Get your sunscreen at the bus stop
It may be winter in Europe, but it is definitely hot summer in Australia. A period of prolonged exposure to the sun that increases the risk of skin cancer, a concerning issue when you know that...
View ArticleFighting urban loneliness for more human cities
Although cities are full of people, loneliness is a growing concern. In our over-connected society, it is quite ironical to observe that we have never felt so alone : in the United States, 40% of...
View ArticleTrain for the Euro 2016 with connected football tables in French train stations
Following the success of its public pianos, French railway company SNCF recently announced the installation of football tables in train stations. The singularity of these football tables is that they...
View ArticleWinter in the City
Scientists and NGOs are unanimous : this winter is the warmest ever worldwide. And 2015 was even the warmest year ever recorded by the Nasa and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,...
View ArticleTake a selfie with Lego
As Lego just opened a flagship store under the new Canopy of the Forum des Halles in Paris, the brand promoted this new space with a playful campaign in the streets of Paris. 3 JCDecaux bus shelters...
View ArticleKit Kat offers you a break with a massaging billboard
Urban life is often stressful. Kit Kat, the “break expert”, offers you the opportunity to relax in a very original way with the world’s first massaging billboard. The company partnered with JWT to...
View ArticleNetflix will make you dance with these interactive windows
You may already know “The Get Down”, the new TV show produced by Baz Luhrmann which introduces us to the origins of the Hip Hop movement in the 1970’s. To promote it, Netflix teamed up with Biborg to...
View ArticleWhen urban slide turns public space into a playground
We already observed on this blog that playgrounds aren’t just for kids anymore. What if playgrounds weren’t closed spaces, but part of our streets? This article from Web Urbanist compiles various...
View ArticleWhen citizens transform their city (2) – Crowdsourcing the city
This Focus, second component of a trilogy dedicated to the innovative ways through which citizens can directly take action to change their cities, will look at crowdsourcing as a powerful tool to...
View ArticleWork as a team to win free coffee samples with Löfbergs
During the annual light festival Staro Riga in November, coffee brand Löfbergs tested the ability of commuters to work as a team. The company teamed up with JCDecaux Latvia and equipped three bus...
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