Artful Taxis, NYC
For the month of January about 500 taxis in New York City will display art works in place of advertisements atop their yellow hoods. Featuring artists like Shirit Neshan, Yoko Ono and Alex Katz, it’s a delightful gesture by the Los Vegas media company Show Media to New Yorkers at large. Interspersed in New York’s [...]
remap with Bestiario
This Friday I’ll highlight a project from the young and scrappy Barcelona/ Lisbon-based company, Bestiario. Combining art, science and design to create thrilling user experiences, the Bestiario team has put forth numerous unique interactive media experiences since it was founded two years ago. Check out their portfolio here. Share and Enjoy:
Recap: Thoughts on Mobility from Dominique Laousse, INTA33, Koahsiung, Taiwan
Dominique Laousse held court at during his master class on perspectives in sustainable transport on the first day of INTA’s 4 day conference in Taiwan, unleashing a spirited 90 minute monologue on emotional mobility and intelligent transportation that remains a highpoint of the conference: an admittedly unscientific poll showed that for many INTA33 attendees, Laousse’s [...]
Peeking Urban Art with Adidas, Berlin
In the last year Adidas emerged as an unassuming protagonist for mobile-driven marketing. By building applications and experiences that create new value for users, Adidas manages to promote its street wear and give it real street cred where credit’s due. Whereas other companies and actors in the private sector are eager to talk about mobile [...]
Nine Global Cities launch joint award for technologies to help millions of citizens and visitors
9 cities from Europe, Asia and the United States join forces with Living Labs Global in a challenge to find the innovative solutions to major societal problems by opening competition among international solution-, technology- and service providers. The 9 winners of the Living Labs Global Showcase Award will be invited to pilot their solutions in [...]
From ‘Hack the System’ to ‘Apps for Democracy’
Talk to anybody involved in public policy within municipal governments today and they are likely to talk in laudatory terms (perhaps tinged with envy) about Washington D.C.’s arguably brilliant Apps for Democracy Contest (APPS08). What exactly is the APPS08 initiative? Peter Corbett, the iStrategy Labs founder and CEO and the architect behind this initiative, gives [...]
The Dreaded Hunt and the Spotscout Solution
Spotscout CEO and Founder, Andrew Rollert, becomes animated when asked about his company. Over the course of our conversation, his sentences dipped and hooked, weaving a narrative about traffic patterns, consumer habits, Newton’s laws of motion and spatial exchange. As we spoke, his voice took on a tone of undeterred, optimistic confidence so magnanimous, I [...]
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