travel
Sleeping Around
January 29, 2013 | Courtney van der WeydenSleeping Around is a new, interesting take on the pop-up concept, one that has experienced success when employed in retail however has never been applied to hotels. Sleeping Around is set to change this. It is a Belgium based hospitality company…
Website to Offer Travellers Work Opportunities
December 19, 2012 | Courtney van der WeydenWorksurfers is a new online platform that connects people who seek to travel the world with short term assignments in their destinations. Based out of Santiago de Chile, the service aims to establish an online marketplace where the currency…
Empty Street Store Converted Into Hotel Room
July 18, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
The Urbanauts Project have created a holiday experience that engages the tourist in the local culture.
Located in Vienna the Urbanauts is a hotel that was once home to a suit tailor store. It has been transformed to provide basic hospitality,…
The Best Cultural Rule for any Business.
June 13, 2012 | The Bull 4
This is an all too familiar scenario. A group of employees are booked to attend a conference or meeting
interstate or overseas.
They arrive at the airport and saunter over to the economy-class check-in line which, as always, is long…
Carry the World on Your Shoulders with ETHNOTEK
May 16, 2012 | Courtney van der WeydenUncluttered white spaces amongst many things, loves traveling. The thought of it, the constant daydreaming of a new place and adventure, the experience and excitement of a new place. More importantly are the relationships that are formed.…
The Scrubba Washing Bag; a Must for Avid Travelers
May 9, 2012 | Courtney van der Weyden
The Scrubba Washing Bag is a revolution for travelers no matter their destination. The ‘worlds smallest washing machine’ in the form of a backpack, was recently a success story from crowd funding platform Indiegogo…Read More
The Interviews: Tanja Sieder & Carina Schichl
December 14, 2011 | Courtney van der WeydenThis week we featured our interview with Tanja and Carina from the company Nectar and Pulse. You may recall we featured an article on them back in October. They started a really cool company thats focus is on creating personalised and unique…
Bondi Beach Online Travel Guide Launches in Time for an Australian Summer
December 5, 2011 | Courtney van der WeydenShowcasing Sydney’s enviable surf lifestyle, a new Bondi Beach travel guide http://www.atbondi.com launches today, featuring a wealth of information, imagery and inspiration for the global tourism market.
Showcasing Australia’s…
14 amazing places to park your laptop and drink coffee… for the whole day!
October 14, 2011 | Courtney van der WeydenWe have decided to pay ode to the people who create things every day. The people who challenge the status quo and join the forces of the startup brigade.
It is a lonely path… so we have listed 14 (amazing) cafe’s around the world …
Nectar and Pulse, a personalised travel guide service.
October 7, 2011 | Courtney van der WeydenNectar and Pulse, a personalised travel guide service.
The two ladies, avid world travellers, behind this ingenious idea realised there was a gap in the market for travel guides. So they decided to create their own based on a different concept.…
Google Launches Flight Search.
September 14, 2011 | White SpacesGoogle made its first formal foray into that segment last July with the $700 million purchase of ITA, developer of the airfare search and pricing system QPX that is used by major airlines and more recently, Google made further inroads into the…
An Interview with Chris Guillebeau on the Art of Non-Conformity
January 4, 2011 | White Spaces 1Chris Guillebeau served as a volunteer executive for a medical charity in West Africa from 2002-2006, he is a keynote speaker (to presidents), has hung out with warlords, studied at the University of Washington and most intriguingly,…
Skateboarding in the Empty Pools of California’s Recession
May 22, 2010 | White Spaces 4Cannonball from California is a place. on Vimeo.
The short film “Cannonball” artfully follows a group of skaters in search of newly empty pools behind foreclosed homes in and around the arid sprawl of Fresno other inland California…
Local artists making the ACE hotel a showroom of art installations.
February 22, 2010 | White SpacesPSFK have run a collection of images capturing the art and culture of the ACE Hotel chain in the states. ACE collaborates local artists making each hotel a showroom of art installations. Whilst PSFK took the time to collate these images,…
We think you should visit:: For The Love Of Bikes
January 14, 2010 | White SpacesIn a new segment for uncluttered white spaces called :: WE THINK YOU SHOULD VISIT :: we start off in the design category with uncluttered white spaces recommending:: For The Love Of Bikes
For The Love Of Bikes is a design collection by student …
Google’s EMEA Engineering Hub in Zurich.
November 26, 2009 | White Spaces
Camezind Evolution has created an unusual office for Google’s EMEA Engineering Hub in Zurich. The space was designed with the input of the employees, providing specific, local touches and a sense of ownership to the project.
Google…
Makers Mark Experience.
October 9, 2009 | White SpacesGEAR FOR LIFE.
Take a trip to bourbon heaven with the Maker’s Mark Master Distiller Experience ($7,500). On this two-person VIP excursion, you’ll get a tour of the Maker’s distillery from Master Distiller Kevin Smith,…
Triumph Rocket III Roadster 2010 model
October 6, 2009 | White SpacesGEAR FOR LIFE: The Rocket III
This is a little left field for UWS to cover bikes however we would like to point out that this fits nicely into the design catergory. It is also a nice method of transport to work in the morning. We are in love this bike… looking…
Bored at work? Go somewhere else.
September 17, 2009 | White Spacesby MAX: Bored at work? Go somewhere else.
Whilst you were slaving away last week behind the desk, I spent the time surfing, on the beach with the family, with no newspapers and no TV. I was intending to write an article sitting around one night on…


