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Pungent Fruit-Inspired Beers

Craft beer often falls onto obscure flavors in an effort to stand out, but Melbourne-based Foreigner Brewing is taking it a step further with its latest brew, Durian Durian Beer. Crafted from the...

Latte-Flavored Water - Asahi's Clear Latte is Colorless, Low-Calorie, Caffeine-Free and No-Fat

Latte-Flavored Water Asahi's Clear Latte is Colorless, Low-Calorie, Caffeine-Free and No-Fat

To keep up with the demand for clear beverages in Japan, Asahi released a Clear Latte that takes the form of a latte-flavored water beverage that boasts no caffeine. Additionally, the low-calorie... [More]

Unconventional Shoe Design Inspirations - New Balance Offers a 'Caviar & Vodka' Three-Pack

Unconventional Shoe Design Inspirations New Balance Offers a 'Caviar & Vodka' Three-Pack

From Le Coq Sportif’s hummus-inspired sneakers to Saucony’s donut-themed runners, unconventional shoe design inspirations keep startling and surprising the consumer with relentless... [More]

Fully Edible Food Packaging - Roza Janusz Uses Scoby as an Alternative to Plastic Take-Out Boxes

Fully Edible Food Packaging Roza Janusz Uses Scoby as an Alternative to Plastic Take-Out Boxes

‘Scoby’ — an acronym for ‘Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast,’ can be created through a fermentation process and it is the main ingredient in Roza Janusz’s fully... [More]

Artificial Human Hair Brushes - These Obscure Brushes are Inspired by Dearbhaile Heaney's Work

Artificial Human Hair Brushes These Obscure Brushes are Inspired by Dearbhaile Heaney's Work

This series of artificial human hair brushes is a perfectly weird hipster gift that may actually be used to create art, or simply to add exhilaration and playfulness to any room when utilized as a... [More]

Condiment-Flavored Ice Creams - Gelati Created a Ketchup Ice Cream in Honor of Ed Sheeran

Condiment-Flavored Ice Creams Gelati Created a Ketchup Ice Cream in Honor of Ed Sheeran

In order to welcome singer Ed Sheeran back to Ireland, Gelati launched an unusual product—ketchup ice cream. As unconventional as this sounds, Sheeran is such a fan of Heinz Ketchup that he has... [More]

Water-Based Digital Fabrication Platforms - Neri Oxman's Project Builds from Aqueous Material Form

Water-Based Digital Fabrication Platforms Neri Oxman's Project Builds from Aqueous Material Form

In her water-based digital fabrication platform project, architect and professor Neri Oxman embraces water as nature’s architectural tool and restructures the way we perceive aqueous... [More]

Luxurious One-Off Motorcycles - Bucherer & Bündnerbike Teamed Up for a Limited Motorcycle Design

Luxurious One-Off Motorcycles Bucherer & Bündnerbike Teamed Up for a Limited Motorcycle Design

Swiss watch and jewelry label Bucherer teamed up with custom bike maker Bündnerbike for an ultra-luxurious limited motorcycle design based on the Harley-Davidson Softail Slim S. The one-of-a-kind... [More]

Clear Beer Beverages - Two Craft Brewers Collaborated to Create the Clear 'Any IPA'

Clear Beer Beverages Two Craft Brewers Collaborated to Create the Clear 'Any IPA'

Springdale Beer, the experimental arm of Jack’s Abby Brewing, and Against the Grain Brewery collaborated on ‘Any IPA’ as a means of challenging the popularity of hazy IPA beverages—... [More]

Revealing Lace-Up Jeans - This Product by Fashion Nova is Perfect for a Bodacious Figure

Revealing Lace-Up Jeans This Product by Fashion Nova is Perfect for a Bodacious Figure

From non-stretchy materials that prevent a design to fit over calves and thighs to a disproportionate layout that leaves too much room on the waist, it is often the case that women have difficulty... [More]

Royal Couple Swimsuits - Bags of Love recently launched royal wedding swimsuits for fans

Royal Couple Swimsuits Bags of Love recently launched royal wedding swimsuits for fans

These royal wedding swimsuits were created by Bags of Love just ahead of the internationally anticipated event, allowing die-hard fans to show their love for Harry and Meghan on the beach or poolside.... [More]

Sensory VR Spas - Luxury Escapism's 'Oddly Satisfying Spa' Takes Cues from a Viral Hashtag

Sensory VR Spas Luxury Escapism's 'Oddly Satisfying Spa' Takes Cues from a Viral Hashtag

#OddlySatisfying is a hashtag that has been shared well over a million times on Instagram alone and it is often used to categorize interactions with mundane objects that delight the senses in one... [More]

Wedding-Themed Races - Pimm’s Spritz Wedding Dash Challenged People to Run in Full Wedding Attire

Wedding-Themed Races Pimm’s Spritz Wedding Dash Challenged People to Run in Full Wedding Attire

Just in time for wedding season, the Pimm’s Spritz Wedding Dash was recently held, giving hopeful brides and grooms the chance to win their dream wedding. In London, 40 men and women fully... [More]

