Hands above the table
28-6-2011
Funny tablecloths and placemats, inspired by ‘The Last Supper’ of Leonardo da Vinci. See the pictures here.
Supermarket with instore navigation
28-6-2011
Supermarkt chain Tesco has launched a test with a new prototype navigation system in one of its stores in London. The system is compatible with Android smartphones and shows the location of the phone in the store. Customers can enter their shopping list in to the application which displays the perfect route for all your grocery.
Exclusive white picknick now also in New York
27-6-2011
After exclusive pop-up picknicks in Montreal, Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin it is New York where the concept ‘Le Diner en Blanc’ unfolds on the 25th of August. The dinner guests must be dressed in white and bring their own table, chairs and food. The location is secret untill a few minutes before the start of the dinner.
Cheese Barbeclette
27-6-2011
Cheese lovers pay attention, with the Barbeclette it’s now possible to put cheese on the barbecue. Ideal for a cheeseburger or in addition to your vegetables.
Tasty iPhone cases
27-6-2011
If you like Japanese food, these covers are a must have. iMeshi has imitated various dished for the iPhone 4 and Xperia X10. The plastic protection covers will be noticed!
Swimming in the Hudson river
24-6-2011
Three inhabitants from New York took the initiative to get a swimming pool in the Hudson river. The ‘+Pool’ is for every New Yorker and combines different uses of a swimming pool. The concept of a swimming pool isn’t new. Last year swimming pool ‘Bad Buiten’ opened in the Amstel river (Amsterdam). The unique feature about the +Pool, is that the initiators want to filter the water from the Hudson river itself and are going to finance the project by crowdfunding.
Creative recipe
24-6-2011
The creatives from Berg Design transform the standard recipe into a piece of experience(marketing). By combining various information of the bought products with available data, they put for instance the total amount of Calories, the average rate of circulation and other information on the bill. The (personalization) possibilities are limitless.
From the archive: Random act of kindness (2009)
24-6-2011
In 2009 we informed you about unexpected friendly gestures from the Hyatt hotel group to their visitors. They gave away free massages, offered breakfast on their cost or guests didn’t had to pay for the bar tab. Nowadays companies like KLM continue these acts of generosity. With the steady growth and prominent position of social media in our lives these unexpected gestures are a strong stimulans for positive mouth-to-mouth or ‘mouth-to-media’ advertising.
Alice in Tokyo
24-6-2011
Japanese design studio Fantastic Design Works created fairytale interior of Alice in Wonderland restaurant inspired by the Lewis Carroll classic. Restaurant features several different “rooms” and each of them is an imaginative combination of psychedelic decorations, dramatic designs and waitresses dressed in Alice costumes. Watch the pictures at websites mentioned below. The restaurant can be found at www.diamond-dining.com.
Candyland a sweet nightclub in Tokyo
23-6-2011
Candyland a new Nightclub in Tokyo is located on Avenue Omontesando in the district of Shibuya. An area with a high density of restaurants and luxury shops. Realized by the American architect and designer Tiffany Dahlen Virginia Melnyk and inspired by the colorful candy and other sweets, discover all the details on the websites mentioned below.
The TableSol
23-6-2011
The weather is going to be great in the Netherlands this weekend. Time for the TableSol. The tablesol protects your drink from the sun. The cap can be adjusted to different designs and logos.
Characteristic taste with STOYN Ice Cream
23-6-2011
STOYN Ice Cream is an unique design experiment that brought together 10 of the most iconic figures in world culture and embodied their images into ice cream. For example: Donald Duck, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Mouse and Mario – their strength, character and talent were materializes in organic tastes of ice cream STOYN, for example mate with rum (Che Guevara) – every taste reflects the role of these individuals in the global culture.
Happy Drinks alcohol free cocktails with a kick
22-6-2011
The bar concept of Happy Drinks is initiated by Pierre Wind and the Trimbos institute. There are various recipes for alcohol free cocktails on the website of happydrinks.nl, categorized in ‘Strength’, ‘Social’, ‘Love’ and ‘Strange’. The inspiration for this initiative came after the many cases of binge drinking and the scarse offer of alcohol free drinks in the hospitality and leisure industry.
