Luminous nano-tree
19-11-2010
Scientists in Taiwan created an environmentally friendly alternative to streetlights. They developed a luminous tree. By applying golden nanoparticles to the leaves of a Bacopa plant, the leaves light up. In the future, they think of using this technique on roadsides to save energy costs and to reduce the CO2-emissions.
Cocktail catering
19-11-2010
The catering company Premium Cocktails is specialized in cocktails. The mobile bars can be rented on (business) events. The cocktails will be adjusted to the wishes of the organizer and the type of party. Premium Cocktails also offers as workshops.
High Tea at Omar Munie
18-11-2010
On November 17th the Dutch bag designer Omar Munie opened a new store in Rotterdam. In this store he sells his bags and during the weekends a Bag & Tea is offered on the first floor of the building. During a high tea, the customers can search for the perfect bag. Munie wants to give his customers a relaxed feeling of being together. The menu offers sweets like cupcakes but also several savory dishes as quiche and sambusa.
Supermarket eith membership
18-11-2010
In The People’s Supermarket, members receive a 10 percent discount on their groceries. For this membership, they need to pay an annual fee of £ 25,=. Besides this, each member has to work for four hours in that supermarkt. Thanks to the low personnelcosts, the supermarket can offer low prices.
Eco-friendly pop-up store
18-11-2010
The Detox Market, an eco-friendly pop-up market, sells natural beauty products and organic food, produced by serveral small farms. The interior consists of recycled wood. Besides grocery shopping, people can visit The Detox Market for facials, tastings, demo’s, parties or just for a conversation with the owner.
Pop-up terraces on NY sidewalks
17-11-2010
The government of New York is looking for restaurant and café owners who are willing to open pop-up terraces on the sidewalk, during the summers of 2011 and 2012. Those who are interested can subscribe online. If the owners are chosen to open a pop-up terrace, they have to design and maintain the terrace.
Printed banana
17-11-2010
Design studio Ludens is specialized in making prints on several materials. This company is using the program Repper, which deforms pictures into a creative pattern. This pattern can be printed on several materials, for example a banana.
KLM spreads happiness
17-11-2010
Passengers of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines may be surprised with a gift as soon as they announced there travelplans on foursquare. KLM uses the slogan ‘ We want to discover how happiness spreads’. Through the website you can register yourself as a follower of KLM.
Sustainable built hotel in six days
16-11-2010
In the Chinese city of Changsha a sustainable summer hotel was built in just six days. The 15-storey hotel that was put together from prefabricated building blocks. During construction, 6x less material was used and only 1% waste was produced. The building is very sustainable using 5x less energy than usual, it is powered by solar energy, thermal isolation in the walls and the roof, triple windows and LED lighting. Additional advantage for the guests is that the air in the hotel is 20 times cleaner than outside!
Food analyses by iPhone app
16-11-2010
With the new iPhone application Fooducate supermarket visitors can find out the nutritional facts of products. By scanning the barcode the application also shows a healthier alternative to the product. Currently there are more than 160,000 products that can be scanned by Fooducate, this number increases every day.
Top Ten most special buildings
15-11-2010
There are buildings that are completely different from others in their structure, design and / or color. On the website of Ayzor is a top ten with the most outstanding buildings in the world. This top ten include The Dancing House (right), Basket Building (top left) and Kansas City Libary (bottom left).
Purple brussel sprouts
15-11-2010
Many people don’t really like them; brussel sprouts. But these purple brussel sprouts by Ecoville are sweeter and mild. Many people find them tastier than the traditional green brussel sprouts. Another advantage is that the purple brussel sprouts are healthier because the purple color indicates the presence of powerful antioxidants.
Mugs for real tea-lovers
15-11-2010
These mugs are specially designed for real tea lovers. Besides that the mugs have nice prints that are also very functional. One of them is the mug with a special compartment for the tea bag (middle). This box has small holes so the tea can be absorbed by the hot water.
