Save the planet one beer at the time

4-3-2011

Purpose Energy is an energy company disposed of breweries. During this process, a large amount of methane they again for the brewery’s energy needs and thereby reduce emissions of the brewery.

Chocolate wine

4-3-2011

Cocoa di Vine is a 14 percent alcohol fusion of Moscato, Torrontes and Pedro Ximenez. The wine has rich flavours of vanilla, caramel and of course chocolate.

Chilean miners-wine

4-3-2011

The British design Agency created 33 different bottles of Chilean Winers each designed with a name of a trapped miner. The packaging for Chilean Winer is designed to resemble the Phoenix 2 escape capsule.

Rice to Riches

4-3-2011

Concept in New York: a store that exclusively sells rice pudding. Like with ice cream, you can choose your own toppings.

First appartment heated by solar thermal energy

4-3-2011

This apartment building in Upper Castle, Switzerland is the world’s first to be heated exclusively by solar thermal energy. The roof produces twice the heat of what the building needs and will serve as a model for future projects.

 

Art on electrical junction boxes

3-3-2011

Fortum is an electricity company in Sweden. Every year grafitti and vandalism to electrical junctionboxes cost the company over $1,5 million. Research shows that art in public places and a well maintained urban environment lead to increased safety and decreases vandalism. Fortum created the competition “Art on electrical boxes”. Anyone could upload their artwork and collect votes through social media. The artworks with the most votes were posted on electrical junction boxes throughout the city.

Wat do you eat at your funeral

3-3-2011

At funerals people always eat and drink something. Whether it is a slice of cake with coffee or a complete buffet. The book ‘What do you eat at your funeral’ describes stories from different religions and cultures.

Force soda for men

2-3-2011

Force is the new soda by Jupiler brewery. With this soda Jupiler wants to target men over 30 years old and it is available in The Netherlands and Belgium as from this month.

Japanese website gives away food for free

1-3-2011

Tada Yasai is a Japanese initiative to give away ‘left over’ food for free. For example products that do not meet the aesthetic demands of supermarkets. Members of the site pay the shipping fee and local farmers have the opportunity to ‘sell’ their products.

BVLGARI Hotel in London

1-3-2011

In 2012, fashion brand BVLGARI will open its third hotel. After Milan and Bali, a hotel will be opened in London. The hotel will have 85 rooms including 8 suites of 200 sqm.

Daft Punk and Coca Cola

1-3-2011

The French DJ duo Daft Punk has designed two Coca Cola bottles for the campaign “Coke Club. It is still unknown in which country the bottles will be available.

Healthy and organic lunchbox

1-3-2011

Tiss Lunchtime launches a new, sustainable, lunch concept for schools in The Netherlands. Parents can subscribe online. The boxes are delivered daily and contains a healthy lunch. All products are organic, local and free range products.

Hangman clip on your drink

28-2-2011

Perfect for festivals! Just don’t forget to bring a cap! 

Teapot for tealeaves

28-2-2011

This glass teapot has an integrated tea egg. Once the tea is ready the tea egg can easily be removed by pulling the silicone string. The teapot made by Danish brand Menu costs 59.95 euros and is available at selected stores.

Vivienne Westwood and Chivas Regal

28-2-2011

Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood designed the Chivas Regal 18 Year Old limited edition bottle. Only 2,500 bottles will be made and they cost $ 495, =

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