Light Tree Concept

26-7-2011

These solar light trees, designed by Omar Huerta, are not just installations of solar-powered street lights, but they grow plants on their branches as well by using a hydroponic system.

 

Dogs are welcome

26-7-2011

Chien Bleu Travel is, according itself, the first travel agent in the UK which is specialized in the real dog-friendly hotels, cottages and other stay accommodations. Dogowners can consult this travel agent for the several accommodations, but can request whole packages as well.

 

Coffee in style with P-Cup concept

25-7-2011

A stylish coffee maker with cup dispenser. Designer Sueng Jun Jeong makes ‘traditional’ coffee making at the office appealing again. The name P-Cup is a contamination of paper cup + pickup and paper cup dispenser + coffee maker.

Unstoppable salty snacks

25-7-2011

Candy and snack maker Perfette Van Melle has introduced a new salty snack in India. The style of design would be noted as well in our supermarkets. Check the advertisement video.

Punchfork visualizes popular recipes

22-7-2011

The developers of Punchfork combine the strength of social media with delicious recipes. By searching various food blogs (like 101 Cookbooks, The Pioneer Woman, Epicurious, Serious Eats, Food Network and The Kitchn) and measure reactions they unveil the popularity of the recipes. The site is real time updated so new recipes are usually online in a few minutes.

Seven days, seven plates, seven meals

22-7-2011

If the question “What do we eat today?” is a daily ritual, check out these seven plates. They can provide direction with their characteristic shapes for specific meals. Designed by 5.5 Designers, who probably aren’t fan of sauces.

Music by the power of water

21-7-2011

An eco tip for hotels; use the water supply as an energy source. This radio gets its energy from built in micro turbine.

Business app for food truck owners

21-7-2011

The food trucks are very popular in America these days. With the use of Twitter and Facebook the (potential) customers are updated about the location of their favorite truck. Because these social media offer limited sales tools, CloudSource Labs has developed FoodTruck FastPass. This special Android app makes it possible to keep statistics, it allows to offer online ordering and supports group discounts.

Inspiration from 2009: French family picnic

20-7-2011

50 fans of the Facebook of Domino’s Pizza and Ben & Jerry’s where invited for a family picknick. Both companies aimed to create a larger online community by organizing a lotery. During the picknick the fans got to to taste the new salads of Domino’s and the ice creams of Ben & Jerry’s.

 

Sustainable sleeping in Mexico

20-7-2011

Waste materials are used for this Tubohotel, located in Mexico, and features 20 hotelrooms transformed out of concrete pipes. This hotel is designes by architects of T3arc. The hotelroom consists of a queen-size bed, desk light and a van. The pipes don’t allow bathroom facilities, but they have created two communal bathhousses onsite which features private showers.

Dinner passed expiration date

19-7-2011

From Tuesday the 19th of July there is a weekly dinner club at Mediamatic with products that have passed the expiration date. The organizers want to create more attention for the use and misuse of expiration dates and therefore show that it’s possible to cook with products that otherwise would be thrown away. Bring expired products after RSVP and get in for free.

Tag photos for tourists

19-7-2011

The website love.holland.com collects all online images from Twitter and Mobypicture that are tagged with, for instance, #love010, #lovebrabant or #lovemadurodam. Every photo with #love… is categorized per province, city or special place of interest. The website is developed to promote tourism in The Netherlands and lanched by ‘Nederlands Bureau voor Toerisme & Congressen’ (NBTC) and Mobypicture.

Floating wellness center in Rotterdam

19-7-2011

GO Marketing is designing and developing a floating island in the harbour of Rotterdam in corporation with IOU Architecture. The island features two floors that measure a total of 1.700m2. It will offer visitors a swimming pool, whirlpool, park, restaurant, sauna, Turkish steambath and more. The island is mobile, made of recycled materials and provided with the latest energy saving technologies.

Hydration Stations

18-7-2011

Refilling your water bottle for a better environment. That is the idea behind the Hydration Stations on the international airport of San Francisco, passengers can find behind the security checkpoint. This is introduced by Virgin America to reduce the plastic bottles handed over to the security agents. Virgin America swag shop offers special branded water bottles. 

 

New online restaurant guide

18-7-2011

CityLemon is a new online restaurant guide, where you can find the most unique restaurant concepts, compiled by website users, locals and several bloggers. Of both Dutch and European cities, a restaurant top 10 is represented. But no more than 25 restaurants per city can be found on the website.

 

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