Furniture tasting

9-5-2012

The Japanese – Portuguese couple Ryosuke Fuksada and Rui Pereira came up with to an edible furniture maker ‘Furniture Tasting’. Inspired by the contemporary furniture this old-fashioned waffle maker converted. Enjoy your furniture, bon appetite.

A water purification hotel

9-5-2012

Hotelier Carlos Couturier has converted a water purification into a 19th-century hotel. The hotel has a 30 meter pool. The edges of the pool been of glass, that gives a nice effect and view.

Pineapple Mimosas

8-5-2012

These Pineapple mimosas look nice, a good idea to surprise your mother at Mother’s Day. For the recipe visit this site.

QR-code with shadow effect

8-5-2012

Emart in South-Korea has found a way to attract more customers during lunch. Between 12 am and 1 pm they make a QR-code becomes visible by the sunlight. The consumer that schans the Sunny Sale QR-code will receive a voucher of 12 euros for home products. Sales increased by 25 percent during lunch.

The underwater hotel

8-5-2012

The Water Discus Hotel in Dubai is a hotel that is partially located under water. The 21 rooms are below the surface of the sea. The windows of the rooms are high, so you have a good view of the sea life. The restaurant, spa and reception are above the waterline. It’s unknown when the hotel opens.

Drunk for a few seconds

8-5-2012

The two French inventors Phillipe Starck and David Edwards have developed a spray that makes you temporarily drunk. To stimulate your brain you need only 0,075 ml of the ‘Wahh Quantum Sensations’. The drunkenness you get then is not a state but more a emotion, this make you feel light headed but you don’t lose your senses. A spray costs 20 euros and sprays 21 times.

The Moss Table

7-5-2012

A different type, the Moss Table. The Moss pots on the table are used to convert chemical energy into electrical energy. The table is an innovative to demonstrate the future potential of Bio-Photo-Voltaic (BPV). This would be a nice and sustainable idea for in a hotel.

Cafe Zero pop-up by Unilever

7-5-2012

Unilever created in the Kalverstraat (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) a temporary location to introduce the new Café Zero ice coffee. This ice coffee creates mind bursting creative and inspiring ideas. A creative artist will show this by creating artwork on location. Until the 12th of May this drink will be available for only € 1,=.

Plink

7-5-2012

Plink is according to their own words the first-ever Facebook credits based loyalty program that rewards member with Facebook credits for dining and shopping at their favorite restaurants and offline retailers. For example Taco Bell, 7-Eleven, Outback, Burger King, Arbys en Drunking Donuts. In January of this year this app was launched and currently available in the US.

Insights of Utrecht

7-5-2012

In three districts in Utrecht (Leidsche Rijn, Wittevrouwen and Kanaleneiland), three containers were placed to collect all kind of materials from those districts. They build small venues to finally create a bar in the city centre, named straatlokaal (dutch for street local). Born Digital will tell the story behind the materials. With the project, you discover the insight of these districts in Utrecht. This project takes place from May 5 until May 10.

De Streekmarkt

4-5-2012

@DeStreekmarkt organizes a market with regional products at the Twijnstraat (Utrecht) together. Interesting initiative at this market is the Streekbox (regional food box), with all ingredients and recipes for two local dishes.

Chef kitchen art

4-5-2012

Chef cook Dylan van Hirtum makes art with kitchen ‘waste’. A chef with passion for art, his website shows more of his artwork.

Eat2Gather CuliGay nights

4-5-2012

Culinairy event agency Eat2Gather starts 24 May with CulyGay workshops & dine experiences. The workshops provide a relaxed environment for gays to meet other like minded people.

Living room restaurant week

4-5-2012

In the Netherlands are approximately a hundred living room restaurants. Therefore Paul ten Have, initiator of huiskamermenu.nl, organizes the living room restaurant week from 19 to 27 May. A three course dinner at someone’s living room for a fixed price. An example of peer-to-peer developments in the hospitality industry.

Presenting your new menu

3-5-2012

The Dutch restaurant De Molen (Kaatsheuvel) fantastically presents their new menu.

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