Cheese Puff-Coated Burgers - Applebee’s is Selling a Deep-Fried Cheetos Burger Bomb in the UAE

Cheese Puff-Coated Burgers Applebee’s is Selling a Deep-Fried Cheetos Burger Bomb in the UAE

While Cheetos has already been used to make everything from ice cream to milkshakes, now the neon orange snack food is being used to prepare a monstrous new culinary creation called the ‘... [More]

Molecular Cocktail Classes - Future Food Stuido Re-Imagines the Way One Interacts with Food & Drinks

Molecular Cocktail Classes Future Food Stuido Re-Imagines the Way One Interacts with Food & Drinks

Toronto-based Future Food Studio aims to direct and redefine the future of food “through creative engagement, cultural scanning, content generation, technology development, food design and... [More]

Dessert Hummus Shakes - The Hummus & Pita Co. is Launching a Sweet Shake for National Hummus Day

Dessert Hummus Shakes The Hummus & Pita Co. is Launching a Sweet Shake for National Hummus Day

The popularity of hummus has inspired some brands to create dessert-inspired versions of the Mediterranean spread, but The Hummus & Pita Co. is set to push this concept by introducing the first-... [More]

Pickle Soft Serve Desserts - Lucky Pickle Dumpling Co. Offers a Pickle-Flavored Chilled Dessert

Pickle Soft Serve Desserts Lucky Pickle Dumpling Co. Offers a Pickle-Flavored Chilled Dessert

Alongside offering matcha and chocolate dip soft serve desserts, the newly opened Lucky Pickle Dumpling Co. in New York City’s Upper West Side also serves a pickle-flavored option. The green-... [More]

Self-Folding 4D-Printed Objects - Carnegie Mellon University Uses Heat to Instill Change in Objects

Self-Folding 4D-Printed Objects Carnegie Mellon University Uses Heat to Instill Change in Objects

Researchers from the Morphing Matter Lab at Carnegie Mellon University are working with 4D-printed objects to create a technique that will allow for flat-pack furniture to be assembled with heat... [More]

Sneaker-Shaped Coffins - Paa Joe Designed the Ultimate Resting Place for Extreme Sneakerheads

Sneaker-Shaped Coffins Paa Joe Designed the Ultimate Resting Place for Extreme Sneakerheads

Paa Joe, an artist from Ghana that’s most widely known for his fantasy coffin designs, recently came out with an iteration that’s perfect for the modern sneaker lover, a sneaker-shaped... [More]

Pungent Fruit-Inspired Beers - The Foreign Brewing Company Produced a Unique Durian Beer

Pungent Fruit-Inspired Beers The Foreign Brewing Company Produced a Unique Durian Beer

Craft beer often falls onto obscure flavors in an effort to stand out, but Melbourne-based Foreigner Brewing is taking it a step further with its latest brew, Durian Durian Beer. Crafted from the... [More]

Sense-Based Dating Shows - Go Button Media is Currently Casting for 'Sense Appeal' in Toronto

Sense-Based Dating Shows Go Button Media is Currently Casting for 'Sense Appeal' in Toronto

In July 2018, Go Button Media will launch ‘Sense Appeal,’ a dating show that prompts contestants to rely on scent, sound, touch, and taste to pick their ideal match, before they’re... [More]

Curried Pizza Dips - Domino's Pizza Japan Now Offers Chowder, Curry and Soup for Dipping

Curried Pizza Dips Domino's Pizza Japan Now Offers Chowder, Curry and Soup for Dipping

Over the course of a year, Domino’s Pizza Japan has been working with a specialized curry restaurant to develop an all-new curry dip to be offered with its products. Knowing that its... [More]

Avocado-Themed Music Festivals - Avocado Oil Company Chosen Foods is Sponsoring 'Avolution Fest'

Avocado-Themed Music Festivals Avocado Oil Company Chosen Foods is Sponsoring 'Avolution Fest'

Millennials’ obsession with avocados has inspired the creation of everything from avocado toast food trucks to avocado-centric restaurants—and this summer, people will have their chance to... [More]

Lobster-Inspired Sneakers - End. & Saucony Draw Inspiration from the Sea to Rework Its Grid 8500

Lobster-Inspired Sneakers End. & Saucony Draw Inspiration from the Sea to Rework Its Grid 8500

U.K. retail label END. worked alongside Massachusetts-based footwear label Saucony to rework its signature Grid 8500 sneakers. The two draw inspiration from the sea when giving the silhouette a new... [More]

Salty-Sweet Pork Ice Creams - The Pork Roll Ice Cream Remixes a Regional Favorite Into a Dessert

Salty-Sweet Pork Ice Creams The Pork Roll Ice Cream Remixes a Regional Favorite Into a Dessert

Salty-and-sweet is a common flavor combination, but New Jersey-based Windy Brow Farms has taken it a step further with its Pork Roll Ice Cream. This strange sweet-and-salty treat hides nothing in... [More]