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Heinz creating a noise with Beanz
Wednesday, 3rd April 2013 at 5:11pm
We're sure that most of you will be familiar with the childhood rhyme that gives the adage of beans being a musical fruit, now Heinz are playing on that with some deluxe flavours.The 5 special flavours, will be available from London's Fortnum & Mason in a special pack which includes a themed bowl and a special spoon that will play music or sounds whilst you eat.
The spoons contain a special MP3 player with pre-recorded sounds that can only be heard whilst eating through vibrations that travel up the jaw-bone to the ear.
Each flavour has a distinct sound associated with it, be it an Elgar ditty played with a cheese wire or the sound of rustling garlic skins.
The special edition bowls are also tailored to the unique flavours which includes, cheese, curry, barbecue, garlic and herb, and chili. Tagged Heinz, Fortnum And Mason, experiential, marketing, special edition, innovation, Beans, product
Number One Hit Product Recall
Monday, 15th October 2012 at 7:29pm
In this great marketing ploy Australian pop duo, Yolanda Be Cool, have announced an international product recall of their hit song "We No Speak Americano."Their hit "We No Speak Americano" reached No. 1 on the charts in 16 countries and remains in the charts in many places even after two and a half years.
They have decided that they need to move on, mainly to their next album. So they've officially declared that the beats "are no longer fresh" in "We No Speak Americano," and they're calling on radio stations, DJs and fans worldwide to remove the song from their playlists and destroy any hard copies of it.
See the press conference below:
Tagged Product, Recall, Yolander Be Cool, Marketing, Stunt, We Speak No Americano, Press Conference, PR
New glass technique from Lasvit delivers organic flows
Sunday, 29th April 2012 at 4:07pm
On display at Milan Design Week 2012, 'Liquidkristal' is a new glass technique developed by British designer Ross Lovegrove in collaboration with Czech glass and crystal producers Lasvit.
Using a high precision heat transfer process to create organic-like glass panels, this innovative product has been developed for use in large-scale architectural installations. The manufacturer says 'The system facilitates the precise forming of any mathematically describable design, and individual panels can showcase slightly 'shifted' versions of the model, creating the effect of an organically flowing pattern across a building or other large structure.'
This innovative production method lets designers or architects control the level of opacity of segments of glass, allowing the creation of spaces where features can be highlighted and others blended through a play of colour and light.
A very interesting development. Find out more here.Tagged Glass, Design, Interiors, Milan, Lasvit, Ross Lovegrove, Innovation, Product
Design of the Year 2012 nominations announced
Friday, 13th January 2012 at 9:05am
All the nominations will be on show at the Designs of the Year exhibtion at the Design Museum, opening to the public on 8 February 2012 and category winners and the overall winner will be announced at the Awards Night at the Design Museum on 24 April.
The Design Museum will be issuing details of each nomination daily on their blog,
Work shown here: Comedy Carpet, Blackpool by Why Not Associates and Gordon Young
Life-Size Paper Monster Hearse by Paul Sahre
Category Winners for the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2011
Monday, 28th February 2011 at 2:20am
The votes are in and a winner for each category of the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2011 has been officially announced today.The winners for each category are:
Brit Insurance Architecture Award 2011: Open Air Library by KARO Architekten, Germany
Brit Insurance Fashion Award 2011: Uniqlo +J, Japan
Brit Insurance Furniture Award 2011: Branca, Industrial Facility, Italy
Brit Insurance Graphics Award 2011: Homemade is Best, Forsman & Bodenfors for Ikea
Brit Insurance Product Award 2011: Plumen 001, Hulger & Samuel Wilkinson, UK
Brit Insurance Transport Award 2011: Barclays Cycle Hire
Click here to learn more about each of these winners and for your chance to speculate who will eventually reign supreme.
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