Hybrid Retail Store Brings Online-Only Brands Back to the Shelves
Re:store brings online brands into real retail stores in San Francisco, focusing on customer experience and getting creators and shoppers from behind the computer screen.
This Retreat in the French Alps Brings Co-Working to the Clouds
Cloud Citadel, a 19th-century house in French Alps, offers a comfortable co-living space for mountain-loving digital nomads and remote workers.
Social Housing for Bees Brings Buzz Back to the City
With diminishing insect populations, designers have started to find ways of making the city more hospitable to insects.
Waste Currency Motivates Citizens in Amsterdam to Recycle
Amsterdam-based initiative WASTED motivates citizens to recycle their household waste. It has launched a neighbourhood currency that rewards recycling with discounts at local businesses.
Co-Working in an Urban Forest
A green village of offices creates a community for the working individual surrounded by a dense urban forest in the middle of busy Los Angeles.
Former Walmart Is Now America’s Biggest Community Library
A vacant Walmart in Texas got a surprising new life. Instead of housing another large chain or falling into decay, it has become a beautiful public library.
Milkmen Are Back in Business to Deliver Plastic-Free to Londoners’ Doorsteps
The sound of an electric motor and the clink of bottles in a crate are having a comeback with milkmen and milkwomen hopping back on their milk floats across the UK.
This Building’s Rooftop Is Home to Eight Sheep
Startups and creatives have been given a new home in Munich's Werksviertel. But not only humans are working and thriving there, as a small herd of rooftop sheep is also here to stay.
Toyota Is Building a Prototype City of the Future
The car manufacturer is developing a city for 2,000 inhabitants where autonomous vehicles, innovative street design, smart house technology and robotics will be tested.
Copenhagen’s New Public Spaces Are Modular and Can Float
Architects Marshall Blecher and Magnus Maarbjerg are on a mission to breathe new life into Copenhagen's old harbour. They're working on a floating archipelago that will introduce a new type of public space.
Feel at Home Anywhere With This Nomadic Furniture
Swiss design studio Panter&Tourron created an ultra-light and tool-free furniture series for global nomads — "allowing one to recreate and rebuild a home anywhere in a few simple steps."
Venn Reinvents Co-Living at the Neighbourhood Level
By managing homes and shared spaces on a neighbourhood scale, Israeli startup Venn hopes to bring community spirit back to urban co-living.
Vienna Rewards Car-Free Lifestyle With Free Museum Entry
With CO2 reduction in mind, Vienna released an app that rewards residents with Culture Tokens whenever they commute without cars.
Become a Ranger in London, the First National Park City
London became the first National Park City, employing the help of volunteer City Rangers to cultivate urban greening and foster a wilder and healthier city.
Codi Lets You Co-Work From Your Neighbour’s Living Room
Maximising underused urban space offers new potential, especially in highly expensive cities. Codi, a startup from San Francisco, lets you turn your living room into a co-working space.
