This luxurious platter, handcrafted from chestnut, is the perfect item to serve tequila on. The creators even thought of a small cutting board for the limes, salt bowls, paring knife and notches for the glasses and a bottle. This adds an extra experience to serving a tequila in a restaurant or club.
Beer brand Bavaria is launching in association with home delivery food website Thuisbezorgd.nl, the first pop-up restaurant without a kitchen. Between the 13th and 16th of February it is possible to compose your favorite home delivery meal of the best valued restaurants of this website. The restaurant will be equipped with a scooter lane to deliver the meals to the guests. The restaurant will be situated on the ‘Kop van Java’ in Amsterdam.
During the ‘Vakbeurs Facilitair’ (Facilitating Trade Fair) in ‘s-Hertogenbosch from 16 to 18 January, visitors can use one of the forty work spaces and two boarding rooms for free. This is the result of a collaboration between Nago Next (cleaning services), Ahrend (furniture), Desso (floor covering systems). Next to the extra service the visitors can experience the products and services of the companies in a real working environment.
Many people will fail their New Year’s resolutions in the next weeks. Therefore the Youth Food Movement organizes the ‘Sjiek de Friemel’ dinner in Restaurant Merkelbach, Amsterdam. During this event of ‘fallen New Year’s resolutions’ chefs from various restaurants cook a four-course dinner and there is an auction to collect money for the movement that focuses on making our food system more healthy and honest. All personnel works for free this evening.
Due to the 140th birthday of the Heineken brewery, they built this enormous video wall made of 5.000 beer bottles. Through a Facebook application you can leave a message to the world. Nice idea to wish everybody a happy new year. Until the 2nd of January 2013 you can admire the video wall as element of the Amsterdam Light Festival.
Packages are an environmentally problem. The Brazilian fast food chain Bob’s based an marketing campaign on the problem. The packages of the burgers are edible as well. The burgers are wrapped in a kind of rice paper which can be eaten along with the burger. The idea behind this campaign is to create awareness for the environment and the waste and litter problem.
Nice idea to serve the kids these gummy bears ice cubes. By using several colours of lemonade, you can vary in flavour and colour. Also a nice idea to serve in (non-alcoholic) cocktails.
To prevent waste in the kitchen Eva van Dijk has introduced FoodSharing.nl. The website gives consumers the opportunity to share and exchange unused food and/or food that passed the expiration date. Saturday the 29th of December is the official launch of the website at the Food Center Amsterdam. Home cooks of ‘Thuisafgehaald’ and ‘Der Lauf des Essens’ will cook a (free) dinner for at least 50 people with products from the Food Center that are to close to the expiration date. Participants are requested to bring their own plate, bowl, cutlery and leftovers.
Check out these initiatives in Sweden (Dating with leftovers) and the UK (Feeding the 5000) as well.
Energy firm Vestforbrænding and advertising agency Anew created a pop-up pizzeria in Ballerup, Denmark. The amount of free baked pizzas was dependable on the energy usage of the neighbourhood. The more the people saved, the more pizzas were available. Through Facebook likes on the company page and visits to a website with energy saving tips the pizzeria could get even more ‘stamina’.
In Paris we see more often museums with a hip and trendy restaurant or café, which are opened outside the regular opening hours. The Costes brothers started this trend in 1994 by opening Café Marly in the Grand Louvre. In 2000, café-restaurant George opened its doors in Centre Pompidou, and soon, Café de l’Homme will re-open its doors, with a great view on the Eiffel tower. The hotspot of Paris seems to be Tokyo Eat at the Palais de Tokyo. In Amsterdam we also see more restaurants in museums. Amsterdam Village Company is developing and operating several restaurant concepts in museums, with a social and cultural identity.
During the Spring holidays in 2013, between the 15th and 24th of February, Pop-up B&B Huys ter Schellinck opens its doors on the Dutch island Terschelling. The B&B offers several sleeping places, a campfire, hot tub, a winter barbecue or a five course dinner. Initiators Jasper and Babette offer all the good aspects of the island.
Try something different as Christmas decoration. Try these cutlery items in your Christmas tree. Perfect for restaurants of cafés, or just for the foodies at home.
Very easy to spice up your Christmas drink. Turn your beer into a reindeer by adding pipe cleaner, google eyes and a pom-pom.
On the occasion of the release of the movie ‘Life of Pi’ of award-winning director Ang Lee, the movie was shown in the swimming pool Pailleron in Paris. Visitors didn’t have to bring any swimwear, the pool was filled with small boats which serve as seats to enjoy and experience the movie.
On Friday 5th and Saturday 6th of April 2013, the 13th edition of Motel Mozaïque will take place on several locations in the city center of Rotterdam. This art festival offers music and theater shows. Since this year, visitors are able to spend the night and to enjoy a breakfast in the morning.
