Ideas well done.
A
Newsletter for Foodservice Executives
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News,
trends, science, design and tidbits that influence food, foodservice
and foodservice equipment
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IWD
Plug
Do you have product design challenges? Are you busy keeping
up with your existing product lines - there's no time to be creative
and design something new? Are you running a restaurant chain and can't
find the equipment you really need? Contact us. We can help. Call 877-312-1706, Mike Colburn at
ext.101 or Mary Esther Treat at ext. 102.
info@ideaswelldone.com
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Did you Know?
Human Beings are the only species that enjoy bitter taste.
To all other species it means trouble.
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Design Trends
Design News offers a webpage on design trends - a handy compilation of
what they think is coming our way. Check out Trend Watch.
I don't see the
foodservice application, yet, but how cool is this liquid metal that
responds to music? Liquid Metal
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Please forward this newsletter to anyone who would be
interested in foodservice equipment design, development and invention.
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Greetings!
This
newsletter includes a collection of gifts - tidbits and websites that
we think are useful and interesting - and often fun. They are a tiny sampling of what we
look for every day.
We search
out information in and beyond the foodservice industry to add to our
ability to think creatively. We continue to add bright people to our
staff and they all bring different perspectives to our brainstorming
and design sessions. We have tapped in to resources near and far to
further enhance what we offer.
The more minds
we can bring to our work, the better the outcome for our customers.
We'll be
back in January with more gems for you. Meanwhile, we wish you the best for the Holiday Season and a
successful 2008!
Mary Esther
Treat, Vice President
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Chilling & heating by sound
Ideas Well Done has several refrigeration projects
underway. In our research we came across articles on thermoacoustics
technology which converts heated gas into sound waves which can be used
to cook, cool, and/or generate electricity. Wow.
Check it out SCORE
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www.fohboh.com
California-based FohBoh ("front of
house"and "back of house") is designed to enable
connection, communication and commerce among employees, owners,
operators, vendors, suppliers and service providers of the restaurant
and hospitality industries worldwide. Personal profiles, blogs, forums,
groups, photos and videos are among the social networking tools
available to members of the site, which just launched in November.
Membership on the site is currently free, but in the future FohBoh
plans to offer value-added, subscription services such as a job bank
and restaurant marketplace. It also plans to host sponsored live events
in regions around the globe and travel excursions for networking and
education. Advertising opportunities are coming soon too.
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Imagine
Our process of development often starts with the question
"what are all the ways?" Try it in a meeting of your creative
people (or, more usefully, the not-so-creative people). What are all
the ways we could improve this product? What are all the ways we could
take the leadership position in this product category? To make this
work really well you must set rules before you start. Rule 1: no
"buts"; Rule 2: no "that won't work"
statements. If the moderator keeps asking "tag along"
questions the ideas keep flowing. Build on what has been
said - the more ideas you push out, the more creative you get.
You will be amazed at how many useful ideas will come
along if you make this exercise a regular part of your looking-forward
process.
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Design
Detail
Living Green Walls
From our
friends at Springwise - 3 European firms that have developed indoor
walls of greenery. indoorlandscaping's Grüne
Wand (green wall) adds a welcome green element to sterile office
environments and improves air quality while taking up less floor
space than potted vegetation does.
Green Fortune, launched by
two Swedish entrepreneurs, has already amassed an impressive list of
international clients, placing their Plantwalls in offices, stores, restaurants.
Likewise, French artist Patrick Blank's meticulously
sculpted VerticalGardens have transformed ordinary walls in Paris and
elsewhere into works of foliage art.
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