Drawer mini-fridge
20-3-2012
The Man Table looks just like any finely-finished side table. When you try to open the Man Table’s drawers, it exposes a mini-fridge right where a compartment should be. The entire table is made from real wood, and comes in the colours tobacco, espresso and black.
Milk cube
19-3-2012
Students of the Rijn IJssel College in Arnhem (the Netherlands) won the first prize with a milk cube for in the coffee. The milk cube looks the same as a lump of sugar, but is made of milk powder and stays edible for 3 years. The company won the prize as Best Overall Company during the International Student Company Festival in Riga.
Holiday Inn – First augmented reality hotel
16-3-2012
Holiday Inn hotel in London created their first augmented reality hotel, where guests can see Olympic athletes appear through their smartphone. Watch the ‘Making of’ video.
Vacuum shapeable chair
16-3-2012
Lapo Germasi, a 24-year-old Industrial Design student from Italy, designed the Inspiration Chair. The chair is made of an electro-welded PVC cube, low-density polyurethane balls and a suction valve. The Inspiration Chair can be suctioned into any preferred shape by a vacuum cleaner.
Eco-tourism in Chile
13-3-2012
We saw this picture on website The Fancy. On the website of eco-hotel Tierra Atacama in Chile, we found many more inspiring pictures. So if you’re looking for inspiration, check their website.
A special Easter egg
13-3-2012
Boil an egg – peel the egg and put it in the mold. Special for Easter.
Chutney made of fruits and vegetables
12-3-2012
Rubies in the Rubble, number 26 in the list of the Observer newspaper’s “New Radicals” series, makes delicious chutney out of discarded fruits and vegetables found at wholesale markets. Watch the video for more information!
Crescent Moon Tower Dubai
9-3-2012
The Crescent Moon Tower is a design project by Transparence House and is submitted to the 11th Thyssenkrup Elevator Architecture Award. This building design symbolizes Dubai as part of the islamic world and shows the technology and economic development in Dubai. The building accommodates a childrens library, a conference facility, a restaurant, multiple cafés and an open air observation platform. If the design will be build, it is said to be completed in 2015 along with it’s sister project the “Full Moon Hotel”, resembling the Death Star form Star Wars.
Baked Potato Bean Bag
9-3-2012
Brook Abboud designed Baked Potato Bean Bag, a food inspired creation that will bring a smile to your face. Handmade from organic cotton the chair comes with silk butter pillows. It’s extremely soft and comfortable.
Special beer for the Kaban at the Kapellerput
8-3-2012
The KABAN at the Kapellerput, Conference Hotel in the Netherlands is known to make a meeting session almost into a party. To celebrate this success they brewed a special triple beer together with The Fontein brewery. The result is a strong lager with 7,5% alcohol. Remarkable is the ingredient gale (herb), which grows on the banks of the pond and was often used in traditional beer.