South African coffee company Douwe Egberts believes people will love their coffee once they have tried it—to let more people try their product, they placed an innovative coffee machine at the O.R. Tambo International Airport, “where people most needed a coffee”. Unlike most coffee machines, this special one is not activated by money but by […]
Despite not having any formal art training, France-based freelance artist Vivi Mac has created a series of incredible celebrity portraits using anything from chocolate milk to crushed ice. The series is titled ‘Art Ephemere’, referencing the temporary nature of her food-based artworks. Her choice of food in each artwork usually derives from a food-related pun […]
As part of the campaign to promote its new gourmet-inspired Cantina Bell menu, Taco Bell has released a line of print ads featuring creative QR-codes made from avocados and lemons. The ads—created by ad agency Draftfcb OC and photographer Anabelle Breakey—were captured “in their entirety as a single image with minimal retouching” and, when scanned, […]
To celebrate the launch of its new ‘Highlander Honey’ whiskey, whiskey brand Dewar’s decided to employ the help of nature’s original 3D sculptors: bees. New York agency Sid Lee employed The Ebeling Group, the company behind the “Eyewriter Project,” to undertake this impossible project. Using 80,000 bees, they ‘3B-printed’ a bottle-shaped sculpture made out of […]
Designed by South Korean designer Yuhun Kim, the ‘Reading Tray’ is a transparent food tray that allows people to read and eat at the same time, while protecting the book from spills. Kim said that “although many people habitually do several tasks at once, they do not realize that they are multitasking”, unless a “mistake” […]
Glasgow-based, Scots-born Italian restaurateur Domenico Crolla is an artist in the kitchen—he creates portraits on pizzas using just tomato sauce and cheese, and no Photoshop. In what he calls ‘Paparazzi Pizza’, he recreates realistic images of the likes of the Mona Lisa, Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Lee, Anna Wintour, Simon Cowell and Tom Ford.
Wikifoods, the company that developed edible food packaging, has opened a bar in Paris. Called ‘Wikibar’, it will sell products enclosed in edible skins such as yoghurt, ice cream, cheese—and possibly cocktails. Created by Harvard professor David Edwards, the edible skins can be made into various forms and sizes, and can contain liquids, emulsions, foams, […]
To promote its beer in Europe, and help its fellow citizens be proud of where they come from, beer brand Molson Canadian teamed up with ad agency Rethink Canada to create beer fridges full of free beer and delivered them to various locations in Europe. However, unlike other ordinary fridges, the red beer fridges could […]
Chinese artist Pu Derong has a pair of extremely steady hands. Using just a blade and his skill, Pu manages to carve amazingly detailed and intricate masterpieces on eggshells that are only 0.3 mm thick. What is even more astounding is that unlike other eggshell art, Pu does not completely pierce the fragile shells. Instead, […]
To attract more customers from bigger, more established coffee chains, Taiwanese coffee chain Let’s Café decided to print its customers’ faces on their lattes. Using a special coffee printer, customers could upload their photos to the machine, and the printer will instantly reproduce their image using cocoa powder. Are latte portraits the future of coffee?