Inspiration from 2010: Holiday department store by ANWB

29-7-2011

After having checked all your lists, still forgot something to bring with you on vacation? No worries, the holiday department store is there for you in times of emergency. The store can be found found at various campingsites in France this year.

 

Mini topless on the beach

28-7-2011

An amusing marketing campaign developed by ‘Access Agency’ with lifesize inflatable Mini’s at the beach. They are introduced with the clever slogan ‘ Going topless this summer’. Click here for more photos.

Looking for a taxi?

28-7-2011

Looking for a taxi is becoming a lot easier. Through this Get Taxi-app you can order a taxi, see what the estimate time of arrival is and leave reviews behind. The app will be available in the UK, Israel, Russia, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Check the video.

Measure water from the faucet

27-7-2011

This handy water meter is directly mounted on the faucet or a bottle. The concept design is very useful in the kitchen and will save water. If the amount of liters could be fixed beforehand than it would be perfect.

Cheese pencils

27-7-2011

Parmesan cheese shaped in a pencil with pesto, chili and truffles filling. The cheese can be sprinkled over the food with the included sharpner. The stripes on the ‘pencil’ measure portions and even Calories. Only disadvantage: the 500 sets were sold out in two weeks.

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.

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