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11-82011

Inspiration from 2010: Not far from the tree

11-8-2011

Spotted in august 2010, but it’s a good initiatif! In the parc where we walk our dog, a lot of prunes are rotting away. And of course our labrador (^Marjolein) eats them till he gets sick, if he gets the possibility. So this project in Toronto could work! They launched a project last year to prevent local grown fruit to perish. Volunteers pick fruit in the gardens of people who do not want to do this themselves. One third of the fruit is meant for the owner, one third goes to the volunteers and one third goes to charities in the area.

11-82011

Museum for divers

11-8-2011

Vandenberg: Life below the surface, an art gallery at a underwater shipwreck. Austrian Photographer Andreas Franke did use strong magnets to attach 12 digitally layered images (in 3 millimeter pexiglass) at the starboard side of the former military ship Vandenberg. All at a depth of 93ft offshore at Key West, Florida. We saw statues under water in Mexico but this is a new gallery. The website of the project will be ready end of august 2011.

11-82011

The Ticketometer

11-8-2011

The Ticketometer works as follows: the artist announces his or her show on the site by entering the city, date, ticket price and (essential for the use of Ticketometer) the “set-off point” (minimum number of tickets needed to sell to make the show profitable). The concert or festival is promoted and fans purchase tickets through Ticketometer. Once the set-off point is reached the artist confirms the event, and fans are charged. If the set-off point isn’t reached no harm! A couple of advantages: transparant, risky towns are worth a try, negotiations with venues are more transparant. Benefits artists, fans and venues.

11-82011

Tea-time by Pengtao Yu

11-8-2011

“Tea-time”, designer Pengtao Yu created a simple but yet convinient set combining tea leaves, water and steeping time. You put tea leafs and hot water into the first part of “Tea-time”, twist the timer to set the steeping time and the tea slowly trickles down to the bottom beaker. The timer/filter hold back the leaves and your cup is ready to sip.

10-82011

The America Eats Tavern and ketchup

10-8-2011

At America Eats Tavern, opened July 4th 2011 in Washington, Chef José Andrés applies his innovative style to the American cuisine. America Eats offers a new take on American classics and celebrate native ingredients and some long forgotten dishes, from burgoo to oysters Rockefeller. With recipes and stories collected through extensive research, and with help from the National Archives and a culinary advisory council of chefs, the menu showcases the fascinating history of America one plate at a time. As we read in the New York Times José Andrés is also serving different kinds of ketchups (like blueberry, red currant, yellow tomato and mushroom). Picture of the different kinds of ketchup with the article in the New York Times.

10-82011

Find guests through a Twitter scan service

10-8-2011

Reach.ly is a new service focused specifically on finding potential new guests. Reach.ly monitors Twitter for mentions of planned trips and allows hotels to reach out to visitors who are heading their way. It’s a free service which begins when hotels register with the site via Twitter and indicate which cities they’re interested in. Reach.ly then begins to filter Twitter traffic for them, and presents it in a manageable number of tweets. Hotels can communicate with the potential guests at the Reach.ly interface. According to Reach.ly 9% did make a booking en about 20% indicated that they appriciated the contact. Interesting?

10-82011

Luxury resort Amphibious 1000 in Qatar

10-8-2011

Another interesting hotel will appear in Qatar soon – hotel resort “Amphibious”. the hotel is designed by the Italian company Giancarlo Zema Design Group. The hotel complex will include residential buildings, offices and marina with modern bay. In the central tower will house a restaurant that offers exotic dishes in addition to stunning panoramic views. Guests can stay in the 80 semi-submersible suits, which were called “Jellyfish.” The rooms have wonderful open views to the underwater artificial reefs. On the territory of the hotel complex will be used only electric vehicles and small aluminum boats with hydrogen engines.

9-82011

Pie per inch

9-8-2011

Auberge Saint-Gabriel, with Chef Eric Gonzalez, serves his version of lemon pie per inch. The pie is cut at the table, and tastes delicious.

9-82011

Baked Alaska

9-8-2011

Although an old-fashioned dessert Baked Alaska remains delicious and we don’t understand why it isn’t served more often! Steakhouse Harbour Sixty in Toronto serves it with all the right ingredients and at the table! At all the tables they served it while we were there, it looked like a small party!

9-82011

From last year: Never again wet shoes

9-8-2011

Spotted last year but they would have been very usefull last weekend at Dancevalley in the Netherlands, the shuella. These sleeves fit over any shoe, boot or pump, and easily fit into any handbag. See the shuellas here.

9-82011

Great outdoor adcampaign by Sapporo Beer

9-8-2011

This summer Japan’s legendary beer, Sapporo, has created urban spectacles in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal that let participants transform their shadows into giant legendary Japanese characters including a sumo wrestler, a geisha and a samurai. We saw people standing in line to performe in the act and put the commercial on their facebook!

9-82011

Happenings in the Netherlands

9-8-2011

A map on the website, showing all the real time events, concerts, happenings in the Netherlands.

8-82011

The ICoffee machine

8-8-2011

Do you want to impress your guests with pseudo barista skills? Then use the iCoffee machine. Via bluetooth you can send an image to the iCoffee machine. See how designer Huang Guanglei iCoffee machine works at the website of New Tech Reviews.

8-82011

The Rotisserie Channel by Swiss Chalet

8-8-2011

BBDO Canada has launched a campaign for Swiss Chalet in february. Swiss Chalet is known in Canada for their roasted chicken. They started a The Rotisserie channel, where one can watch rottisserie chicken 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The mere announcement created a lot of free publicity, it was broadcasted in several newsshows, they were trending topic on Twitter, etc. While we Europeans are buying fireplace CD-ROMs – in America and Canada they have a fireplace channel and of course the step to Rotisserie Channel is smaller then.

8-82011

A great way to serve bread!

8-8-2011

We really enjoyed our dinner at Auberge Saint-Gabriel in Montréal, and all the show elements they use were an inspiration for Horecatrends. For example the bread is served, delicious warm, with a bow around it! It’s served on a shelve with knife in it.

11-82011

Inspiration from 2010: Not far from the tree

11-82011

Museum for divers

11-82011

The Ticketometer

11-82011

Tea-time by Pengtao Yu

10-82011

The America Eats Tavern and ketchup

10-82011

Find guests through a Twitter scan service

10-82011

Luxury resort Amphibious 1000 in Qatar

9-82011

Pie per inch

9-82011

Baked Alaska

9-82011

From last year: Never again wet shoes

9-82011

Great outdoor adcampaign by Sapporo Beer

9-82011

Happenings in the Netherlands

8-82011

The ICoffee machine

8-82011

The Rotisserie Channel by Swiss Chalet

8-82011

A great way to serve bread!

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