Before I die..

12-5-2011

Before I die I want to…. (fill in yourself) is an idea of Candy Chang. An abandoned building in New Orleans is used as a writable blackboard. Everybody can use it as the social medium of the neighbourhood. If the wall is full, it is cleaned and writable again.

Jungle roof garden

12-5-2011

In Japan they wanted something different with the Namba Park shopping mall. They ‘ve built a 8 level roof garden with streams, waterfalls, trees, lawns rock formations, cliffs and a veggie garden. The total surface spans several blocks.

Fair trade tweets

12-5-2011

Ben & Jerry’s found a way to use the unused characters in a tweet. To make the tweet Fair Trade you can visit the fairtweet website, make your message and according to the number of characters used, the website will fill in the unused ones with a Fair Trady message.

Slimy egg seperator

12-5-2011

The Peter Petrie Egg Separator is a ceramic hand crafted head. Break an egg on his head, pour it in and the egg white will run out of his nose by tilting it forward. The egg yolk we be held by the nose. A perfect way to separate eggs.

Haute cuisine joint

11-5-2011

Jonnie Boer, masterchef and owner of restaurant Librije made a culinary joke, a culinary joint. Totally edible and made of herbs, chocolate and peels of a lemon.

Floor for women only

11-5-2011

The new (yet to be opened) Danish hotel Bella Sky Comwell created a floor specially for female guests. The rooms are women friendly, by making the bathrooms more feminin and giving the rooms a make-up table and a full length mirror. Also the electronics are easier to use.

 

Airport Park Schiphol

11-5-2011

Schiphol Airport created an indoor park for travellers to relax. The park features sounds of cyclists, animals and children. There are also butterflies projected on the walls and floors. The Park Restaurant provides healthy and fresh products.  

Paper Phone

10-5-2011

The paper phone uses elnk technology. This is electric paper and is used in e-readers. The phone is fully flexible. The elnk screen is only black and white, and very slow, the good thing is a long battery capacity. The electronic paper is also usable on clothes and they are working on a bracelet, the “Snaplet”, watch the movie.

Cheese & tea, delicious

10-5-2011

  • kaas-theekaas en thee pairing

The combination of Dilmah tea with cheese. Delicious! The warmth of the tea in combination with the cheese – it literaly melts on your tongue. Serve the tea in wineglasses.

Bread made with milk from camels

9-5-2011

A farmer in the south of Holland, owns about 50 camels. Not for show but for the production of camelmilk and chocolate (spotted in 2010) and bread with camelmilk. This type of bread is very convenient for people who are having a cowmilk allergy. Order your own camelbread online, it comes in a special ovenbag, so without unwrapping it, you can put the bread in the oven.

 

Easy to open bottle cap

9-5-2011

Teardrop shaped bottle cap designed by Shao-Nung Chen will allow you to easily open Coca-Cola bottles. This clever design makes bottle caps more user friendly and easier to grip.

 

easy to open bottle cap

9-5-2011

Teardrop shaped bottle cap designed by Shao-Nung Chen will allow you to easily open Coca-Cola bottles. This clever design makes bottle caps more user friendly and easier to grip.

 

Your own social media theatre

9-5-2011

This theatre is designed by Aaron Jones, it’s a theatre where visitors plug in their smartphones and play music and video’s from youtube or their own movies. At this way one is able to create one’s own theatre night through social media.

6 course dinner in subway New York

6-5-2011

Several guests received an invitation to take the subway in New York on the 1st of May, where they were treated with a superfast 6 course dinner, organised by chefs of the supper club A Razor, A Shiny Knife. The subway changed into a pop-up restaurant where small luxery dishes where served. The dinner took only 22 minutes.

Easy ordering via the E la Carte

6-5-2011

The new ‘Presto e la Carte’, like the Otoucho which we are familiar with in the Netherlands, is a tablet which is used in restaurants. Through this tablet, guests can watch the menu, ordering dishes, pay the check, but as well play games during the waiting and writing reviews at the end of the dinnerparty. This tablet is not meant as replacement for the human staff, but rather compliment a pre-existing service.

 

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