Cubin waste container

2-3-2010

Cubin is a disposable waste container that can be placed on the table. If guests leave a table, the container and all its contents can be discarded.

Hotel in traditional Dutch style

1-3-2010

On March 18th this new hotel in Zaandam will be open. The hotel consists of nearly 70 traditional houses that are stacked. The big eye-catcher is the blue house on top of the hotel, which was designed after a painting by Claude Monet.

Tea cigarettes

1-3-2010

A funny replacement for a tea bag tea is a cigarette. The tealeaves are packaged like cigarettes, the tobacco has been replaced by tea leaves. The filter ensures that the “cigarette” floats, so it is easy to take out of the cup.

Say it with…cookies

27-2-2010

To give somebody a cookie is always a good idea. Now, you can put a personal message on your cookies. Seperate letters can be assembled into a baking dish and personal messages can be added to the biscuits.

Beerpints made from safetyglass

27-2-2010

Design Bridge has developed two new pints, which are much safer than traditional pints. The prototypes consist of Glass Plus (left photo) and Twin Wall (right photo). Glass Plus has a thin, transparent layer of organic resin on the inside and Twin Wall consists of two ultra-thin layers of glass which are joined together, similar to glass in car windshields. Both prototypes ensure that when the glass breaks, the dangerous glass shards are held together securely.

Green street lampposts

27-2-2010

Tak studio has designed a ‘road lamppost-and-windturbin-in-one’. By catching the wind and airflow caused by the cars speeding by, energy is generated. This energy causes the street lighting to turn on. The lampposts no longer need to be connected to the powernetwork.

Eye-friendly teaspoon

26-2-2010

Inspired by a movie where someone lost an eye due to a teaspoon, this teaspoon is eye-freindly. By bending the end, it is safe to drink coffee or tea with the spoon in the cup. The spoons are available in several trendy colors.

Flat winebottle

26-2-2010

Design student from the Design Institute in Nantes, Adrien Cussonneau, designed a very original bottle. From one side it looks like a normal glass bottle, the other side of the bottle however is completely flat.

Duvet with sleeves

25-2-2010

For those who always get cold arms when reading a book in bed, Happinessinbed thought of this duvet with sleeves.

Butter grater

25-2-2010

It is often difficult to butter your sandwich with cold butter. Cookit, a French company designed a butter grater. By grating the butter thinly it is easier to butter. In addition, you use less butter which is better for your health.

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