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Website www.nieuwemensenlerenkennen.nl organized a snowballfight at Amsterdam’s most famouw park, the Vondelpark. The event is primarily targeted toward singles. Afterwards there will be glühwein for all participants.
Designer Mo Kang Soon thought of a fun way to present your tea bags. He has designed teabags that look like clothing hangers.
This new online tool can be used when you visits restaurants, public places and for example offices. People use ‘foursquare’ to ‘check in’ and to let friends and family know what their favorite spots are. A fun way to discover new places, find out what friends around are doing and what their favorite spots are.
This ‘Decopen’ makes decorating a meal very easy. It’s suitable form many different sauces, both sweet and salty, salads, meats and desserts.
This ladder-radiator from Aeon was designed by Saffet Calendar. The construction of the radiator makes it possible to hang up your towels or keep them folded on the radiator. This way you always have a warm towel within reach when you’re coming out of your bath or shower.
The South African designer Marcel Buerkle has designed this beautiful package for honey. The package looks more suitable for the world of perfumery by both its appearance and form.
In 2011 the Damrak will experience a make-over. A hotel, breakfast cafe and giftshop will have to achieve this. The names, The Exchange, Stock and Options indicate the presence of the Amsterdam Echange building. The project is an initiative of the Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam Fashion Institute and NV Stadsgoed. This project should make the Damrak ‘the catwalk of the Netherlands’.
This modern sofa from designer Annette Hinterwirth can fill a room in many different ways. It is possible to use them as separate chairs, but they can also be put together to make a round sofa.
This is the first individual devic to count the number of drinks. This coaster measures various components of consumption such as the number of glasses, the quantity and the number of calories.
The Italian fashion house Fendi created this wine refrigerator. The exterior is decorated with soft leather with a beautiful structure. In the refrigerator 16 bottles of wine can be cooled under ideal conditions.
This handmade box of the brand Macallan whiskey is made exclusively for Harrod’s. The box holds six different whiskeys from 1937 to 1970.
To celebrate the 100-year anniversary of a New York-based jeweler’s they designed worlds most expensive cupcake. They placed a 5.48ct diamond on top of the cupcake. The cupcake costs $ 106,794.
With this modern and luxurious pastamachine it is easy to make pasta. The ‘Atlas 150 ‘is available in different colors and multifunctional. The device can make tagliatelle, ravioli, lasagna and other pasta types to different thicknesses (0.5 to 3mm).
This ‘Ice Tray Crush’ is a smart and quick way to make crushed ice for your cocktail. This silicon case only has to go in the freezer for one hour before use. Hold it above a glass, then squeeze hard and the result is crushed ice.
This phonebattery is a clever solution for when your battery is dead and you still need to make an important phonecall. By running the battery very quickly around your finger the battery charges a little bit.
In the world’s tallest building situated in Dubai, Burj Dubai, the Armani Hotel will open its doors on March 18th. The hotel has 160 rooms the first eight floors. The suites are located on the 38th and 39th floor. The Dutch designer Titus van der Werf designed the hotel.
A controversial action of nightmayor / transvestite Jennifer Hopelezz to raise awareness against the drug GHB. On January 2, all party people of the club were informed of the death of Susie Schlampie (house transvestite) by GHB. Emails were sent, and an obituary was set to give people the opportunity to say goodbye. Luckily it was a pr-stunt, Susie is still alive …
This beautiful range of waterproof LCD TV’s enables you to enjoy your favorite programs anywhere. The TV and remote controls are 100% waterproof and easy to install with the wall mount.
These sakebottles are made of dried squid. The squids are caught, cleaned and dried in the sun. Then they are mixed with dough or rice to easily create a bottle shape. When the warm sake is in the bottle, the liquor will quickly absorb the taste of the squid. The bottle can be re-used 5 or 6 time. See the bottles here.
Chef Joost Hoes wants guests to experience how traditionally prepared fries taste. The organic sauces are prepared by him every day.
The Vap steamer uses steam to (re)heat food. The steamer was designed by Arthur Senant and is a healthy alternative to reheat the ‘leftovers’.
The Swedish wine brand “Akesson” has a new range of wines. The wines are identified by the colorful and soft packaging designed by Swedish studio Liedgren Design. The question is whether the consumer is ready to drink wine from such a package.
This sake bottle is designed in the style of Aladdin. After use can also be used as a vase.
The newspaper “Niiu” works with 17 other newspapers (local and international) to give readers a choice in what they want to read. Readers can decide for information in their paper (24 pages) to read (more or less fashion business for example). Those who don’t want a personalized newspaper receive predefined topics in their paper.
What do you do when your phone rings while you’re smoking a cigarette and you’re reading the newspaper on a trainplatform? The ‘DIY Magnetic Coffee Cozy “is the solution. Instead of holding 3 things at once the cup of coffee can easily be atucked to an (iron) pole or car.
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