Twisttable easy pop up bar table
22-6-2011
Made of cardboard and completely foldable. The Twisttable is the ideal bar table for entrepeneurs that wants to be environmental friendly. The tables are durable, stable and cheaper to transport than regular tables.
Weineken beer pill
22-6-2011
Have you had enough of the peer pressure to drink wine instead of a nice beer? Meet the Weineken pil that transforms a beer visually into a Chardonnay or red wine. Nice commercial with a wink from Evil Media Empire.
Open air Hotel to celebrate shortest night
21-6-2011
To celebrate the shortest night of the year, the OpenluchtHotel (Open Air Hotel) will be organized for the second time during the night of the 21st of June in Leiden (Netherlands). The city will be transformed to the largest hotel in the world. About 130 guests will have the oppertunity to sleep under the sky filled with stars, on special and monumental locations, which are disigned by artists. Before bedtime a cultural evening program will take place.
Funny coffee-designs
21-6-2011
This funny coffee-designs are created by Quantum Graphics for the Interpack 2011 Exhibition, which took place in Dusseldorf last May.
Pasta Wrap
21-6-2011
The American chain of Italian restaurants, Fazoli’s, developed a pasta wrap. This populair item is now filled with pasta. This product is still in a test fase, which ends on the end of July, and is available in 5 of the 250 restaurants.
Bus Stop Bakery best Studentcompany
21-6-2011
This pink bus sells cupcakes and clubcakes (combination of a waffle, clubsandwich, a hamburger and egg cake) throughout the Netherlands and at festivals. This is a concept of the Dutch patissier and Master chef Rudolf van Veen and Fontys Academy for Creative Industries, and is awarded as best Studentcompany of the Netherlands. In July the Bus Stop Bakery will represent the Netherlands during the European final in Madrid.
Frozen yogurt available at the train station
21-6-2011
Juice bar Shakies introduced frozen yogurt in 4 different locations on train stations; on Amsterdam Central, Amsterdam Amstel, Leiden and Eindhoven train station. The frozen yogurt is made of organic yogurt and will be served with several fruit toppings. Next to the frozen yogurt, Shakies introduced breakfast shakes and salades as well. Untill the 11th of July you can try free samples of the new products.
Download free music at the Morgan Hotels
21-6-2011
In partnership with RCRD LBL, Morgans Hotel Group launched a new service for her guests. By scanning QR codes of the keycards, guests can download free music and playlists, which are compiled to suit the unique feeling of each Morgans hotel.
There is an app for boiling an egg!
21-6-2011
This iPhone app for Swedish sandwich spread Kalles Kaviar not only tells you how to boil the perfect egg, it will put together a playlist that, when finished, means your egg is ready. (It’s all so you can get your egg perfectly hardboiled to accompany the caviar). It’s clearly a hit with caviar/egg lovers – the app already has more than 50,000 downloads and is the third most downloaded in the free app section in the Swedish iTunes AppStore.
Club Med is looking for a professional in enjoying life!
20-6-2011
This is the way to get a lot of attention in social media! Club Med (in the Netherlands) is looking for a professional in enjoying life! Through their website they are gathering potential professionals and one of them gets the job to visit 2 new resorts this year, and write about it and show photo’s via social media. This idea can also be used as concept when opening a new hotel!
Whopper Lust Challenge
20-6-2011
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Via Direct TV on Channel 111 you can compete in the Whopper Lust Challenge. The challenge is to watch as long as possible to a grilled burger. By pressing buttons on your remote, they measure how long you are watching. For every 10 minutes of watching, you earn a free Whopper. But when you switch to another channel, you lose all your earned Whoppers.
Panera cares, where you pay-what-you-can
20-6-2011
A good article at Triple Pundit about Panera Bread’s founder Ronald Shaich who started a Community Café last year where guest can-pay-what-you-can. Bottom line: Panera Bread created the Panera foundation and after 1 year Shaich estimates that about 20% of visitors to the cafes leave more than the suggested amount, 20% leave less and 60% leave the suggested donation. On average, each cafe serves 3,500 to 4,000 customers per week and generates about 75-80% of the retail value of the food.
