Not so long ago, the Internet of Things sounded like something very abstract. The term ‘Internet of Things’ represents a world in which more and more objects and…
Sourcemap is an open source project about where things come from. As you know, plenty of products consist of many, many different components coming from all kinds of…
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…
The data graphic above illustrates the distance to the nearest McDonald’s restaurant in the United States. In some regions the distance to the nearest McDonald’s is poignant far.…
More news about art and animals! PIG 05049 is a project by Rotterdam-based artist Christien Meindertsma. She has spent three years on mapping one single pig, with…
UK-based designer James Reynolds recently came up with a brilliant idea to make consumers aware of the origin of their supermarket food by letting them directly…
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…
LimeWire founder Mark Gorton has recently announced to launch an application for open source urbanism, inspired by the peer-to-peer principle. Gorton’s goal is to stimulate “crowdsourced development, freely-accessible…
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Under the name of ‘Save Our Sounds’, the BBC is currently building a huge digital user generated collection of sounds and soundscapes of the world. All…
Mapping the most simple stuff can be amazingly interesting. Recently I found this map, which doesn’t need any explanation. During the holiday season this might be a handy tool…
Through TED we recently found a great presentation of Hans Rosling of Gapminder about changes in the world over last 200 years. This great moving…
Artist, designer and educator Christian Nold recently launched a free book in which he has brough together a collection of essays from artists, designers, psychogeographers, cultural…
Etropolis is a platform where all creative activities in Dutch technology city Eindhoven and surroundings are laid out. The concept is initiated by the graduation project of Remco…
