Don’t just eat your dinner, wear it!

15-2-2011

At restaurant Marlow & Sons in New York, guests can purchase bags, purses and clothing made from the animals they have just eaten. So, bags of leather and garments of wool and rabbit fur.

 

Pop up apartment

14-2-2011

Due to a design contest in London, visitors of the city can now sleep on the roof of the Southbank Centre. Guests can sleep in a temporary one-bedroom apartment. The winning design was created by David Kohn Architects.

Black Chicken

14-2-2011

The Dutch topchef Marco Westmaas discovered a new special products while abroad. The chef who regularly visits foreign countries, looking for new products and ingredients, has discovered a black chicken in Asia. The chicken is supposed to have a medicinal effect.

Fast Food Fail

13-2-2011

Ever wondered why fast food restaurants get away with misleading advertisements? The website Media Dumb collected all advertisement photo’s and actual photo’s. Very amusing and hilarious!

 

Heartshaped cucumber

13-2-2011

Especially for Valentine’s day, The British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s launches a heart-shaped cucumber.

RFID keychain to update your Facebook

12-2-2011

When entering the theater of Amsterdam, visitors receive a keychain with a RFID chip attached, which is connected to your Facebook-account. You can automatically update your profile by holding the keychain in front of the SowiSocial-desks.

A floating and mobile hotel

12-2-2011

To make a Norwegian village more attractive for tourists, an international contest was set up. The  Swedish architect company Jägnefält Milton came up with the idea to use the existing railway for riding hotelrooms.  The rooms do float as well and can be stacked.

What happens when? project

11-2-2011

A 9 month lasting crowdfunded and crowdsourced project in a restaurant in New York. Each month the restaurant will be runed by a different group of people. After 9 months the restaurant will be demolished.

Digital beer

10-2-2011

Through the site ‘Digibiertje’, (potential) guests can order a code online to show that code in the pub. They then get their second beer for free. There must be a minimum number of participants for the action.

A rare handwritten cooking book of the 17th century

10-2-2011

De Library of Heritage in Antwerp, Belgium, has published a handwritten cooking book from the 17th century online.

Sleeping in a huge bird’s nest

10-2-2011

Designed for larger rooms, but this huge bird’s nest seems a great bed for kids.

Maze Cafe

10-2-2011

Maze Cafe has found a nice solution for those who spill coffee sometimes. The dish guides  spilled coffee through a simple maze.

Lotery of fines

9-2-2011

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If you drive too fast, you will get caught by this speed camera and receive a fine. If you don’t drive too fast, the total sum of the fines will be raffled amongst those who do respect speed limits.

Mega Reader

9-2-2011

The Mega reader is an iPhone app that lets you read a text while using your camera to still see your surroundings. The text changes color automatically so it remains readable.

Chocolate bars wrapped of photos of random customers

9-2-2011

The wrapper of Macskanyelv Chocolate is a smart way to give an old product a new look. They used photos of random customers on the wrapper to increase customer-involvement.

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