GO recycle bin

6-8-2012

Goodss Passion designed recycle bins with lids in the shape of a bottle, tin can and carton as a universal language. They think that use of shapes instead of color codes, icons or text makes recycling less boring.

Exterior wallpaper

3-8-2012

 Recently Italian home decor company Wall&Deco developed exterior wallpaper. The wallpaper is waterproof and is attached like regular wallpaper. We are curious about the first examples of the use in The Netherlands.

Invisible vase

3-8-2012

Grow a flower from the table with this simple invisible DIY vase. Drill a hole in the table, screw a lid under it and attach the jar filled with water. Idea by Tomokazu Hayakawa.

 

Dining at great heights

2-8-2012

Going to Bangkok? Than you should visit the Sirocco Restaurant and the Sky Bar, also known from the movie Hangover 2. This hotspot is located at the 63rd floor of the five star Lebua Hotel, with a magnificent view. Enjoy nipping a cocktail, live jazz music and a perfect dinner. Not suitable for people who are afraid of heights…

Escapism in Frabriken Furillen Hotel

1-8-2012

Hotel Fabriken Furillen is located on a remote island off the Swedish island of Gotland in a former limestone quarry. The factory houses a hotel, restaurant and a bakery. There are hermit cabins alongside the hotel to escape the busy modern day lifestyle.

 

Photos by Peter Guenzel

Hotel Droog

31-7-2012

It is not a ‘real’ hotel, because of the missing licenses, but a range of shops, a café and a clothing shop of the leading Dutch design production company Droog. Droog creates products, projects and events around the world in collaboration with designers, clients and partners, located in Amsterdam. Hotel Droog is an exhibition space and test space and opens officially in September.

Check in with a smartphone

31-7-2012

Guests of the Olympic Games who stay in one of the 40 VIP hotel rooms of the London’s Stratford Holiday Inn, can use a Samsung Galaxy S III during their stay. With a customized Holiday Inn app, guests are capable of checking in and out, locking and unlocking doors, ordering room service and controlling the room’s TV. Also, the app will keep you updated with the latest Olympic news.

Trace me luggage tracker

25-7-2012

This luggage tracker identifies your suitcases and bags and doesn’t advertise an empty house. Very useful if the regular airliner labels gets lost.

Homemade honey-beer

24-7-2012

The Lincolnshire Marriot Resort in Illinois is brewing their own beer, made of honey from their own bees, in cooperation with the Lake Bluff Brewery. In the future, the hotel will supply their own hops as ingredient for the beer.

Paco Roncero multisensory gastronomy project

20-7-2012

Michelin star chef Paco Roncero has created a research workshop together with Guia Repsol, HP, LandRover, NH Hoteles and Miele. The futuristic room is used to experiment with new creations and the influence of the surroundings. Elements like certain colors, shapes and flavors on the experience are tested and environmental comfort variables such as temperature, humidity, sound and light can be manipulated as well.

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