Discount for using the sustainable Tiffin container

5-9-2012

 about the project.The fastfood industry produces a lot of waste – all containers associated with “takeout” or “TO GO” items must be re-thought. The Tiffin Project Foundation did this. Buying a Tiffin Project Container at $ 25 means you’re reducing the Take-out waste, support local agriculture (4$ of each container is used to generate money to pay back the price difference between locally grown and mass production to the restaurant owner) and get a discount at your foodorder! Read more at their website The Tiffin Project. Who is going to start this in The Netherlands? 

Humor sells

3-9-2012

This article is only available in Dutch.


Copy shop at Lowlands festival

31-8-2012

Marketing agency Natwerk used a copy machine to get funny faces of visitors at Lowlands festival. The prints were used as wall paper and put on Facebook, where guests could vote on the most funny photos until the 31st of August.

The deepest website in the world

31-8-2012

To enhance the unique source of Borjomi mineral water the company has introduced the worlds deepest website. Scroll down to the source of the water at a depth of 8 kilometers. Good luck!

Straws filled with flavorbeads

28-8-2012

Straws filled with flavor beads, to add taste to a glass of milk. Just put one in a glass of milk and sip! Great for school lunches. 4 Packs – 1 each of Chocolate, Vanilla, Cookies & Cream and Strawberry. Nice for a cold glass of milk for kids in a restaurant as well.

Lapka food sensor for iPhone

24-8-2012

The Lapka is expected to be available in the last quarter of 2012. It combines four sensors with an iPhone app. The sensors can measure if food is organic, but also humidity, electromagnetic fields and radioactivity.

Doritos Late Night Skip or Trip

24-8-2012

Doritos has developed an online game map where you can form a ‘traingle’ with two strangers. The invited strangers have 9 hours to ‘Skip’ or ‘Trip’ you. If someone skips, the game starts all over again. If all two invites ‘trip’ you have a chance to go on a Late Night Triangle Trip to Moscow, Istanbul and Berlin.

Paper straws

23-8-2012

London still fights the use of plastic straws through ‘Straw Wars’ and we see alternatives becoming more and more popular in various cities around the world. The paper straw makes a revival and for more extravagant drinkers a meat straw is the best alternative.

Ben & Jerry’s – Wanna Spoon?

22-8-2012

Ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s started a Facebook campaign for their Greek frozen yoghurt. The algorithm designed for this tool searches the ideal spooning partner according to your likes and interests to share the treat.

Boxpark NDSM in Amsterdam

21-8-2012

In the summer of 2013, Boxpark NDSM will open its doors on the NDSM wharf in Amsterdam. This is a pop-up shopping mall, consisting of containers, a variant of the London Boxpark Shoreditch. The containers will feature mostly fashion stores, but as well eateries, theatre and a cinema. The stores will be opened only during the weekend, but probably non-stop for 48 hours.

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