Delicious shoes

30-5-2010

As we are saying for a long time, fashion and food are inspiring each other. Here’s proof! Hand-painted shoes by Oyee design.

Monthly pop up event in Paris

30-5-2010

Eco-friendly food, dance lessons, responsibly shopping for clothes and much more. It’s all possible every first Sunday of the month in Paris on the monthly pop-up event, Brunch Bazar. The entrance fee is € 3.50 and will be donated to charity.

Be careful when tanning

29-5-2010

Nivea introduced a sunindicator to responsibly enjoy the sun. This iPhone application tells you how and where you can enjoy the sun best, based on your skin type and the UV strength at your location. In addition, the timer indicates how long you still can enjoy the sun.

Social Media Bars in Johannesburg

29-5-2010

Johannesburg has 2 exclusive bars where online social media are combined with hospitality. You must be invited online to have access to one of the two locations. At the locations one will find touch screens mounted in the tables, on which one can use the internet. But one can also make contact with another tables.

Green Champs-Elysees

28-5-2010

The famous Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris, where normally a thousands of cars a day pass by, has been temporarily transformed into a giant garden. On the day of biodiversity a farmers’ organization has turned the street in a garden of 1.2 kilometers long. Over 800.000 people visited the garden.

Birth tourism in the USA

26-5-2010

According to the constitution, whoever is born on U.S. soil automatically is an American citizen. This causes increasing “birth tourism”.  Hotel Marmara is responding to this by offering facilities before and after childbirth. Rooms are rented by the month, including cradles, airport transfers and a gift for the mother.

Hello Kitty wine

25-5-2010

The little cartoon cat Kitty has become a real woman and now has her own wine label. And not without success, this wine is sold in Singapore, USA, Russia and England. The wine comes from the vineyards of Lombardy, a Pinot noir grape, in northern Italy.

Invest in chocolate

25-5-2010

Rather than borrowing money from the bank, Hotel Chocolat wants to borrow money from customers. When you invest in “Hotel Chocolat” shares, you will receive your interest in chocolate. With an investment of £ 2000,= people get a chocoladebox, worth £ 107.70, six times a year.

Decant and pur wine at the same time

24-5-2010

The Italian designers of Acquacalda have the ideal solution for both the decanting and pouring of wine. In addition, the wine is fairly distributed.

Salmon caviar from a vending machine

24-5-2010

One of the biggest sellers of caviar in Moscow, Russia, Ikra, has placed 33 vending machines with salmon caviar. Unfortunately for lovers of expensive versions such as Beluga or Sevruga caviar … they are not in the assortment yet.

P-tree urinal

23-5-2010

Especially for large events and other happenings, Sam Veluw designed the P-tree. Where other toilets are dirty and difficult to place, this urinal a solution. Before use you might want to check with the municipality, the “water” is going directly into the ground.

Free online music with Pepsi

23-5-2010

Order a Pepsi with your iPhone in restaurants. You’ll save points on your Loot (iPhone App). When collected three points, you can download a song from a database of 250,000 songs. According to Pepsi, this is the first iPhone app that acts as a loyalty program.

3D product promotion by Samsung

22-5-2010

 

After Nespresso, Samsung used a 3D animation for a product presentation. This time in our own capital, Amsterdam, using one of the most famous buildings in Amsterdam, the “Beurs van Berlage”.

Sleep well at hot summer nights

22-5-2010

It looks more decorative then functional, but appearances can be deceptive. This air conditioner is designed to provide you with an ideal sleeping environment. However without cooling the complete chamber. This could help save up to 60% on energy costs. 

Pop up urinals

21-5-2010

Urinals are often an annoyance on the streets. Big, ugly devices that ruin the streetview. With the Urilift , this is history. The Urilift will only surface at times when they are really needed, (in the evening). They are directly connected to the sewerage and very low in maintenance.

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