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The London Underground Live

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Monday June 21, 2010

Birmingham-based webdesigner Matthew Somerville created a great mash-up that provides live insight in locations of all Underground trains in and around London. The yellow…

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The Urban Cursor

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Sunday October 25, 2009

Yeah, we’re living in times of increasing interaction between digital and physical worlds. This public space project by Danish designer Sebastian Campion (also known as the owner of…

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Exploring Copenhagen’s Radiant Future

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Wednesday September 2, 2009

Could you influence the future of your city by creating a constructive website with your ideas pinned on a Google map? This is what the guys behind Radiant…

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Landscape Jewelry

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Friday August 28, 2009

Combine digital geography, 3D printing and jewelry, and you will get close to the fresh idea of Earth Brooch Silver. Earth Brooch Silver offers eclectic custom pieces of…

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Mapping the Fruit!

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Tuesday July 7, 2009

“To my delight I found serviceberry trees in several places, as well as mulberry bushes and trees, two cherry trees I didn’t know about, and even a plum tree!”
The…

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Sim City Meets Google Maps

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Thursday June 18, 2009

The creator of this three-dimensional pixel map of Hong Kong has put big efforts into this fantastic artwork. The unknown artist entirely pixeled the city of Hong Kong…

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The Emerge of Coworking, Part 2

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Tuesday April 14, 2009

In my article of last Saturday I described the emerge of location independent working and the phenomenon of coworking. In this article I’ll come up with three examples of…

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Urban Games, Part 3

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Thursday February 5, 2009

During the last days we have written about the phenomenon of urban gaming, coming with beautiful examples of youngsters chasing each other in the streets of today’s world cities. Those…

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