Lego kitchen
9-3-2012
Munchausen, a duo formed by Parisian designers Simon Pillard and Philippe Rosetti, took a bold approach with their own kitchen by venturing to IKEA spending the next week covering a basic IKEA kitchen island with more than 20,000 Lego bricks. Click for more photo’s of the Lego kitchen.
Purple strawberries
9-3-2012
A new purple strawberry ‘Purple Wonder’ was unveiled by the W. Atlee Burpee Company this week at the Philadelphia International Flower Show. The strawberry was actually bred by horticulturists at Cornell University but Burpee will have exclusive rights to market the plant to home gardeners.
Baked Potato Bean Bag
9-3-2012
Brook Abboud designed Baked Potato Bean Bag, a food inspired creation that will bring a smile to your face. Handmade from organic cotton the chair comes with silk butter pillows. It’s extremely soft and comfortable.
Paper Dish
8-3-2012
The Paper Dish keeps your hands clean while eating a pizza and eliminates the need for napkins. Paper Dish was designed by Yu Kyung Ha, Won Min Jung, and Kwon Young Hee, and won a well-deserved Red Dot Design Award.
Baby Cinema
8-3-2012
The smallest cinema in Amsterdam, De Uitkijk on the Prinsengracht, was dominated last Friday to parents with babies under 1 year old. On tables in the lobby one could find pacifiers and spit cloths hung on the cinema seats. It was the first edition of Baby Bios. The Baby Bios has already been seen in other countries.
New style Starbucks in Amsterdam
7-3-2012
Designer Liz Müller designed together with a team of local artists the new Starbucks in Amsterdam. The Starbucks is furnished with oak furniture, antique Delfts tiles and the wall consists of recycled inner tubes of old bicycle tires. The ceiling consists of over 1800 carved blocks. Starbucks will be opened this Friday in Amsterdam.
Virtual supermarket in Sydney
7-3-2012
Supermarket Woolworths turned the walls of Town Hall Station in Sydney into a virtual supermarket. Through the Woolworths app customers can place an order with a choice of over 120 products. Woolworths delivers de order for free at your home. Watch the video!
Rest on a honey farm
7-3-2012
The New York company Chandelier Creative created Surf Shack in Montaux. This is a weekend destination, exclusive for employees, clients and friends, to relax and to get inspired. Also, they cultivate special honey, which are created and packaged by employees, and serves as a gift to the weekend-guests.
Panic room
6-3-2012
Tilt, an international known graffiti artist, designed a hotelroom for The Au Veaux hotel in France. With help of his friends Tober, Grizz, and Don Cho he designed half of the room with graffiti. The other side of the room they left blank to emphasize the ‘chaos’. It took one week before the room was finished.
Bluetube Bar
6-3-2012
The Bluetube Bar is designed by Portuguese architects office DOSE and is meant for temporary festivals in Portugal. The bar is made of blue tubes which gives a colorful effect.