CH25: Douglas Riboud + Justin Guilbert

How a whole new way of doing business started with coconut water

When Douglas Riboud and Justin Guilbert founded Harmless Harvest in 2009, the idea was simple enough: Make great coconut water that tastes as much like the real deal as possible. “At the end of the day, what we’re trying to do is stay true to the ingredients,” explains Riboud, recently returned from Thailand, the site of Harmless Harvest’s groves. But keeping the 100% raw, organic …

Bompas & Parr’s Alcoholic Architecture

Extremely creative drinks from a breathable cocktail to a human skull chalice

London’s Bompas & Parr is the design duo behind a lot of truly unusual projects that stretch the limit of how we think about and experience food and drink. Previous creations include an actual steamship set in jelly, air fresheners with scents inspired by the apocalypse, and a chewing gum factory with 40,000 taste combinations. Sam Bompas and Harry Parr are interested in “states of …

Google Adds Restaurants’ Busiest Times to Search Results

Many popular eateries refuse to quote wait times over the phone, making it difficult to decide if the trip is worth it. Luckily, Google is taking some of the guessing out of restaurants’ wait times by adding a new feature to their search function. After googling the restaurant in question, a neat blue graph pops up charting out the businesses’ busiest hours and the best …