Fresh vegetables by bike
20-10-2010
VeloVeggies wants to ensure that people eat more fresh products straight from the farm. They deliver fresh vegetables by bike to people’s homes and then also take green waste with them. A VegBox with various local fresh products costs $18,= including delivery expenses.
John Galliano macarons
20-10-2010
Dior designer John Galliano has teamed up with the famous pastry café in Paris Ladurée to make macaroons. They are available in the flavor ‘pink and ginger’ and are specially made to promote the new fragrance by Galliano, Parlez-Moi d’Amour. From early November, the macarons are for sale in France, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Switzerland, Monaco and the UK.
Birdy Juice gives you wings
19-10-2010
The Norwegian designer Mats Ottdal created a package for juice boxes. The tabs of the juice box can be expanded to legs or wings from owls penguins and other birds.
Hug a Mug
19-10-2010
The Hug A Mug is specially designed for people who just want to warm their hands on a hot cup of coffee, tea or hot chocolate. The double wall in the cup ensures that it’s never too hot for your hands. With th inprinted hands, you know exactly how to hold the cup.
Croc legume healthy waffles
19-10-2010
Croc légumes waffles are rich in vegetables and fibers. The waffles contain 50% vegetables and only 62 calories per waffle. They are also available in the flavors carrot, cumin and beets.
Free drinks and snacks at Japanese cafe
18-10-2010
The Free Cafe at Harimaya Station in Japan offers customers free drinks and snacks at any time of day. Inventor of this concept Honten Maya Hari, a known producer of rice crackers in Japan. Guests can enjoy freshly brewed tea or coffee with a rice cracker. There are now seven of these Hari Maya cafes in Japan and next to advertising its rice crackers, Honten hopes that people will become more environmentally aware and treat ech other woth more respect after a visit to one of his pubs.
Restaurant comes to peoples homes
18-10-2010
Poppe Restaurant in Zwolle, The Netherlands, launched a concept where a chef and waiters come to your house to cook and serve. The concept is called ‘Poppe at home’ and ensures that people at home can focus on a pleasant culinary evening without having to worry about the food. The cost of ‘Poppe at home’ are limited by a small surcharge on the menu prices, not the drinks. It is also possible to order dishes that are not on the menu.
Calicocktail
17-10-2010
The French confectionery specialist Roy Rene gave his traditional calissons a facelift. Traditional calissons are sweet, the new Callison have a salty taste. The jury selected the 2010 SIAL calissons for new trends and innovations of the year. The small indulgence is available in three flavors: black olives, sundried tomatoes and ratatouille.
Artisan lip balm on montlhy prescripion
17-10-2010
Chocolate offers customers the posibility to receive another lip balm each month. For 5 pounds per month customers get a different Artisan lip balm, including the flavors caramel and mojito. The lip balm is made from natural products like shea butter and vertable oils. Where possible organic, fair trade ingredients are used.
Wedding at McDonald’s
17-10-2010
Who doesn’t want to have his or her wedding at a traditional wedding location can now turn to McDonald’s. In the Chinese city of Hong Kong couples can host their wedding at this hamburger chain. From January 1st Mc Donald’s even provides a wedding cake made of apple pie and a wedding dress made from balloons. Ofcourse there are burgers, fries and milkshakes at the party site. Alcohol is banned from the wedding parties.
The Saladshop in Singapore
16-10-2010
The Salad Shop in Singapore welcomes everyone who loves vegetarian, healthy and tasty salads. In a charming and organic environment, created by Asylum studios, the customer will be tempted to eat more salads.
Doront hotel Schiphol Airport opens Fairtrade-floor
16-10-2010
On October 11th , the Dorint hotel at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport opened the world’s first Green & Fairtrade floor. The forty rooms and suites are part of the new sustainable facilities that the hotel offers guests forgreen and fair accommodation and meetings.
Meatloaf cupcakes
15-10-2010
The Meat Loaf Bakery in Chicago makes pastries of one of the most favorite meats in the U.S, minced meat. The innovative store has a range that is divided into three categories: meat loaf cakes, small cakes and petit fours. The Meat Loaf Bakery is currently exploring possibilities to go worldwide.
