COURTNEY VAN DER WEYDEN
A House Powered by Exercise
May 15, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Spanish design firm Elii has created the JF-Kit House, based on “an image of a possible future where citizens produce part of their domestic energy requirements with their own physical activities.”
Each room in the concept…
Argentina Ghost Town Re-Emerges
May 15, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
An Argentinian town that was underwater for a quater of a century has re-emerged as an eerie ghost town that according to the New York Daily looks like a bizarre, post-apocalyptic landscape that captures a traumatic moment in time.
The Epecuen…
Creative Start-ups find Home in Abandoned gas Station
May 13, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
A retro style gas station in Los Feliz, Los Angeles is on the fast track to becoming a community orientated, multi-purpose space. It will be radically transformed into a ‘marketplace where start-up companies and individuals can…
App Transforms iPhone into Hearing Aid
May 13, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
UK-based BioAid is an iPhone app that provides hearing impaired with a means to amplify the sounds within their environment. It transforms the iOS into a wearable hearing aid with the use of headphones. The way in which it works is quite simple.…
Art Meets Science: Masks Created from Strangers DNA
May 9, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Information artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg has created a rather bizarre series of sculptures for her project Stranger Visions. The sculptures are based on pieces of information; DNA that has been extracted from objects located in public…
Ad uses Photographic Trick to Make it Visible only to Children
May 8, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Spanish organisation Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk has created a bus stop advert that displays two different messages to adults and children simultaneously. Two messages are shown using lenticular photography technology that…
Tech Company bans Email
May 3, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Nara’s vision is to humanise the internet and they way we search for information. The company seeks to make the internet more personalised through search recommendations and by eliminating the distracting noise that can interfere…
PivotDesk: Helping Start-ups who Need Space
May 1, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
PivotDesk is a new online platform seeking to eliminate one of the biggest barriers start-ups face, finding suitable office space. The website is able to streamline the process for budding entrepreneurs and supports online transactions…
Citizens Collaborate for Smart Water Management
April 29, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
IBM is leveraging the crowd In South Africa to keep track of water infrastructure and sources with their latest tool WaterWatchers. Launched on World Water Day in the City of Tshwane, the aim of the project is to help capture, share and analyse…
Splitsecnd, Your Emergency Contact
April 24, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Splitsecnd is a GPS-enabled key that instantly connects the driver of a vehicle to emergency personnel when an accident occurs. It significantly reduces the time it takes for life-saving care to reach victims. It is simply plugged into the…
What Would Entice you to Move to a Shrinking City
April 24, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
The Niagara Falls Community Development Department is bringing a new generation of engaged youth into the town. The department is currently accepting applications for ‘urban pioneers’, luring them with the promise…
Platform to Diagnose Medical Conditions
April 19, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
CrowdMed uses the collective intelligence of hundreds of ‘medical detectives’ to assist in solving the world’s most difficult and unusual medical cases with the implementation of their online platform. The company…
Forensic Artists Proves Women don’t know Their own Beauty
April 17, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Dove’s public relations and marketing campaign Real Beauty launched in 2004. Ogilvy Toronto has breathed new life into the campaign enlisting the support and talent of a forensic artist. Artist Gil Zamora was employed to draw sketches…
Monocle Opens Cafe in London
April 15, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Global affairs magazine Monocle launched in London, 2009. It publishes ten issues a year, has a solid online presence and took to the air in 2011 with a twenty-four hour radio station. It was during 2011 that the publication launched their…
Cafe Drive-in for Cyclists
April 11, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
The Zurich city council has installed the ‘Velokafi’; a drive in platform for cyclists. Housed on the terrace of the Rathaus Cafe, are two wooden docking stations with tabletops, complete with a slot at the front that enables …
The Future of Passwords
April 11, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
In the not to distant future it may be possible to access private and restricted information with a thought, known as ‘pass thoughts’ and will replace the need for passwords. This new body of research has been conducted at the University…
Foursquare’s new Office Space
March 28, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Social media networking company Foursquare recently relocated to their 28,000 foot new office in Soho, New York. The space was designed with the assistance of Audra Canfield from Designer Fluff. Take a browse through the images below.
