Tag Archives: Community

Love for local

By March 25 2013, 9:20 am Leave a comment

Supermarkets are convenient, but often source their products from all over the world – racking up carbon emissions and squeezing out local competition. As a reaction to this, Danish co-operative superstore SuperBrugsen are encouraging customers to suggest local products that they’d like to see on their supermarket shelves.

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Bang with Friends

By February 13 2013, 9:30 am Leave a comment

Now, here’s a weird one. Introducing the most disruptive app that Facebook has seen in a long time – Bang With Friends.

The premise is simple, but undeniably controversial. You install the app, which lists all your friends of the opposite sex. You click on the friend you’d like to ‘bang’, and no one ever knows…unless your friend installs the app and chooses to ‘bang’ you too. If that happens, the app sends you both a message – and what happens next is up to you.

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Maker’s Row

By January 10 2013, 9:42 am Leave a comment

It’s one thing to have a good product idea, but half the entrepreneur’s battle is bringing it to life. That’s where Maker’s Row aims to help – by simplifying the manufacturing process. The company provides access to industry-specific factories across the United States, alongside in-depth profiles and video tours to help entrepreneurs pick the best factory for their business.

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Let’s get it on

By December 3 2012, 10:17 am Leave a comment

For its new range of condoms ‘SKYN’, Ansell has launched a campaign asking Spotify users to create a ‘sexy songs’ playlist. (Thanks, Jason and Alex)


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lightt-up your life

By November 19 2012, 10:51 am Leave a comment

Lightt is a free social app that creates ‘highlights’ – 10-second photograph sets that play back in just over a second, then repeat. According to the creators, “Lightt attempts to bridge the gap between the sheer snooooozable length of unedited amateur video with the incomplete story of a single photograph” – providing yet another way to share the intimate details of your life.

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‘I still love NY’

By November 15 2012, 9:47 am Leave a comment

Sebastian Errazuriz’s studio was paralysed after the hurricane. Unable to work and tired of watching the horrible disaster unfold on the news, Errazuriz decided to design something to help raise much-needed relief funds. This idea occurred to him after seeing the water line marked on the walls of the flooded galleries in New York’s Chelsea art district. (Nice one, Jamie C)

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More than a market

By November 13 2012, 9:21 am Leave a comment

How do you help a community feel more connected, whilst providing access to healthy food at a fair price? The answer – open a grocery store. The People’s Community Market in West Oakland is funded by the community and investors, who in-turn keep some of the profits. Once it’s built, the market will provide jobs, educate families about healthy living, and provide a space for people to get together. A cornerstone for this Californian community.

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Wash-day social

By November 8 2012, 3:25 pm Leave a comment

A French website is taking social sharing to a new level, by matching people whose washing machines sit unused during the day with those who need a handy place to wash their clothes.

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Car club

By October 25 2012, 2:18 pm Leave a comment

FlightCar in the US aims to put vehicles left in airport parking lots to good use, by offering them up for short-term loans.

 

Where similar car-sharing companies aim to link owners with those requiring one-off loans, FlightCar takes advantage of the fact that most people driving to airports will be leaving the country for a fair amount of time. (Thanks, Zoe)

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My-IKEA

By October 22 2012, 10:26 am Leave a comment

When IKEA moved its store location in Bergen, Norway, they decided to ask for volunteers to help with the opening­ – a clever way of engaging with the local community. Volunteers could sign up on a website to do ‘favours’, such as making a speech during the opening, assisting the mayor at the ceremony, planting the first tree outside the entrance and hosting the customer radio. Check out the campaign video here: http://vimeo.com/50387281

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