Florisens cristals made of organic oil
15-10-2010
Florisens is an innovative culinary taste and smell sensation. at first glance Florisens looks a bit like rice, it is achieved through a combination of organic crystals and oil. For now, Florisens is available in nine flavors such as basil, bergamot, bourbon and ylang ylang.
The smart flush
15-10-2010
Saving water is a global issue, so now there is the Smart Flush. With the motto ‘Hang It & Save ‘ the smart flush saves one liter of water every time you flush the toilet. The Smart Flush is an initiative of Kimberly-Clark. The company provides one for free to each customer who buys a one of their products.
Take your dog for a drink
14-10-2010
At the Sniff Dog Hotel in Portland, Oregon, you can not only stay at the hotel, the reception and the spa, they now opened a café. In this cozy café can owner and dog can enjoy the company of other people and dogs.
Become the neighbourhood chef
14-10-2010
Tweetjemee an online marketplace for chefs and people who enjoy food, launched October 10th. Local chefs can start their own ‘webtaurant’ on www.tweetjemee.nl. The idea is that you cook a number of meals and then sell them online to people in your neighborhood. People pay through www.tweetjemee.nl, the amateur-chefs each receive 70% of their sales, 10% goes to The Hunger Project and the rest of the money goes the website to improve the platform.
Chivas Regal 18 Year Old by Christian Lacroix
13-10-2010
Fashion designer Christian Lacroix designed a special bottle for the 18 Year Old Limited edition by Chivas Regal.The bottle has the famous Chivas shape, but was inspired by French jacquard style for this special occasion. The Chivas Regal 18 Year Old is for sale from November in a limited number of stores for $ 495,=.
Moet & Chandon Bar Bou
13-10-2010
The Bar Boy, symbolizing the 60’s has had a facelift by Moët & Chandon. This Boy Bar consists of three parts, the lower part where the bottles are cooled, the middle part which has room for four glasses and the upper compartment whoch has room for accessories. On the outside the Bar Boy finished with a black lacquer and inside is finished with leather.
Red Bull Mobile
12-10-2010
Red Bull introduces telecom services in dozens of countries around the world. To attract customers potential customers receive exclusive reports and videos on their phone of several extreme sports. In Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, Red Bull Mobile already operates. The plan is to operate in 140 countries. Whether Red Bull Mobile will also be inrtoduced in The Netherlands remains unknown.
Kochhause makes cooking easy
12-10-2010
Kochhaus in Berlin makes buying ingredients and getting inspiration for cooking easy. The shop put down ready-made dishes at different places in the store, with the ingredeients necessary to make the dish right beside it. Finding the right ingredients belongs to the past.
Funkin Cocktail Mixer
12-10-2010
The French company Huitième Monde launched the innovative Funkin Cocktail Mixer. Making a 100% natural cocktail with help from this mixer is easy, you only need to add the corresponding liqueur to the cocktail. The Funkin Cocktail Mixer can be used for 16 different cocktails with or without alcohol.
Sake climate cabinet
11-10-2010
After the cabinets for wine and chocolate there’s also a climate cabinet for Japanese sake. Since this drink can be consumed both hot (38 C °) and cold (at 5 C °) the cooler has wide temperature range. The cabinet has a capacity of 40 bottles and the temperature is easily controlled with the touch buttons on top of the cabinet.
Papri, a must have for every hotel
11-10-2010
The Papri is a double-sided door hanger with ‘do not disturb’ on one sideand and a checklist for housekeeping on the other side. On the checklist guests indicate what work they want done. It provides a green and more efficient management and better communication with the guest. Since the checklist is marked with erasable ink, the card is reusable. This makes the Papri not only guest, but also environmentally friendly.
The Vegetarian Butcher
10-10-2010
On Monday October 11th the vegetarian butcher opens its doors in The Hague (The Netherlands). Customers can buy several innovative and tasty meat substitutes. The vegetarian butcher also offers several lupine-based products as a sustainable alternative to meat.
