Make your own vinegar

4-10-2011

Designers of the French design companies Elium Studio and Duende Studio have collaborated together to create a home vinegar maker. The design is inspired by the biotechnology where vinegar is based on, and its instruments.

Ice icream cake of Haagen-Dazs

30-9-2011

Haagen-Das will introduce an ice cream cake, developed by Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk. The cakes, Fleur de Glace, will be available in two flavours, Ice flower (Ijsbloem) and Sunflower (Zonnebloem). The Ice flower ice cream cake is made of vanilla ice cream, ‘speculoos’ (gingerbread) and caramel. The Sunflower is made of mango sorbet ice cream and macadamia nuts.

Evian in a new design

30-9-2011

Every year the Evian water bottles come in a special design. After famous designers like Jean Paul Gaultier, Paul Smith and Issey Miyake, this years design is made by Courrèges. The limited edition bottle is made from recycled glass and has a pink flower made from biological inkt. The Evian water bottle is available middle october/november.

Pepernoten according to 18th century recipe

29-9-2011

Baker Paul Bernsten and food historian Lizet Kruyff reintroduced an ancient recipe of the ‘pepernoot’. Kruyff has shared here experiences with the “pepernoten” online and started a revolution together with baker Brensen. After many trail and errors the “pepernoot” from the 18th century is finished. The “pepernoten” are now available at the website of baker Brentsen.

Disaronno Lipgloss

27-9-2011

Disaronno developed a special lipgloss with the flavor of their amaretto-liqeur. The aroma of the lipgloss is created by caramelised sugar and almond extract, the lipgloss is alcohol free. Preliminary, the lipgloss will be used as a promotion tool.

Portable Mini microwave

26-9-2011

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Electrolux Design Lab 2011 is a design competition, where industrial design students from all over the world can compete against each other, in the theme ‘Intelligent Mobility’. They received over 1,300 entries, but the mini microwave was proclaimed to be the winner. This mini device can be slided on a specially developed food package, to heat your meal anytime and any moment you want.

Window shopping 2.0

26-9-2011

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We saw this before in South Korea, where the supermarket chain Tesco developed a virtual shop at a subway station. The British online supermarket ‘Ocado’ created a shopping wall in a mall in the centre of London, where people can select their groceries by using their smarthphone and QR scanner. The groceries are directly ordered online and by the time they arrive at home, the groceries are delivered.

Freshly baked bread vending machine

21-9-2011

Vending machines are often associated with mass production, long shelf time and packaged food. An entrepreneur with bakeries in Paris and Hambourg-Hout has placed vending machines next to his bakeries. The machines provide 24/7 fresh bread to customers. The bread is partially baked when placed in the machine and finished when the customer orders it.

Johnie Walker meets Porsche Design

20-9-2011

Johnnie Walker and Porsche Design started a cooperation and created two special ‘packages’ for the Johnnie Walker Blue Label bottles, “The Chiller” and “The Cube”. These packages consist of several Blue Label bottles, a cooler and crystal glasses. These are made of the most exclusive materials like titanium and lether. These packages are available at Harrods and Selfridges.

Answer to the professional espresso machines

19-9-2011

Philips created this professional teapot, which gives you the possibility to create the perfect cup of tea. This teapot has a digital menu to indicate the perfect taste. The lightring shows you how long you have to let the tea draw it’s flavor.

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