Sneak peeking at the neighbors

2-7-2012

Everybody does is secretly, but now you can undisturbed sneak peeking at the neighbors. Artist Mike Hewson created an artwork of a destroyed building in Christchurch in New Zealand. Several photo’s and multi-media installations are mounted on the outside of the building, where life of the former residents are shown.

Around the plate

21-6-2012

At Horecatrends.com we regularly organize trend presentations. Recently we were invited by Our Common Food to inspire the teams. Take a look at the (Dutch) Prezi presentation here.

Giant chewing gum and cigarette

19-6-2012

This giant chewing gum and cigarette creates awareness about all the little indecents of life. The five meters high statues can be found on the train station of Marseille, France.

Bangkok University

6-6-2012

The Bankok University has been renovated to underline the nickname Creative University. The ground floor area is designed as a flexible hang-out space that can be reconfigured for studying alone or in groups, resting and meetings. The mezzanine level is a fun and game zone, it includes a pink polka-dotted Karaoke hut. The game zone includes a huge pool table and a giant dart board. Inside the 6,5-meter high panda is the spiral staircase connecting the ground floor and mezzanine. Students enter the staircase from the backside and exit from the back of the head. The mouth of the panda is a window.

Veggie Challenge

30-5-2012

Four girls of the youth foundation Viva Las Vega’s initiated a challenge to stimulate people to eat less meat and fish for 30 days. The challenge starts at  June first and the website is only available in Dutch.

Street Charge

23-5-2012

Having your battery die: a constant problem for the person on the move in the city. It always feels a little silly to drag around cables to charge your electronics at the office, doesn’t it? The folks at Brooklyn-based design agency PENSA! have created a new concept that allows you to get your charge on outdoors. Aptly named ‘Street Charge’, the idea is to attach a thin structure to existing street infrastructure such as street signs, powered by photovoltaic cells and batteries, allowing passersby to plug in their digital toys with a USB cable.

Paris Pastry app

16-5-2012

It’s not necessary anymore to search for pastry shops in Paris. With the new Paris Pastry guide app you are directed to the nearest store. The app shows also reviews, photo’s and opening hours. The app is created by David Lebovitz.

Dinner of Hope

11-5-2012

Dinner of Hope is a new initiative of Orange Babies and ambassador Herman den Blijker. Everybody was asked to organize a dinner with family and friends at home, to raise money for Orange Babies on Friday 11 May. The motto ‘put something beautiful on the table’ refers to a beautiful set table but also to the relationship with others. It is a Dutch initiative only.

Insights of Utrecht

7-5-2012

In three districts in Utrecht (Leidsche Rijn, Wittevrouwen and Kanaleneiland), three containers were placed to collect all kind of materials from those districts. They build small venues to finally create a bar in the city centre, named straatlokaal (dutch for street local). Born Digital will tell the story behind the materials. With the project, you discover the insight of these districts in Utrecht. This project takes place from May 5 until May 10.

Homeless become wifi-hotspots

20-3-2012

The annual festival South by Southwest (SxSW) which takes place in Austin (Texas), created the “Homeless Hotspots” as a charitable initiative to help support the homeless populations. SxSW attendees can pay to access the 4G wireless network. The homeless person acting as a Wi-Fi hotspot, wearing a “I’m a 4G hotspot” t-shirt. Attendees were encouraged to donate $2 for every 15 minutes of use.

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