Far Coast Coffee furniture

28-2-2010

Coca Cola’s new coffee brand “Far Coast” placed these sustainably developed seats in the Olympic Village during the Olympics, to promote the new coffee brand. The chairs are made so that they can easliy be combined to multiple seats. 

Child safe coffee mug

28-2-2010

Every year many small children get injured by burns from hot drinks. In order to solve this the ‘mummy mug’ is developed. A cap for your mug. You can only drink coffee by pressing your upper lip on the cap.

Beerpints made from safetyglass

27-2-2010

Design Bridge has developed two new pints, which are much safer than traditional pints. The prototypes consist of Glass Plus (left photo) and Twin Wall (right photo). Glass Plus has a thin, transparent layer of organic resin on the inside and Twin Wall consists of two ultra-thin layers of glass which are joined together, similar to glass in car windshields. Both prototypes ensure that when the glass breaks, the dangerous glass shards are held together securely.

Eye-friendly teaspoon

26-2-2010

Inspired by a movie where someone lost an eye due to a teaspoon, this teaspoon is eye-freindly. By bending the end, it is safe to drink coffee or tea with the spoon in the cup. The spoons are available in several trendy colors.

Flat winebottle

26-2-2010

Design student from the Design Institute in Nantes, Adrien Cussonneau, designed a very original bottle. From one side it looks like a normal glass bottle, the other side of the bottle however is completely flat.

Online marketplace voor hotels and restaurants

23-2-2010

The site www.horecavoorhoreca.nl is a Dutch online marketplace for hotels, restaurants and catering entrepreneurs. Here anything can be offered, from inventory to ingredients.

Sportsbeer

21-2-2010

Sportbrands and beer are not often related. Puma however, launches a special “Unity beer” with the upcoming world cup in South Africa in Mind.

Restaurant for sale?

21-2-2010

  • Marketingcampagne Klein Paardenburg

Restaurant Klein Paardenburg in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel caused a stir by sending a mailing with the picture above included. Many regular guests contacted the restaurant immediately to ask if the restaurant was for sale. It was a promotional stunt, in cooperation with a real estate broker offering 3 -, 4 – and 5 – course menus. The restaurant itself was ofcourse not for sale.The stunt was created by Lennert Rietveld, Van Spronsen & Partners horeca-advies.

Anti-hangover drink

20-2-2010

After 6 years of research they finally developed an anti-hangover drink. The contents of the 3cl bottle temper the hangover. The ingredients of the drink are a combination of several herbal extracts, with pear flavor. These herbs are known for their detoxifying effect. It should work approximately 45 minutes after consumption.

Co-creation at Starbucks

16-2-2010

Starbucks uses the online tool “My Starbucks idea” to improve their concept. Guests can submit ideas about the products and the concept online. Already 70,000 ideas have been submitted. Ideas that are executed, will be published on the website.

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