Peer-To-Peer Delivery Service Connects Good Food To The Masses
Amsterdam locals Tring Tring noticed a surge in independent food stores and a rise in the numbers of people wanting the truly good stuff from out there in the city. So, they cunningly decided to set up a peer-to-peer delivery service to connect good food to the growing masses.
Get Outdoors In Style At The UrbanCampsite
UrbanCampsite is a travelling campsite that brings together camping and art, by exhibiting twelve rather unorthodox installations that serve as the artistic equivalent of tents.
Uprooted Flower Truck Is New York’s Curbside Florist
Uprooted Flower Truck is New York's fully mobile florist on wheels, and they're setting up shop to offer flowers to their clients wherever they may be. Armed with a bright and playful truck design, this mobile business is an awesome alternative to a local florist shop.
Monocle Travel Guide Series: New York
Global media brand Monocle has recently published a travel guide to New York City that goes beyond the traditional tourist spots and highlights their top picks for the discerning traveller.
Amsterdam Clean-Up: How A Hip Area Blossoms Out Of Nothing
Just two years ago, De Ceuvel was a polluted shipyard in North Amsterdam. Then, a group of alternative city-makers took over and turned this brownfield into a creative and sustainable working landscape.
Billboards Double As Road-Side Beds For Pakistan’s Homeless
An ad campaign by mattress brand Moltyfoam converts billboards made of mattresses into road-side beds for Pakistan's homeless.
Amsterdam To Get World’s First 3D Printed Bridge
For a city like Amsterdam that has over 1,500 bridges the news of one more being built may not seem that exciting, but a 3D printed steel bridge, executed by a robot that prints in mid-air, now that deserves some attention.
Our Next Office Is in the Woods
Don't we all want to work in nature? A collective of Dutch digital bohemians are making that possible with the KantoorKaravaan, a group of micro-offices on wheels traveling the nation's forests and parks.
Bus Stops In Chile Become Football Goals For Copa América
To get locals and visitors excited for the 2015 Copa América, bus shelters in the city of Rancagua have turned into temporary football goals complete with posts, a net, and artificial turf.
Sidewalk Laundromat Lets You Walk While You Wash
Today we received a tip from trend blog Selectionneur about a rather new urban phenomenon (in the Netherlands, that is): the outdoor sidewalk laundromat.
Plug Your Headphones Into This Billboard And Travel To Another City
Passers-by in Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam can plug their headphones into an interactive billboard to listen to original sounds from another city.
Neigborhood Campsite Lets Locals Camp In Nearby Parks
For the third year in a row, De Buurtcamping is popping up in parks across Amsterdam and Utrecht. The temporary campsite invites neighbors to share a mini-holiday together in a park close to their house.
McBike Lets You Eat ‘Healthy’ At McDonald’s
As our society becomes increasingly concerned with a healthy lifestyle, the hamburger-tycoon is struggling to keep up. In another impressive feat of rebranding, McDonald's has launched new bicycle-friendly packaging and a McDrive for cyclists.
The Most Famous Handwriting In The Netherlands
Despite living in Amsterdam for two years, I am familiar with the unmistakable typography of the posters omnipresent at Dutch markets. Intrigued by the ubiquity of this distinctive style, two graphic designers decided to investigate further as to what force was behind it all. It turns out that every single one of these signs is by the same guy — Henry.
Food Trucks: Next Big Step For Clean Environment?
With more and more Americans turning to food trucks for a quick meal, emissions from these gas guzzlers is growing concern. New York's answer is to get its food trucks to go solar.
