How to Become a Futures Designer
Strategic foresight firm Bespoke helps organisations worldwide to co-create their futures. Their recently published Book of Futures teaches you how to make sense of what is happening around us.
Find Your Focus in This Countryside Co-Living Community
Urban co-living and co-working network Je m'appelle has spread its wings to the countryside. It recently opened its third location in the southern Dutch province of North Brabant.
New Housing Project Brings Vancouver’s Native Community Back Home
A new housing development project in Vancouver aims to offer 6,000 new homes on First Nation reserve land in conjunction with Squamish Nation members bringing the native community back home.
World’s First Online Hotel Opens Amidst the Pandemic
With Easter holidays off the cards due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Amsterdam platform HomeSuiteHome offered an alternative weekend vacation experience from the comfort (and social distance) of your own home.
Square Roots Grows the Next Generation of Indoor Farmers
Brooklyn-based urban indoor agriculture company Square Roots brings back fresh food to urban areas whilst training the next generation of farmers.
Lo—TEK: What Cities Can Learn From Indigenous Innovation
The book Lo—TEK shows age-old design and system solutions created by communities to coexist with nature. Solutions that have long been ignored, but are now more relevant than ever for modern society's challenges.
Cologne’s Reclaim Award Turns Billboards Into Artworks
Every year, Cologne's Reclaim Kollektiv organises a competition for artists to exhibit their work on billboards in the city.
Retail Store Meets Basketball Court in Miami
UNKNWN's flagship store in Miami is a hybrid space that combines retail with a dazzlingly colourful community basketball court offering fitness and design events.
Barcelona’s Street Vendors Produce Face Masks for Local Hospitals
Street vendors that have run out of work have turned a store into a sewing workshop that produces materials for hospitals, such as masks and medical gowns.
Graffiti Grandmas Spice up Urban Space With Colourful Street Art
LATA 65 introduces graffiti to a group of street artists you wouldn't imagine holding a spray can in a back alley.
First Senior Co-Housing For Women Only Is the Future of Independent Ageing
Many elderly don’t want to move into a care home or be dependable on their children, but still want to live where they feel happy and supported. Pollard Thomas Edwards helped to create such a place.
Giant Indoor Lawn Creates a Space for Daydreaming and Playing
The indoor-outdoor experience brought together architecture and digital soundscapes to make its guests feel the very best of summer.
Human Hotel Takes Home-Sharing to the Next Level
Human Hotel is a purpose-driven home-sharing community for creatives to host, meet and support each other.
Utrecht Bike Parking Garage Mimics Car Infrastructure of the Past
In the past decades, cities invested heavily in underground car parking. Now we've entered the Age of Cycling, similar infrastructure for bicycles is emerging. Last year, Utrecht opened a giant underground bicycle parking garage — the largest in the world.
Visit Sweden Lets You Explore The Country’s Design Culture Anywhere
Visit Sweden promotes the country's design culture with a museum that cannot be visited physically. Instead, the Swedish Design Museum offers personal experiences in private homes and packed into backpacks.
