In order to communicate with its surroundings, London-based interaction design agency Unit9 has attached an interactive public screen to its building which allows passers-by to fill it with drawings coming…
The economic crisis has led to delays in further development of Amsterdam’s new business district and second city center, the Zuidas (South Axis). But what to do with…
Posted in Headline | Tagged amsterdam, building, crisis, economy, experience, land, landscape, temporary, urban agriculture, urban play, zuidas |
If anyone can make wearable computing cool, it’s Nike, MobileBehavior claims. The world-famous sports brand created the famous Nike+, a connected running shoe which…
In their battle for salary increase, the garbage men of the city of Amsterdam decided to strike in May. Their actions led to an entire city full of…
‘Hello, world!’ is a real installation for the virtual globe of Google Earth, made by German media designer Bernd Hopfengärtner. In May 2006 he created…
VR/Urban is a Berlin/Glasgow-based collective of ‘public media interventionists’ that works together to create real-time installations. The aim of all their projects is to reclaim urban…
We like vending machines and we like seed bombs, so we were very delighted when we heard about this clever idea from the designers of Commonstudio. Under the…
Last week the exhibition Fashion & Architecture kicked off with a good party at the Amsterdam Architecture Center (ARCAM). Along with ARCAM and office for architecture…
Emilie Giles is an interaction designer who recently launched Lost London, a pervasive game that focuses on the forgotten places and networks that exist within the…
Posted in Headline | Tagged abandoned, foursquare, gaming, gps, london, psychogeography, social media, stations, subway, twitter, urban game |
Yesterday I received a kind email from Glasgow School of Art design student Alec Farmer who wanted to thank us for sharing Ken Isaacs’ 1974 classic…
As you may know, the mayor of São Paulo has decided to ban all neon ads, billboards and other forms of advertising in public space. The results of the…
The famous annual multidisciplinary conference TED is spreading across the globe. As of 2010, so-called TEDx events have been held in over 60 countries. Under the slogan ‘somethink…
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The technological revolution increasingly change the way people work, live with each other and deal with time and space. Due to modern information technologies, labor becomes flexible and…
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