Square meter kitchen
16-5-2011
This kichten design is based on a Chinese puzzle box, It is a small cube which tranforms into a full kitchen island. Everything you need in a kitchen is there, a fridge, cooking plate, oven. Draws, a sink and a working surface. Nice solution for small holidayhouses.
Jungle roof garden
12-5-2011
In Japan they wanted something different with the Namba Park shopping mall. They ‘ve built a 8 level roof garden with streams, waterfalls, trees, lawns rock formations, cliffs and a veggie garden. The total surface spans several blocks.
Slimy egg seperator
12-5-2011
The Peter Petrie Egg Separator is a ceramic hand crafted head. Break an egg on his head, pour it in and the egg white will run out of his nose by tilting it forward. The egg yolk we be held by the nose. A perfect way to separate eggs.
Haute cuisine joint
11-5-2011
Jonnie Boer, masterchef and owner of restaurant Librije made a culinary joke, a culinary joint. Totally edible and made of herbs, chocolate and peels of a lemon.
Floor for women only
11-5-2011
The new (yet to be opened) Danish hotel Bella Sky Comwell created a floor specially for female guests. The rooms are women friendly, by making the bathrooms more feminin and giving the rooms a make-up table and a full length mirror. Also the electronics are easier to use.
Airport Park Schiphol
11-5-2011
Schiphol Airport created an indoor park for travellers to relax. The park features sounds of cyclists, animals and children. There are also butterflies projected on the walls and floors. The Park Restaurant provides healthy and fresh products.
Paper Phone
10-5-2011
The paper phone uses elnk technology. This is electric paper and is used in e-readers. The phone is fully flexible. The elnk screen is only black and white, and very slow, the good thing is a long battery capacity. The electronic paper is also usable on clothes and they are working on a bracelet, the “Snaplet”, watch the movie.
Easy to open bottle cap
9-5-2011
Teardrop shaped bottle cap designed by Shao-Nung Chen will allow you to easily open Coca-Cola bottles. This clever design makes bottle caps more user friendly and easier to grip.
6 course dinner in subway New York
6-5-2011
Several guests received an invitation to take the subway in New York on the 1st of May, where they were treated with a superfast 6 course dinner, organised by chefs of the supper club A Razor, A Shiny Knife. The subway changed into a pop-up restaurant where small luxery dishes where served. The dinner took only 22 minutes.
Easy ordering via the E la Carte
6-5-2011
The new ‘Presto e la Carte’, like the Otoucho which we are familiar with in the Netherlands, is a tablet which is used in restaurants. Through this tablet, guests can watch the menu, ordering dishes, pay the check, but as well play games during the waiting and writing reviews at the end of the dinnerparty. This tablet is not meant as replacement for the human staff, but rather compliment a pre-existing service.