With 561 bus shelters, which 433 equipped with city traffic information terminals or 42” LCD screens, AFA JCDecaux wants to make the city with The Little Mermaid a green smart city.
"This is a man's world" claimed James Brown in his famous song. And this is still true. The 8th March was the International Women's Day, an occasion to recall the numerous gender inequalities that still remain: from wages to domestic violence, or the lack…
After 11 years of work, the new World Trade Centre Transportation Hub finally opened, revealing a stunning dino-shaped architecture designed by Santiago Calatrava. This transit hub will connect about 11 subway lines with the PATH station for about 50,000…
Symmetry is a traditional architectural obsession, considered as an essential aesthetic factor since the Gothic period.Among other graphic themes, urban symmetry is naturally a popular subject on Instagram, and dedicated accounts (like SymmetricalMonsters…
After the Ticket Books campaign launched in Brasil, here is a new project to promote reading and revitalize a neighbourhood at the same time.Local design firm ArchiWorkshop launched the Mobile Library Project, consisting of four colourful micro-libraries…
What would happen if all the subway systems were connected to form one giant, borderless network ? The collective of designers ArtCodeData imagined this utopia by creating the World Metro Map.Based on the "New Babylon" map created by the architect…
Willing to celebrate the official visit in Paris of the royal couple of Sweden and promote its sustainable development policy, IKEA teamed up with Swedish artist Aleksandra Stratimirovic and Ubi Bene agency to create a light art installation in the heart…
In the past 50 years, more than 50 renowned architects have contributed to urban beautification through their collaboration with JCDecaux.
An illuminated idea came up for Lawn on D, a Boston park opened a few weeks ago. The agency running the park, MCCA, commissioned Höweler + Yoon Architecture to create illuminated swing chairs for people to relax, enjoy and interact with a work of art…
As part of the "TRANSIT - Creative Placemaking with Europe in Baltimore" initiative, launched by non-profit organization Creative Alliance and several cultural institutions, a public art installation serving as a bus shelter was set-up in downtown…
Iranian designer Mojtaba Raeisi created the prototype of a street furniture providing information about businesses and facilities located in a given street.But instead of showing the points of interest on a map, these elements are listed on an "index",…
Willing to develop its awareness and attract more tourists, the Eastern Austrian village of Krumbach (around 1,000 inhabitants) contacted several renowned architects in 2013 and offered them a free vacation in the surrounding Bregenzerwald region in…
Cargo bikes are getting more and more popular, especially in Northern-European cities (there are 40,000 of them in the Greater Copenhagen area). But parking these vehicles has become a problematic issue, as they're twice as large as a standard bicycle.To…
Crossing the street can be an esthetic experience too!The City of Paris is currently experimenting, in several locations, a new generation of crosswalks, some of which are inspired by street-art. This pixels shaped ground signage aims at announcing a …
Hidden street-artPieces of street-art don't always appear at first glance.German artistic duo Zebrating creates artworks that can only be viewed from a certain angle.They use, for their spray paintings, very common elements of the urban environment such…
In order to promote the use of solar power, American artist Dan Corson created an installation called "Sonic Bloom" set up at Seattle's Pacific Science Center, a building located at the foot of the city's iconic Space Needle.This piece of artwork consists…
As part of the 2013 International Forum Design awards, a group of students from the Korean University of Hyupsung imagined a bike rack prototype using sidewalk' fences.The system is based on vertical inclinable fences whose slots let users park their…
Vancouver Aquarium used street furniture in an unexpected way to promote its latest exhibition "Luminescence", dedicated to light in deep sea environments.An ordinary arching streetlight in the pedestrian area of Granville Island was transformed to host…
In December 2012, the City of New York launched the "Reinvent Payphones Design Challenge" to imagine the future of its 11,000 public phones network. Even though the use of payphones has significantly decreased with the emergence of cellphones, this piece…
Singapore's bike-sharing operator Isuda recently launched a design competition in partnership with the Bicycledesign.net website. Altogether 13 different projects of bicycles or bicycle stations were submitted by candidates. Among the most interesting and…