Ziploc Cola

Apparently in many parts of Central America, expensive soda drinks like Coca-Cola are served up in plastic Ziploc bags—instead of glass or plastic bottles—so they’re more affordable. And so the iconic and highly recognizable shape of the Coke bottle isn’t lost, the sugar water maker has created these Coca-Cola bags as a low-cost alternative to its traditional packaging. Besides being […]

Tablets in Pubs

The Thirsty Bear pub in South London is using tablet technology to help punters order food, drink and update their social network status without leaving their table Table-side iPads and serve-yourself beer taps enable customers to order food and drink for self- or waiter-service. To start an electronic tab, punters simply leave a credit card behind the bar in order […]

Coffee with Headline News

Since fresh news goes well with fresh coffee, Y&Q Dubai adapted the coffee cup sleeve of Tim Hortons, a global coffee chain, into an advertising medium and created The ‘Headline News’ Cup Sleeve. Every cup. Every hour. Every day. When Tim Hortons customers received a cup of coffee, they also received the headline news of the hour, printed using a […]

Allergen-Free Restaurant

Mon histoire dans l’assiette is a unique concept, a cooking style which is full of flavours, a menu which evolves with the seasons and is allergen free. All the dishes by the restaurant in Lyon, France are without 11 of the most common allergens such as gluten, eggs, lactose, peanuts, pitted fruits, soya, mustard, seafood, celery, sesame & lupin beans. […]

Furniture Tasting

Maybe you’ve seen this everywhere already, maybe not but whatever. I’m not one to care – if it’s something I like, I’m posting about it! This “Furniture Tasting” project by Japanese/Portuguese duo Ryosuke Fukusada and Rui Pereira was inspired by the idea that the contemporary furniture industry is feeding us so much that it’s nearly impossible to “digest” it all. I […]

Laser Cut Seaweed

Developed by international ad agency I&S BBDO for the umino seaweed shop, ‘design nori’ is a series of intricately  laser-cut seaweed for rolling sushi. each sheet of five designs– ‘sakura’ (‘cherry blossoms’), ‘mizutama’ (‘water drops’), ‘asanoha’ (‘hemp’), ‘kikkou’ (‘turtle shell’), and ‘kumikkou’ (‘tortoise shell’)– is based on an element of japanese history  or symbology, meant to bring beauty, good fortune, […]

Frozen Beer Foam

If you ever wanted a way to dessert up your beer, or just plain keeping it colder for longer, Japanese beer maker Kirin has got the item for you. Presenting: Frozen beer foam in the vein of soft serve ice cream that sits atop a beer, keeping it cool. In order to make the topping, Kirin freezes their Ichiban Shibori […]

Candyscovery

Sweeten your life with handmade candy, delivered to your door? In early 2012, the people behind Candyscovery were traveling around the world and had plenty of opportunities to discover wonderful candy, manufactured and sold in very small shops. While they were enjoying some of these sweets in Hong Kong, they were struck by the idea that only people who could physically visit the confectioners’ place would have a chance to […]

Edible Food Packaging

As our society has shifted from eating whole foods to consuming processed food-like products, food packaging has become a major part of our solid waste stream. An unfortunately, because there are rules about what’s safe for food to be wrapped up in, lots of this packaging is difficult or impossible to recycle. Apparently, this problem has vexed Harvard scientists, who […]

Choc Invader

We love this cute (but totally geeky) chocolate space invader as a thoughtful, but not too over-the-top Valentine’s Day present! Available from www.chocolateinvader.com for $20 and if you order one now before the 14th, you get an extra one free! Chocolate space invader for your valentine [Popgadget]