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.
Beer opener counts your beers
21-8-2012
No excuses when you cannot remember how many beers you have drunk… This opener will count for you.
Coca-Cola Content 2020 Initiative
17-8-2012
This 17 minute video describes the Coca-Cola Content 2020 Initiative (C2020I). C2020I is a perfect example of Google’s videos about “Zero Moment of Truth” (ZMOT) strategies that describe the shift of first contact moments for retail products due to the growing use of mobile devices.
Scent photo printer
15-8-2012
Zhu Jingzuan, student Fashion & Art Design, has developed a scent photo printer for the annual Student Design Workshop of Sony China. The Dongua University student received the “Most Fun” award for her creation. The food scent duplicator has three core elements; a camera, printer and aroma sensor. This ‘nose’ analyzes the scent and picks the closest aroma-ink to add to the photo. Sony finds the idea very interesting but doesn’t think to have a the prototype in production any time soon. See the articles by Design Taxi and China Daily for more information.
Colourful patisserie concept store of Adriano Zumbo
14-8-2012
Planning a trip to Sydney? The concept store by Adriano Zumbo is worth visiting. This is a well-known patissier, known from his creative dessert and sweets.