Everybody(part) needs somebody…

A simple idea, a brilliant initiative – and concept guaranteed to put a smile on the face of every die-hard romantic out there. The U.K.-based not-for-profit Green Thing has come up with this match-making service for lonesome gloves. We have probably all tried losing just the one glove. And we’ve all seen the poor single [...]

ready. steady. go!

Tell us this doesn’t make you want to start sprinting. Tell us it doesn’t tickle your inner competitor.   A simple idea made these two streets in Austrian city Graz stand out to be noticed. The object of the project ready. steady. go! was to brand the streets of Jakoministraße and Klosterwiesgasse in the Jakomini [...]

Pissing contest

Or, rather, how to deal with neanderthals who insist on urinating at your front door in the weekends. When a new area wants to attract more life in the forms of events, clubs and cafés, some negative aspects follow: There is the noise, the sudden colonization of public space, and the waste – both human [...]

Even more Fun Theory

We are still in love with the Fun Theory concept. This is yet another of their fun and creative ideas to add some spice and fun to everyday life. Collecting bottles, remembering to bring them, and actually getting them to the recycling bin is considered a dull task by most people. But with this bottle [...]

Little boxes…

There’s an old English song Little boxes on the hillside Little boxes made of ticky-tacky Little boxes, little boxes, littles boxes, all the same There’s a blue one, and a pink one, and a green one and a yellow one… It’s amazing what colours can do for a place. This project in the favelas (slum [...]

We <3 visuals

At Copenhagen Playground, we have a soft spot for gimmicks and gizmos that visualize anything otherwise unseen, be it ideas and thoughts, cause and effect, or something completely different. Especially when the visuals are as pleasing to look at as these: In Carnegie Mellon University’s Living Environments Lab Eric Paulos and a group of his [...]

Playground Fence

This example is a brilliant way to start off our blog with a bang: Dutch designer Tejo Remy has created this ingenious way of transforming a fence from separating border into a functional and integrating part of the city. His playful design invites users and passers-by to interact with the object itself as well as [...]