House of Shoes introduces buggy parking
3-10-2010
House of Shoes introduces a buggy parking to facilitate mothers and their children. While the mothers shop, the buggy will be guarded by a piccolo.
Doing business with Mickey
3-10-2010
By responding to the changing business market, Disneyland created a new logo and a new strategy. In this new logo, Mickey is wearing a tie. The new tagline is: “Experience business differently”.
Co-lunching
3-10-2010
Colunching is an idea developed by a young entrepreneur of Essezed Communication. Colunching is making a lunch-appointment with friends and their freinds on Facebook. This makes your virtual network more real. This concept is unique, because you select your lunchmates based on shared interests, work, culture etc.
We all shweeb
2-10-2010
The Shweeb is a combination of a monorail and a recumbent. This design is one of the five winners of the project 10^100, organized by Google who tries to stimulate ideas which can change the world.. This design won one million dollar to develop the Shweeb.
CoffeQube for good coffee at the office
2-10-2010
The CoffeeQube, specially designed for officebuildings, is a compact, plug-and-play espresso bar. A cup of coffee of high quality is prepared by a barista. A cappuccino costs € 1,80 and a doppio espresso € 2,20. The first CoffeeQube can be found at ING bank in Amsterdam.
Da Silva Leaftender
1-10-2010
The Da Silva Leaftender makes tea of organic tea leaves in stead of tea-bags. The Leaftender can be used in the hospitality industry or by consumers. Six flavors are available like 2 types of black tea, ‘rooibos’ tea and green tea.
For hot chocolate-lovers
1-10-2010
The hot chocolat of ‘Chocolatte’ is made of real Belgian chocolat. Also, cocoa farmers receive fair prices for their product. Chocolatte is available in three flavors: milk, white and dark chocolate.
Absolut GLIMMEr
1-10-2010
The Absolut GLIMMER is this years’ limited edition. The bottle is covered with a crystal pattern and inspired by the idea of ‘making the present exceptional’. Through Facebook, consumers can win a pre-party.
Luxury train service Moskou-Nice
30-9-2010
Late September a new train service between Moscow and Nice was introduced. With a speed of only 65 km per hour, passengers can enjoy a 53-hour train journey. On board there are luxury sections equipped with showers and minibars. Ticket costs between € 300,= and € 1.200, =. Nice has long been a popular resort among the Russian elite, since the Romanovs built a house there in 1856.
Homage by Perrie-Jouet to Belle Epoque cuvee
30-9-2010
For years the French champagne house Perrier-Jouet motto is: “Art de vivre”. The new bottle of Belle Epoque cuvée fully embodies this motto. It was designed by the American artist Kareem Iliya.
Fairphone
29-9-2010
Fair phone is the world’s first public, non-profit developer of mobile phones. The production wil be processed in a human and environmentally friendly manner. On the website of fair phone, consumers can also participate in the campaign and design challenge. People can influence the design of the phone.
KLM app for iPhone and Blackberry
29-9-2010
This week KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a free app for iPhone and Blackberry. Using this app and mobile websites it is now possible to check in online, receive an electronic boarding pass and look up up to date arrival and departure times.
Streetart for a colourful city
29-9-2010
Street artists will have to make sure that our gloomy cities become more colorful. By painting dark buildings, overpasses, tunnels etc. with various striking colors the streets in the cities will get a bit more color. The street art is an initiative of the Access Agency.
McMobile by Access Agency
28-9-2010
Access Agency designed this colorful and striking McMobile. These eye-catching mobile booths can be used at events. The stalls can be used separately or as a train.
McDonald’s market stall
28-9-2010
McDonald’s will sell its products on the market. The fast food chain wants to demonstrate that its products are fresh. It is a temporary marketing campaign of McDonald’s which will visit four German cities.
Heineken Ellipse
27-9-2010
Heineken launches Oct. 15 a new glass for restaurants: ‘Ellipse’. The glass is not only user friendly but also lighter than its predecessor ‘Galaxy’. In addition, with a trick in the design it easier to pour the perfect pint.
Pocketmenu
27-9-2010
Restaurants often don’t have a website that is also easily accessible for mobile phones. The solution is a mobile website. It is a ‘light’ version of a regular website, designed specifically for mobile phones. Except that the site fits the screen and loads quickly, guests can immediately determine the route (using GPS), or recommend the restaurant via Facebook or Twitter. Moreover, more mobile websites improve SEO.
LemonAid
26-9-2010
LemonAid is the latest introduction in fair trade beverages. It’s an elegant, organic drink made from fair trade ingredients from South America. By giving LemonAid a luxurious look, the creators hope to ensure that farmers in third world countries earn more on their products.
All ears in Koblenz
26-9-2010
In March 2010 Ganz Ohr in Koblenz was organized for the third time. Authors read from their own work at extraordinary venues while appropriate music played. For each artist, an individual atmosphere was created. The Koblenz Tourist Office, and the bookstore Reuffel invited once again national and international writers, newcomers and renowned writers.
Pop-up Asian BBQ
25-9-2010
Vacant empty properties are not a very attractive sight. Allowing termporary enterprises in such a property offers a good solution. Asian BBQ turns them into a temporary restaurant. A good solution for empty movie theaters, churches, playgrounds or just an old warehouse for example. They recently had a summer place in a circus tent in a courtyard for 5 weeks. In addition, you can apply for an invitation to the next BBQ on a still unknown location.
Haute Cuisine in London Eye
25-9-2010
During the London restaurant week the famous London Eye will be temporarily transformed into a culinary highlight. Eleven topchefs including Gordon Ramsay and Boulud will present their best dishes in one of the capsules of the giant ferris wheel. Guests can enjoy a four-course dinner, one for every time the wheel goes round. A table for ten persons can cost up to €10.000, =, of which part will go to charity.
Climate cabinet for chocolate
24-9-2010
The chocolate cooler ensures the right temperature for chocolate. The cooler is designed for storing chocolate and pastries. The exterior is fashionably black with a dark-tinted glass door. Two wooden trays can be removed for some extra capacity and the cooler can be easily cleaned.
Evian by Issey Miyake
23-9-2010
Fashion icon Issey Miyake designed this year’s bottles for Evian. Miyake was inspired by his own fashion creations and decorated the bottles with colorful flowers.
Doughnut burger
23-9-2010
An amateur chef from Texas, USA invented a special dish, the donut burger. The donut burger combines sweet (doughnut) and salt (burger) flavors.
Smoked salmon flavoured vodka
23-9-2010
Alaska Distillery came up with something new, vodka with the taste of smoked salmon! The vodka is now only available in the U.S..
