Monthly Archives: March 2013
![Gen X, Y Or Z [sic]… Moxy To “Create Your Escape Route”?](https://curatedfutures.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/moxy1.jpg?w=280&h=187&crop=1 "Gen X, Y Or Z [sic]… Moxy To “Create Your Escape Route”?")
Gen X, Y Or Z [sic]… Moxy To “Create Your Escape Route”?
Have you heard the one about the brand new, soon-to-be-launched hotel chain created especially for the ‘Millennials’ ? The project is Moxy Hotels, created by one of the global hospitality ‘big hitters’ Marriott International, in partnership with the global ‘big hitter’ of home furnishings *Ikea to provide “affordable” lodging for “millennial global nomads.” Pssst… in case you’re not already acquainted, the ‘Millennials’, … Continue reading
Asking For A Friend…
Dear lovely Dezeen crew… Wondering how many times and pseudonyms it would take to enter your fabulous André Chiote competition and win one of his covetable architectural prints (… asking for a friend, you see)? We so badly want one (or all 5!!) of these stunning graphic illustrations by the renowned Portuguese illustrator. Depicting iconic buildings by architects including Oscar Niemeyer, Zaha Hadid and Álvaro Siza, the … Continue reading
Fringes Of Reason
The most interesting experiences, insights & breakthroughs are often found at the intersection of disciplines and, sometimes, at the very fringes of reason. – David Pescovitz Continue reading
I am a Romantic…
“I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s” – William Blake. Food for thought in these socio-economic times… Continue reading
M. Night Shyamalan – After Earth
Seems like there’s scope for some fun with ideas about evolution vs. invention with M. Night Shyamalan’s forthcoming release and how mankind survives the future through application of technology… Continue reading
…And In Other Google Glass News…Keeping Up With The Jones’ (Or The Brins’)
Google co-founder Sergey Brin was recently seen riding the New York underground and taking his work home (or wherever it was he was going) with him. Sporting the Google Glass, a blogger called Noah Zerkin recognised Brin and his pair of incredibly rare specs. Zerkin decided to have a chat with Brin (as it happens, … Continue reading
Through Google’s (Magic Looking) Glass
Google Glass may not be available to buy just yet, but it’s already showing that it could have plenty of applications beyond just acting as an extension of your smartphone. One application currently being explored is the InSight project (via 9to5Google); funded in part by Google and developed by University of South Caroline and Duke University … Continue reading
Design / Futures / Innovation / Technology
Smartphone-Like, ‘NYFi’ Touchscreen Payphone Wins NYC Design Challenge
Earlier this year, the City of New York hosted the Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge to redesign its network of over 11,000 payphones when vendor contracts expire in 2014. The contest received 125 submissions and out of six finalists, NYFi by Sage and Coombe Architects won the public vote. The double-sided, smartphone-like touchscreens would act as … Continue reading
Location, Location, Location… The Best Neighbourhoods For Life on Mars?
You can see it now, can’t you…? Future settlers on Mars weighing up the pros and cons of which areas on the red planet are the most desirable to live! With Project Nomad location won’t be an issue! The plan is to build mobile skyscrapers that would move about the planet’s surface using Martian minerals … Continue reading
Curated Futures 