Teavolution
14-11-2010
De thee van Sokenbicha komt oorspronkelijk uit Japan. De Japanners denken dat deze thee helpt bij het bereiken van een gezonde balans van binnenuit. De thee is geheel calorievrij en wordt gebrouwen met authentieke en natuurlijke ingrediënten. Sokenbicha is verkrijgbaar in verschillende smaken o.a. kaneel, groene thee, gember en zwarte thee.
Futuristic cutlery
14-11-2010
These innovative designs are created by architect Steven Ma. The collection of glassware Ma has an organic feel with dynamic and fluid forms. The silverware is aerodynamic and ergonomic in detail.
Funny beverage dispensers
14-11-2010
With these beverage dispensers, pouring drinks becomes a lot more fun. You can pour a drink from a globe , a rifle or a miniature gas pump. Special is the Trufill (picture right). The Trufill can fill up ten glasses of beer within just ten seconds the bottom of the glass.
Tea cube
13-11-2010
The young design student Sarah Dery created a new, creative way of tea packaging. She gathered inspiration from the famous Rubik’s Cube. The cube is folded from a single sheet of paper and consists of 27 small squares. In these boxes, the tea bags are stored. The cube contains three types of tea: black, red and green tea.
WineWebShoppingGuide
12-11-2010
Wine Journalist Mariëlla Beukers, presented the first wine webshop guide. To compile this guide she tasted different wines from various online merchants. The web guide provides an overview of various large and small wine importers and merchants. According to Breuer, the webguide provides convenience and will therefore be published every year.
Hotel rewards eco-friendly guests
12-11-2010
The Charles Hotel in Cambridge offers guests free charging stations for electric cars. The hotel also works with a so-called Nanomax system. This system measures the weight and volume of arriveng cars. The smaller and more environmentally friendly the car is, the less parking fee you pay. The parkingspots for environmentally friendly cars are marked with colorful graphics and feature energy-efficient lighting.
Lettuce machine
12-11-2010
Several major restaurant chains in Japan have their own salad machine. The machine provides 60 heads of lettuce per day and ensures that restaurants are provided with the right quality of lettuce. The machine, called “Chef’s Farm” grows lettuce without sunlight. The machine uses 12 fluorescent lamps of 40 watts. The machine is made by Dentsu Facility Management Inc. and is only available in Japan for € 75,000, =.
Aston Martin Club Lounge
11-11-2010
World’s first Aston Martin Club Lounge has opened its doors. The club opened in the upscale district of Dempsey Hill, Singapore. The interior of the club refers to the famous British car brand, so there are tables made from Aston Martin rims and on the walls different prints of famous Aston Martin are displayed. The drinks in this exclusive lounge are named after Aston Martin cars.
Tweeting patissier
11-11-2010
After butchers, bakersy and ice cream vendors, there is now a chocolatier that twitters, bloggs and facebooks. Until recently Vander Donk Fine Chocolates in Amsterdam only had online shop but opened its first store this week. Vander Donk uses social media to provide information about its activities and shares recipes on Facebook and Twitter.
Golden Star White Jasmine Sparkling Tea
11-11-2010
Golden Star Tea is handmade of the finest quality tea, sweetened with cane juice and then mildly fermented . During the fermentation historic and modern winemaking techniques are used, to ensure that the taste of this non-alcoholic beverage is in perfect balance. Golden Star Tea is drunk likechampagne and is suitable for various occasions.
Sushi tray
10-11-2010
Marc McClean heeft een bord ontworpen speciaal voor het serveren van sushi. Het bord bestaat uit een aantal vakjes en schaaltjes waarin sushi, saus of soep geserveerd kan worden en is verkrijgbaar in de kleuren wit en metallic grijs.
Music glasses by Grolsch
10-11-2010
Grolsch beer wants to improve the experience for visitors of restaurants and entrepreneurs. Therefore Grolsch launched the ‘Music Glass Line. The glasses are called: Soul, Funk, Pop, Jazz, Blues, and Classic Rock. With this new line Grolsch want to inderline its relationship with live music. The new glasses will be introduced in hotels and restaurants the next few weeks.
