Rooftop Artwork For Top-Deck Travellers
London's bus stops are having a makeover. This September the capital’s plastic bus stands showcase the vibrant photography of David LaChapelle, but with a twist. Each of LaChapelle’s photographs will be mounted, not on the walls of the bus stops, but on the roofs.
These Cabs Bring You Anywhere But Home
When you jump into a taxi the first thing you do is telling the driver where to go. That's not exactly the case with these Converse-branded cabs that are currently driving around the dark streets of Amsterdam.
NYC Underground Standards Manual Now Available For Everyone
More than 40 years after the release of the famous Standards Manual for the New York Underground, Jesse Reed and Hamish Smith found a rare copy in the basement of design firm Pentagram. They decided to reprint it and make it available for purchase on Kickstarter.
Creative Airspace With British Airways’ Interactive Billboards
Ever looked up at an airplane and wondered where it’s going? British Airways’ latest campaign uses interactive technology to tell you just that.
‘African Cities Provide Solutions For The Rest Of The World’
The Nigerian architect Kunlé Adeyemi is founder and principal of NLÉ, an office based in Lagos and Amsterdam that's specialized in the development of cities in the global south. On Thursday September 18th he will give a talk at Stroom in The Hague about his visions on developments in African cities and in the rest of the world.
Flexible Workspaces For Flexible Workers
Haarlem-based design agency Studio Heldergroen have initiated a genius space-saving solution. Offices are no longer restricted for work, but can now be transformed into fitness studios, dining areas and even discos.
Fish And Chips From A Rooftop Farm
We have seen plenty rooftop farming initiatives over the past years here on Pop-Up City, but this one takes the ideas about farming and repurposing rooftops to a new level. Something & Son have initiated a peculiar sustainable farming project on the roof of a building in Folkestone, UK. The designers grow fish and other crops behind the facade of a characteristic fish and chips restaurant.
Community Bus Stops Transform Brazil
‘Que Ônibus Passa Aqui?’ (‘Which Bus Stops here?’) is a resident-led initiative which has taken Brazil by storm.
‘Dronevertising’ Makes Real Life Pop-Up Ads
It was only a matter of time before someone saw the commercial potential of drones. Their compact size and swift mobility makes them ideal vehicles for transporting goods and information around the crowded streets of a city.
Turning Grey Boxes Into Green Spaces
Montreal builds on the parklet craze with innovative new urban spaces made from recycled shipping containers.
A Sticker Pack For Urban Item Sharing
Haven't we all a huge pile of very handy but hardly used things in our house that fill our closets and make us need even more space than we already occupy? Swiss initiative Pumpipumpe wants to encourage urbanites to share all these occasionally used items with a handy set of stickers.
Art On The Loose
London is full of urban street art and installations, from Banksy’s graffiti prints to Gormley’s mysterious statues. However it is not just contemporary artists who use the city as their canvas, as the National Gallery showed when they set their permanent collection free on the streets of London.
On Kebab Foxes And The Urban Wildlife
Did you know that the average domesticated cat eats around sixteen birds a year? Your cat is not that innocent as it may appear — it's still a wild tiger, only now living in a forest of houses instead of trees. The oyster-catcher used to reside in coastal areas, but now lives on the roofs of our cities. Crow's nests made out of cable ties, string and pieces of wire — meet the urban nature of today.
Truck-A-Tecture Showcases Flexible Homes For Urban Nomads
Increasing numbers of people live a nomadic lifestyle. They change jobs more frequently than toothbrushes, they're not bound to a fixed house, and have organized their life to fit in a quickly changing world. To find a good way to create houses for this new lifestyle is an issue that many designer deal with. In Omaha, Nebraska, the exhibition venue KANEKO sets the stage for Truck-a-Tecture, an exhibit that showcases examples of the efforts to create comfortable and flexible architecture for modern urban nomads.
