What happens when? project

11-2-2011

A 9 month lasting crowdfunded and crowdsourced project in a restaurant in New York. Each month the restaurant will be runed by a different group of people. After 9 months the restaurant will be demolished.

Sleeping in a huge bird’s nest

10-2-2011

Designed for larger rooms, but this huge bird’s nest seems a great bed for kids.

Disloyalty card

6-2-2011

Three independent coffee shops in Lincoln, Nebraska have joined forces and created the disloyalty card. It works the same as every other loyalty card, only with this card you can go to the participating independent coffee shops. They want to compete with the big coffee chains and attract visitors to go back to the local coffee shops.

Machine to recycle office paper in toiletpaper

5-2-2011

The Japanese company Oriental has developed the White Goat, a machine that directly recycles office paper into toiletpaper.

New app is connecting guests of hotels

3-2-2011

Israel-based IMguest provides guests a virtual tool to find fellow travelers, based on interests and purpose of visit.

Wooden shower

1-2-2011

Designed by Rare, a wooden shower with a steel core. The water runs through silicone tubes.

Donate to charity via rounded-up credit card purchases

1-2-2011

Pennies is an organization that allows online buyers to round up their purchase by credit card or debit card and donate the difference to charity. Dominos Pizza, Zizzi Pizza and TravelLodge have already joined.

Do not eat app

1-2-2011

Max Stoller discovered that 1,660 restaurants in New York received really bad scores from the Health Department, but are still open. Stoller invented an application that allows a user to be warned when he checks in at Foursquare at one of these restaurants.

Ghosts and spirits guaranteed

22-1-2011

Hotels with a macabre past, Vacation spots for the morbidly, for curious travelers! Ghosts and spirits guaranteed!

Online store Swiss Hotel

16-1-2011

After ShopMarriott, HiltontoHome, W Store, and Hyatt at Home now Swiss Hotel intriduces an online store. In the shop all the items used in the hotel can be bought, from bedding to candles and bathrobes.

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