Dec 31, 2009

Dylan’s Candy Bar

Dylan’s Candy Bar has three NY locations – 1011 Third Avenue in Manhattan, Roosevelt Field Mall, and East Hampton. They apparently also have locations in Houston & Florida. Its owned by Dylan Lauren, daughter of designer Ralph Lauren, so its perhaps not surprising to find some interesting design features to the store. And Dylan’s doesn’t just sell candy, they also have... read more

Dec 18, 2009

Pizza vending machine at Venice Airport

The main problem is that it doesn’t really smell – it would work far better in an airport environment if it gave of some of the smell of a freshly cooking pizza. Who could resist in arrivals after getting off a long flight and whilst waiting for your bags….. I thought these machines did give off a smell – wonder if it was changed for the airport? Pity if it was. Tags: Airport,... read more

Nov 7, 2009

Sooshi Ice Cream

New Zealanders are an innovative bunch and the new product from New Zealand Natural Ice Creams just adds more weight to that arguement.  They’ve launched Sooshi, which looks like a regular rice sushi but is made of real fruit and ice cream.  The fruit fillings are made to resemble fillings you can find in real sushi with lemon presenting yellow peppers, raspberry – crab, blackcurrant –... read more

Nov 7, 2009

Chocolate Research Facility

Located at Millenia Walk, Singapore, Chocolate Research Facility claim to be the world’s first with their boutique/cafe offering 100 different flavours of chocolate bars. I’m not sure if they’re correct in claiming world first status but certainly there an an awful lot of chocolates and they’re not bad tasting either.  The chocolates are designed in series with 10 different series... read more

Nov 3, 2009

Increasing sizes people order

In fast food restaurants & food courts you typically see a whole range of different drink sizes but often those retailers question offering the extreme size drinks because sales of them are relatively low. However, research from Duke University has suggested that drink purchases are altered by the portfolio of options available, and operators may be missing the role of the extreme sizes. What the... read more