Over the last years we visited a lot of so called ‘Wohnzimmer’ bars. The Wohnzimmer (‘living room’) bar is a unique typology in bars which gained popularity over…
We just received some information about the launch of a brand new magazine about the urban sphere, entitled Cities. The first edition, which is a test issue (
Hi fellow Flying Dutchman, good news for us here. A new wheel makes it possible to lock your bike with your iPhone. The Copenhagen Wheel is…
Posted in Headline, International Practices | Also tagged bike, city, copenhagen, cycling, environment, exercise, internet, iphone, lifestyle, locative media, mit, social network, sustainable, Technology |
Speaking about a city that has to become more exciting, online applications can do a job that’s worth a million. I recently stumbled upon this website called
Posted in Headline, International Practices | Also tagged application, city, cool, design, mail, online, public space, soft city, urban games, website |
Waiting for the bus is boring. That’s what Sony brought to the idea to sponsor bus stops and make them more enjoyable with their Playstation 2 ad campaign. This bus…
Sleeves for the iPhone are available in every single material and colour. The ‘WePhone’ (the public phone) on the contrary never had such a fancy jacket.
Of course…
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…
Recently we wrote about Contrail. This project even goes beyond that! Some guys have invented an amazing city printer called the Chalkbot. The Chalkbot is a…
The architects of Berlin agency Convertible City have designed a great theatre transformation project in the German town of Darmstadt. During the recontruction of…
A couple of months ago we blogged about the High Line, the urban transformation project in New York City. What was once an old traintrack trough Manhattan will be…
Posted in International Practices | Also tagged city, design, green, infrastructure, landscape, new york, nyc, public space, recycling, reuse, rotterdam, urbansim |
The work of the famous Improv Everywhere group is now captured in a book and has become mature as a new form of performance art. The book ‘Causing…
I just went to the American Bookstore in Amsterdam and found out that books about street art and graffiti are the eye-catchers between their natural competitors, the books…
Do you know anybody who frequently plays squash games? I guess not. Squash has never been a very popular sport to watch. So, which city should build a professional squash court…
Posted in International Practices | Also tagged city, egypt, flexible, london, new york, nyc, pop-up, Society, sports, squash, tournaments, trendwatching |
After we lost the fishmonger and the mobile ice seller in the streets of the post-war modernist neigbourhoods, this flexible coffee bar might be the solution for revitalising the urban…
Posted in International Practices, Theory | Also tagged Architecture, coffee, design, flexible, interior, landscape, lifestyle, temporary, transportable, trendwatching |