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Travelling Pop up Agency
March 25, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
The Pop Up Agency was founded by six students who adopted the popular trend of the pop-up concept with a unique twist. The concept has gained a successful footing in retail, hospitality and travel and will now be adapted to the design agency. …
Electric Tattoos Printed onto Skin
March 21, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden 1
The University of Illinois has developed an electric tattoo that is capable of remotely tracking patients symptoms including heat rate, temperature, strain and hydration. According to Wired magazine, the design is “paving the way…
Water Generator Billboard
March 20, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
The University of Engineering and Technology in Lima, Peru has implemented an interesting and innovative way to recruit new students for the year 2013. Enlisting the help of agency DraftFCB, the uni created the world’s first water …
Floating Structures to Clean air Pollution
March 18, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden 3
Designers Hao Tian, Huang Haiyang and Shi Jianwei have envisioned a new type of skyscraper titled the pH Conditioner. The design was submitted to the annual Evolo Skyscraper Competition. The competition recognises innovation in design,…
Saatchi Works with Homeless to Create ad Copy
March 18, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
The Big Issue vendors have partnered with advertising agency M&C Saatchi to create a series of advertisements that visualise their unique retail business. Five designs were selected to be featured on billboards and in magazines across…
Japan Erects Sculpture of the Last Standing Tree from Tsunami
March 13, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
The last surviving tree from the devastating tsunami that swept across the coast of Rikuzentakata in the Iwate prefecture has been transformed into a massive sculpture. It has been erected to mark the two-year anniversary of the …
3D Printed Skull Implant
March 13, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Connecticut based Oxford Performance Materials have created a 3D printed cranial implant. The implant has been designed to replace seventy five percent of an unnamed man’s skull in the US earlier this week. The company gained FDA approval…
North Korea as Seen Through Instagram
March 4, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden 1
The end of February saw North Korea loosen their strict internet usage laws. Foreigners to the country are now able to freely roam the interent via the sole mobile phone service provider, Koryolink. Visitors now have the ability to present…
Quotes from TED2013 Talks
March 4, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Last week we featured an article on the TED’s ads worth spreading series that were honoured at the TED2013 conference. Last Friday the conference wrapped up in Long Beach California. As it came to an end, TED published a Facebook album…
TED’s ads Worth Spreading Series
February 27, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
TED has revealed the third edition of Ads Worth Spreading at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California. The initiative is to find ads that communicate ideas with consumers that mirrors the way TED communicates with people. The ads and brand…
ShareDesk: The Airbnb for Spare Office Space
February 20, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
ShareDesk is an online marketplace that connects people with workspace solutions. Studies have shown that workspaces are only utilised less than 45% of the time. ShareDesk has found a need in the market, to provide a platform for businesses…
Bike Made From Junkyard Cars
February 18, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Spanish creative agency Lola Madrid have developed a prototype of a bike where the parts are sourced from junkyard cars. Effectively the design team have created an efficient, ecological and healthy means of transport. The project titled…
Paper Made From Stone
February 18, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden 2
Repap, as well as being paper spelt backwards is also paper made from stone. It is 100% tree free and requires no timber in production. Created by Ogami, a company based in Milan, this innovative paper is a natural by-product of water and limestone.…
A Floating School
February 13, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Architecture Kunle Adeyemi has envisioned floating structures to become apart of Makoko’s foundation. Makoko is a slum, water-logged neighbourhood and located in Lagos, Nigeria. It has around 250,000 inhabitants that live on…
Brewery Uses Beer to Power Plant
February 13, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden 1
Alaskan Brewing Company have recently created an in-house recycling process that will allow them to pride themselves on sustainability. The innovative idea enables the company to power their facilities using a free resource, the old grain…
Walk-in Kiosks to Deliver Healthcare via Telemedicine
February 11, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
HealthSpot is a small, walk in telemedicine kiosk designed to deliver access to high quality health care in different settings. The concept debuted at the Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month and is currently in the pilot stage…
Take a Peek Inside Google’s Tel Aviv Office
February 8, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
In December 2012 Google opened its new Tel Aviv Office, that will house Israel’s growing teams of engineers sales and marketing staff. It boasts nearly 500 work stations and was designed by Camenzind Evolutions in collaboration…
Apple Proposes a Peer to peer Money Loaning Service
February 7, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has recently published an application from Apple. The proposed document outlines the idea of a crowd-sourced mobile banking solution. The concept is similar in nature to borrowing and lending…
Art School Campaign Mimics Anti-drug ads
February 4, 2013 | Courtney van der Weyden
Detroit’s iconic art and design school, College for Creative Students enlisted Team Detroit to create a campaign to attract prospective students. The result was a series of low-tech posters as the medium of choice titled Art is Worse…
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