Is Driving Making you Fat?
View the GOOD Infographic Here The crew at GOOD are again spewing out Infographs that get us thinking about how we live our lives. It’s a simple equation: Exercise more and lose weight. Still, many people spend most of their time either behind a desk or driving to or from where that desk is located. [...]
Yes I am Precious. A Bike with a Brain Doing Good.
Meet Precious, the bike with a brain that’s riding across America to raise funds for Lance Armstrong’s LIVESTRONG charity. Bike with a brain? Well, it’s a bike with all sorts of sensors attached to some pretty cool code and a few silicon chips to bring the bike to life.Precious will be expressing his experiences and feelings [...]
Introducing Joshua Lalor to uncluttered white spaces and 6.2
? 6.2 would like to introduce Joshua Lalor, our latest member to the 6.2 and uncluttered white spaces team. Josh is a marketing student at the University of Western Sydney. A stint as a professional cricketer has extended the duration of Josh’s study but has opened many doors and networks for him in the business, [...]
Bottled Water is a Symbol of Modern Day Consumerism. A Symbol we Don’t Need.
Bottled water is simply an indulgence for western culture, and despite the stories we tell ourselves, it is not a benign indulgence. The USA alone are moving 1 billion bottles of water around a week in ships, trains, and trucks. Picture this, that is the same as 37,800 full size trucks delivering water a week. [...]
The Conspiracy for Good and Social Benefit Storytelling.
The Conspiracy For Good is the pilot project for a first-of-its-kind, interactive story, that empowers its audience to take real-life action and create positive change in the world. Call it Social Benefit Storytelling. As part of the Conspiracy For Good you will join a collective of thinkers, artists, musicians and causes, creating a unified voice [...]
Is $48,500 a year enough to follow your passion? What would you do?
If you were able to make $48,500 a year by following your passion, would you do it? That number comes from 279 Days to Overnight Success, an e-book by writer and world traveler Chris Guillebeau that outlines how he became a full-time writer/blogger in less than a year. Depending on who you are and where you [...]
The Engaging Work of Antony Gormley in Brief
Antony Gormley (OBE RA) is an English sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in Gateshead commissioned in 1995 and erected in February 1998, Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool, and Event Horizon, a multi-part site installation which premiered in London in 2007, and in 2010 around Madison Square in New York City. To learn more, visit http://www.antonygormley.com/
Sir Ken Robinson on Creating an Education System that Nurtures Creativity.
Lets go back to 2006 and where Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. [...]
People for Bikes | A Movement to Make Our World More Bike Friendly
People for Bikes is a movement to make our world more bike friendly- to build more trails, paths and bike lanes, to make riding safer and more accessible for all. Colle + McVoy have created a great campiagn for the new Bikes Belong initiative. The goal of peopleforbikes.org is to gather a million names of [...]
180 Days of the Fully Sick Rapper and the YouTube Project
The video was made on day 180 of the Fully Sick Rapper who’d been quarantined in hospital with TB, just three days before he was told he could finally go home. When he made this, he had no idea when or if he was going home. It’s raw and engaging. He was invited to make the [...]
The Women Of Brooklyn’s Homage & Bustin Boards
Micku Murgolo, Bustin Boards When it comes to skate, Brooklyn has been recognized for having some of the most creative and driven women on the planet. Brooklyn’s Homage, independently co-owned by female boarder Michelle Sauer, and Bustin Boards are good examples, with a strong female presence on their team rosters. Transworld business has interviewed some [...]
The Sustainable Future in Sydney | 5 days to go.
On the 14th of July, uncluttered white spaces is hoster a talk in Sydney on the Sustainable Future. As our environment is currently facing huge obstacles that have the potential to seriously disrupt our future and the future of our shared environment. Whilst there is speculation, the current apocalyptic predictions for our planet tend to paralyze people [...]
