Bring some sparkle to the world of beauty
Diet Coke drinkers and manicured mademoiselles can enjoy polishing their nails in this season’s hottest hues with the Diet Coke City Collection. Diet Coke is giving away a special set of brand new...
View ArticleGreen coffee, anyone?
The NYC store pictured is one of an experimental batch of 12 stores around the world, testing the feasibility of Starbucks’ recent initiative to have all new global locations LEED-certified (Leadership...
View ArticleIt’s refreshing to recycle
A lot of brands are showing more than just a passing interest in recycling. Coca Cola has taken it one step, or should we say, seat, further with these chairs. They’ve struck a deal with manufacturers,...
View ArticleYou can say the alphabet but can you drink it?
After years of making other people’s wines famous, wine evangelist Justin Lane has created his own unique brand. As a master of storytelling, the conventional rolling hills with cursive brand names...
View ArticleSay what you see
Yep, just a spoonful of sugar. Mary Poppins would be proud of Mousegraphics, the Greek design agency that came up with this nifty way to brighten up your daily brew. Ref. http://popsop.com/34895
View ArticleMeat marketing
Vending machines are everywhere, selling fragrances, bathing suits, shoes, farm produce and health foods. And now you can even find them at a butcher’s shop—and a 100-year-old shop, at that. With three...
View ArticleAnti-restaurant
Chef Frank Hannon, alumnus of The River Café and Moro, has launched a Friday night takeout service for east London foodies. Orders are taken via text and email at the start of the week. On Friday, he...
View ArticlePioneering breakfasts
If you’re visiting any UK festivals this summer, keep a hungry eye out for the new Breakfast Club bus. We’ve worked with The Breakfast Club since their beginnings in 2005 and 4 cafés later, it’s great...
View ArticleTweet for your tea
Check out this Twitter-powered vending machine, created by South African organic ice tea brand BOS (thanks Charlotte, Singapore). Consumers can tweet the brand’s account, alerting the vending machine...
View ArticleThe real organic deal
‘Lapka’ is a new iPhone app and accessory kit that allows users to test the ‘organic levels’ of their food. The kit uses probes and sensors to test the amount of nitrates (non-organic fertilisers) in...
View ArticleScannable sushi
We’ve seen them on everything from cereal boxes to billboards, airplane banners to gravestones. And now, QR codes have found their way onto sashimi and salmon rolls. Yes, chef Robert Ruiz has found a...
View ArticleBeer on toast
Move over Marmite. Take a hike, Vegemite. There’s a new spread on the scene, and it’s made from beer. Yes, thanks to two Italian companies – chocolate makers Napoleone and brewery Alta Quota – it’s now...
View ArticleSmells like industrial strength spirit #vodka
‘Nerds’ have been responsible for many of mankind’s greatest achievements. The microchip, the moon landing, and Furbies to name a few. Now, according to the Industry City Distillery website, they’re...
View ArticleDough it yourself
‘I’ll have the deep-pan meat feast, with extra pepperoni, no green peppers, onions instead of jalapenos, black olives instead of ham and a cheesy stuffed crust.’ Thanks to Pizza Hut, the days of...
View ArticleEat someone else’s words
CAUTION: the following poke contains puns of a disturbing nature. War & Peas. Lord of the Onion Rings. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Pie. The Da Vinci Cod. Peter Pancake. The Loin, the Witch and the...
View ArticleStirring up the coffee market
“Hello. I’m sorry to bother you but I’m having a dinner party and I’ve run out of coffee.” It doesn’t seem too long ago that TV adverts for coffee worked on a simple premise: buy a jar of coffee and...
View ArticleThe dog’s bottles
BrewDog has just opened its first shop, BottleDog (see what they did there). Describing itself as your ‘one-stop-shop for all things craft beer in London’, BottleDog stocks over 250 craft beers, as...
View ArticleTiny tasters
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtZlHSy5HDM Bite sized is making big tasty waves across the US right now, with Oreo sending out pint-sized surprises to the fifty smallest towns across the...
View ArticleThe taste of music
The grills are alive, with the sound of meatballs. Whilst this soundbite makes for a catchy intro, it technically isn’t true as most people tend to favour frying their meatballs. Still, it doesn’t...
View ArticleCider with bite
Is it OK for men to drink cider? That’s the question Esquire recently asked its readers, and one the drinks’ industry has battled for centuries (maybe a slight exaggeration). Attempting to prove they...
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