavors: plain, banana flavored and acerola. 

Cocktails from oak barrels

12-6-2010

At Restaurant & Bar Clyde Common in Portland (Oregon) they age cocktails in oak barrels. Negrogis, a mixture of gin, campari and vermouth, gets a gentle oak taste after aging for 6 weeks in whiskey barrels.

iPad prefectly suitable for restaurants

11-6-2010

The iPad is also very suitable as a menu. See the movie for this innovation.

Hydra-duo

10-6-2010

Why would you only take one drink, when you might as well put two drinks in the same bottle? Based on this idea, the company Quirky designed the HydraDuo.  

Coffee on a stick

9-6-2010

This ‘Cappuccino Coffee Stick’ created by designer Heo Im Jeong, is nothing more than a spoonful of soluble coffee. Pour hot water into a cup and then stir with a coffee stick until the coffee is dissolved in hot water. There are five different flavors available. 

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