Sleep in the subway

30-7-2012

Sleep in this festival tent with 16 people or use the London Underground Tube Tent for a party with 72 people. You’ll never have to look for your tent again.

Sushi bazooka

27-7-2012

Because not everbody has the skills of Jiro Ono ***, the Japanese have introduced the sushi bazooka. A practical tool for home made sushi.

Slice of Tea

27-7-2012

Canadian package designer Anne Ouellette has created an innovative tea packaging with a cutting board.

Grolsch festival challenge

27-7-2012

Grolsch gives away free gadgets and tickets this summer. In the second challenge of the contest there are Lowlands tickets to win. The beer brand uses a mix of online, offline and mobile marketing for this promotion. Ads with QR-codes are placed at different blogs and websites each day, these locations are traceable by messages on the Grolsch Twitter account.

App for the non-wine connoisseur

26-7-2012

The Real Time Wine App is an easy but funny app for the non-wine connoisseurs. You can review the tasted wines by simple icons: YUM, HMM of YUK. Also you can check reviews and wine lists of other users.

You want a cookie?

26-7-2012

Nice idea, but maybe a little less functional… a cup made of a cookie. You sure do surprise your guests!

Most original cookie service

25-7-2012

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At restaurant Ivy in Rotterdam (The Netherlands) they serve very original ‘sweets’ with their coffee service. Original Ivy sweets and cookies served on a cloud of cotton candy. Not only the coffee service is original, during the dinner you will be pleasantly surprised by the dishes from François Geurds.

Trace me luggage tracker

25-7-2012

This luggage tracker identifies your suitcases and bags and doesn’t advertise an empty house. Very useful if the regular airliner labels gets lost.

Ikea pop-up lounge Charles de Gaulle

25-7-2012

Ikea has opened a pop-up lounge for the tired traveller on airport Roissy Charles de Gaulle in Paris. The lounge in terminal 3 is open until August 5th.

Clever cup holder

24-7-2012

With this beautiful weather we love to spend our days and evenings outside. But without a table, there is a chance to accidentally push down your drink. With this Beer Holders your drink will be saved from pushing down in a nice way. Nice idea for example beach clubs.

Homemade honey-beer

24-7-2012

The Lincolnshire Marriot Resort in Illinois is brewing their own beer, made of honey from their own bees, in cooperation with the Lake Bluff Brewery. In the future, the hotel will supply their own hops as ingredient for the beer.

Heinz is going green

24-7-2012

Thanks to the partnership with Coca Cola, Heinz now supplies 100% recyclable bottles which feature the ‘PlantBottle’ technology. Thanks to this partnership (which Ford and Nike have as well), Heinz launched the campaign ‘Join the Growing Movement’ to encourage more people to live greener lifestyles.

Cocoagraphs chocolate bars

23-7-2012

Cocoagraphs are artisan chocolate bars printed with edible Polaroid-style photographs. Calling to mind nostalgia for years past, these charming confections are completely custom, printed with any photograph, logo, or image of your choice. With each cocoagraph handmade to order, all users have to do is upload a photo and choose the ingredients from milk, white, dark or organic dark chocolate. Watch the video that explains the process.

Backyard scrabble

23-7-2012

Kristy McAuliffe, architect in Sacramento, made this scrabble play for her backyard. As we see the immense popularity of scrabble at the moment we think this might be an extra on a terrace. Which restaurant sends us the first picture? Photo by E. Spencer Toy

Music for the hearing impaired

23-7-2012

Clash Club in São Paulo, Brazil recently held a night of music specially for the hearing impaired. During its recent “Feel the Sound” night, the club served up music via a sound system with enhanced bass to help those with hearing disabilities to feel the sound waves. Visual projections were highlighted with lasers and brighter lighting. Interpreter service was available and the staff of Clash underwent a training with a speech therapist.

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