rEvolution the new wine drinking
5-1-2012
The Czech designer Martin Jakobsen had designed a whole new type of wineglass. The design is special because it is an laying glass. The difference with a traditional wine glass is that it has no foot. Handy because falling over is history now.
Opening first island Dubai World
5-1-2012
The first island of the Dubai World project is opened this week. The Island has different luxurious facilities including a 100 seat restaurant. The exclusive island can cost members up to $10,890 per year.
Ice breaker nowadays
5-1-2012
During the Open’er Music Festival in Poland, Heineken gave away personalized stickers with QR-codes. The brewer wanted to stimulate more interaction between the visitiors and introduced the slogan ‘Open your world’. The ice breaker was called ‘U-code’ and was requested and printed 5.000 times in four days.
Mix your own whisky
4-1-2012
The website masterofmalt.com provides a ‘lab’ to mix ten different flavors of whisky. Dose it by millilitre and personalize the label.
Cognac glasses by Normann Copenhagen
2-1-2012
On the website of Normann Copenhagen are these unusually designed glasses displayed. These glasses are designed to enhance the bouquet, temperature and volume of fine cognac.
Ostrich dinner Food Forward
29-12-2011
How do we feed our cities in the future? That is a central question at the Food Forward exhibition in The Hague from the 15th of January till the 1st of April. This December Arne Hendriks and Harold de Bree cooked an ostrich as if it was a giant chicken. If humans would shrink to 50 centimeters, chickens would provide the same amount of meat in comparison. According to Arne Hendriks, the solution to food problems lies in shrinking people. This is one of the solutions shown at ‘Food Forward’, some solutions are more realistic than others.
Edible golden sparkles!
27-12-2011
Inspiration for a sparkling glass of champagne at New Year’s Eve.
Coca-Cola answers Santa Claus letters
23-12-2011
Coca-Cola answers letters written to Santa Claus. In the Santa Claus Museum, in Indiana you can find letters written in 1930. From the 60.000 letters Coca-Cola choose 75 of them to answer. The writers of the letters got tracked down and they got the present that they asked for years ago. Can you imagine that Santa Claus is knocking on your door to give you the present you asked for 40 years ago? Check this movie to see the reactions.
Research Dutch wellness visitors
21-12-2011
Van Spronsen & Partners hospitality consultancy has researched the wellness branch in the Netherlands. The focus of this research is the visitors’ view. The results of 800 questionnaires provide a clear and honest picture of both the visitors and non-visitors. The Dutch report provides insights on the motives and thoughts of the non-visitors (and thus potential visitors) and gives wellness related companies the tools to anticipate on the expectations of their target group.
Celebrate Christmas together separately
20-12-2011
Advertising agency Wieden & Kennedy’s in Amsterdam offers a Christmas dinner for family and friends who live far away. Each person can log in and call with skype, there faces will be seen on screens. The room is decorated like a real Christmas dinner.