IDEO and Design 21 present a view of the future with “We make it – Spaghetti Bolognese”
LCC Winner: We Make It Spaghetti Bolognese by Andrea Schöllgen from IDEO on Vimeo. Hosted by Design 21 and presented by IDEO, the Living Climate Change Video Challenge asked entrants to show a vision of the future affected by climate change. The winning entry, “We Make It_Spaghetti Bolognese,” was created Andrea Schollgen and provides an [...]
Rachel Botsman talks at TEDx Sydney on Collaborative Consumption.
“Such is the wisdom of Rachel Botsman and the revolutionary ideas in her recent TEDx Sydney talk. Goodbye Hyper-Consumption, hello ‘Collaborative Consumption’. In her funkily-presented 101, we learn how the internet is removing the middle man and making it possible to have a sustainable business plan selling peer-to-peer… Collaborative Consumption is a new socio-economic ‘big [...]
Noah Abrams Skateistan. An Inspiring Journey through Pictures.
For long time readers of uncluttered white spaces, you will know skateboarding is very close to my heart. Stumbling upon Skateistan by Noah Abrams was an amazing way to start my week this week and the images of Afghanistan’s emerging skateboarding scene is more than inspiring. In a war torn nation where what I can [...]
The Entire History of the American Presidency. The Infograph to end all infographs.
Fast Company has written a piece on this Infographic (or immense work of art) on the history of the American President. With 50% of our readers residing in the US, we thought it was more than worthy of reposting. When you get some spare time. Follow this link and update your knowledge on American History. [...]
Some Amazing Thoughts from Inspiring Thought Leaders
“Today, what defines the most innovative, and the most successful, people is their willingness to fail. And, that’s especially true in journalism, media and advertising… This is the key to the future for all of us. It’s not how we deal with success but how we embrace and learn from failure that will define all of [...]
Film | Birthright by Sean Mullins
BIRTHRIGHT from Sean Mullens on Vimeo. In my attempt to stop using bottled water (which has been successful with the exception of a recent trip to Indonesia), I have also made a concise effort to cease using takeaway cardboard coffee cups. This is a for a few reasons and the main reason is not environmental. [...]
A Video on The Lost Generation. Simple yet Brilliant.
A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite.. This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant Make sure you read as well as listen…forward and backward. This is a [...]
FILM | Waiting for Superman
A good teacher is not just a good teacher, they are a work of art. They create an inspirational view of the future for our youth. in 1968 John W. Gardner, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the USA stated: “I am entirely certain that twenty years from now we will look back at [...]
Banksy | Leaving a Mark in North America
After the recent launch for his documentary in Los Angeles and gifting San Francisco with a series street pieces, Banksy appears to have been taking a whirlwind tour of other major North American cities. Arrested Motion says “Either he’s been racking up some pretty major frequent fliers mileage or he has a crew out assisting [...]
fear.less | New Issue Available for Download
fear.less is a free online magazine that empowers people through unique stories of overcoming fear. From entrepreneurs, business leaders, artists and scientists to survivors of extreme experiences, these stories demonstrate the hidden potential we have to confront our fears and come out victorious. Fear.less is our answer to an emergency. Fear.less has released the latest [...]
Kate Kendall Joins the Discussion on the Future of Media
On the 11th of May, uncluttered white spaces will be hosting IF SYDNEY | THE FUTURE OF MEDIA. Our 3rd Innovation Forum (IF) and our first on a subject specific to Innovation in Media. To add to the already extensive panel of experts(Galvin Scott Davis, Pip Jamieson, Ian Lyons, Richard Bradley, Johannes Weissenbaeck and David [...]
Mashable | 5 Masterminds That have Re-Defined the Startup
Gary Vaynerchuk Founder of Wine Library TV. He’s a well-known speaker at tech and business conferences, and he’s even got himself a book deal. Vaynerchuk may not have been the first non-technical tech startup founder, but he’s inspired, nay, driven countless others to follow in his footsteps through impassioned, expletive-laced speeches, and no-nonsense advice on [...]
