Ben & Jerry’s Give it Forward

3-3-2010

The first give-it-forward website by Ben & Jerry’s. An initiative by which you give away something of yourself and get something back from somebody else. Ben & Jerry’s takes the lead and gives away 100 ice creams. Whoever makes the bid, will in return offer something the others can bid on.

Puzzle shaped bread cutter

3-3-2010

This puzzle shaped bread-cutter makes it easier for small children to eat their sandwich. The products and packaging are recyclable.

Open hoteldoors with smartphones

3-3-2010

Open Ways, a specialized security company, has designed a system allowing guests to open the door of their hotelroom with a smartphone application. When opening the application, the phone plays a coded acoustic signal. If the door recognizes the sound, the door will open.

Repair café

2-3-2010

In several communitycentres in Amsterdam, Repair Café takes place every month. People can come with their broken furniture, clothing or computers and try to fix it. Tools are provided by the community centre.

Cubin waste container

2-3-2010

Cubin is a disposable waste container that can be placed on the table. If guests leave a table, the container and all its contents can be discarded.

Tartufino truffelbrandy

2-3-2010

A digestif does not get any more luxorious than this truffle brandy Tartufino. The liqueur based on brandy, honey and white truffle is available in three versions: After Dinner, Original and Gold (with gold leaf).

Hotel in traditional Dutch style

1-3-2010

On March 18th this new hotel in Zaandam will be open. The hotel consists of nearly 70 traditional houses that are stacked. The big eye-catcher is the blue house on top of the hotel, which was designed after a painting by Claude Monet.

Wagamama iPhone app

1-3-2010

The originally from England restaurantchain Wagamama has developed its own iPhone application. This app allows guests to see where the nearest Wagamama restaurant is, look through the menu, to order meals and indicate when an order will be picked up. According to them, they are the first restaurant with its own iPhone app.

 

Tea cigarettes

1-3-2010

A funny replacement for a tea bag tea is a cigarette. The tealeaves are packaged like cigarettes, the tobacco has been replaced by tea leaves. The filter ensures that the “cigarette” floats, so it is easy to take out of the cup.

Far Coast Coffee furniture

28-2-2010

Coca Cola’s new coffee brand “Far Coast” placed these sustainably developed seats in the Olympic Village during the Olympics, to promote the new coffee brand. The chairs are made so that they can easliy be combined to multiple seats. 

Child safe coffee mug

28-2-2010

Every year many small children get injured by burns from hot drinks. In order to solve this the ‘mummy mug’ is developed. A cap for your mug. You can only drink coffee by pressing your upper lip on the cap.

Turn everything into a hot dog

28-2-2010

Don’t you like hot dogs, but you do like the shape of a hot dog? With this device designed by Taylor Gifts is possible to make all kinds of food in the shape of a hot dog. Perfect for parents who’s kids are addicted to hot dogs and they want them to eat something different.

Say it with…cookies

27-2-2010

To give somebody a cookie is always a good idea. Now, you can put a personal message on your cookies. Seperate letters can be assembled into a baking dish and personal messages can be added to the biscuits.

Beerpints made from safetyglass

27-2-2010

Design Bridge has developed two new pints, which are much safer than traditional pints. The prototypes consist of Glass Plus (left photo) and Twin Wall (right photo). Glass Plus has a thin, transparent layer of organic resin on the inside and Twin Wall consists of two ultra-thin layers of glass which are joined together, similar to glass in car windshields. Both prototypes ensure that when the glass breaks, the dangerous glass shards are held together securely.

Green street lampposts

27-2-2010

Tak studio has designed a ‘road lamppost-and-windturbin-in-one’. By catching the wind and airflow caused by the cars speeding by, energy is generated. This energy causes the street lighting to turn on. The lampposts no longer need to be connected to the powernetwork.

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