Chai-Fi Serves Wi-Fi With Your Tea
Indian tea company, Chakra Tea, has come up with a smart kettle that generates Wi-Fi while heating up tea water. It allows manual workers in India to get online access during their tea breaks.
Hotel Brings Urban Farming to the Next Level
Ten years ago, who would have thought that in 2018 hotels would employ full time rooftop farmers? It's happening at the newly-opened QO Amsterdam, that has a rooftop greenhouse to produce food and educate guests on urban agriculture.
The University Of The Future Is Floating
Situated in the middle of a rainwater basin in Berlin, Raumlabor's Floating University explores solutions for future urban challenges during the summer months.
POOL IS COOL Creates Pop-Up Swimming Pools In Brussels
The city of Brussels clearly lacks outdoor swimming facilities. To change that, local initiative POOL IS COOL took the initiative to build pop-up pools for the people.
Take A Walk In Sneakers Made Of Chewing Gum
Sneakers made of chewing gum? They exist, created by Gumshoe Amsterdam with the sole purpose to solve the city's gum litter problem.
Check Yourself In At Rotterdam’s New Capsule Hotel
CityHub is a tech-savvy capsule hotel that recently opened its doors in Rotterdam, after a successful launch in Amsterdam. The concept has evolved from the original pod hotels in Japan, now equipped with the latest technology for modern nomads to meet, sleep and explore the city like a local.
The Hardware Store of the 21st Century Is Here
Buurman is a circular hardware store in Rotterdam that gives used materials a second chance.
Patch Turns Furniture Into A Solar Energy Circuit
What if furniture could act as its own energy source? Brooklyn-based design agency, UM Project, developed an interconnected furniture collection that doubles as a tool to power your home.
How to Reduce Waste: The Easy Way
Urbanites leave behind a tremendous amount of waste in their daily lives. In the new video series Challenge Accepted by smart, Berlin club owner Michel Niknafs takes on a challenge to cut his waste down to zero.
Water School Helps India’s Youngsters to Shape a Sustainable Future
A quarter of India's population is facing water shortage because there's no effective system to store and distribute water. Renowned Studio Makkink & Bey, in collaboration with artists, designers and craftsmen, are setting up an elementary school that teaches pupils to tackle this problem and shape a sustainable future.
Escape The City In Asif Khan’s Urban Forest
London-based designer Asif Khan created a soothing urban forest in the middle of Milan’s Palazzo Litta that offers passers-by a humble get-away from the everyday urban hustle.
Explore New Heights At Amsterdam’s Rooftop Festival
With a growing pressure on urban space, it's time to seriously explore the next urban frontier — our rooftop landscape. ROEF highlights the boundless potential of the urban roofscape with a unique festival on 20 different rooftops across Amsterdam.
IABR 2018 Explores Small Green Ideas That Can Make a Big Change
Global actions are required to fight climate change, but how can we integrate sustainable behavior into our daily lives? The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2018 explores small ideas from the creative community that can make a big impact.
Guerrilla Grafting: Hacking City Trees to Create Urban Food Forests
Guerrilla Grafters are providing urbanites with a new way to access fruit by grafting branches of fruit trees onto ordinary ornamental city trees.
World’s Smartest Port in the Making
A city that is no stranger to the industrial manufacturing industry, Rotterdam is developing the next phase of a ten-year plan for innovation along its two port neighbourhoods. At Rotterdam Makers District, forward-thinking creatives are given space to experiment and develop new products to reshape the manufacturing industry as we know it.
