We’d be grateful for a couple of minutes of your time to answer 10 questions about an urbaneer app we are thinking about creating for smartphones/tablets. The idea behind the app is to provide an alternative way of exploring and experiencing your surroundings. It would allow you to overlay a shape (square, circle, star constellation, etc) onto a map of anywhere in the world. You can then explore the shape on the virtual map in the real world.

Creatively exploring urban spaces is urbaneer’s mantra and what better way to go about it than with a camera in your hand!

In case anyone is interested in attending the conference on Eco-Cities and Ecological Engineering solutions:

From the conference program:
Our world is approaching a phase where several resources will become scarce at the same time: energy, nutrients, water availability, space…

A new take on cities as playgrounds has come in form of a new app called Chromaroma.
You can track your London public transport journey in technicolor visualizations, earning points for each trip – all you need to do is swipe your oyster card. YOu can play with friends and even compete against them. You can ‘capture’ stations and complete missions….are you ready?

We have been busy with writing our guide and it is finally ready to show it off to the world!

50 City Adventures and Walks – ANY CITY, ANYWHERE:
It’s time to throw away the boring guide books and be creative. You may be new to a city, have visited a city many times or even lived or worked in a city for all your life. This guide is for anyone interested in creating their own adventures, seeing things differently and finding unique insights into an urban space.

The Ogilvy Digital Innovation Lab are doing a GamesDay and we are one of the exhibitors at their event – check it out here

what a great show! Tunnel 228 is a collaboration between Kevin Spacey, Artistic Director, The Old Vic; Punchdrunk; and the Young Vic…free tickets for the show were snapped up faster than you could log onto the site...there are rumours to bring the show back later this year for an extended period

Explore the world of Hatton Garden, and play to win a piece of bespoke jewellery worth £1,000, designed and made especially for you by the jewellers of Hatton Garden. From 11 to 13 June 2009, the Hatton Garden Festival, will offer an exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into London’s famous jewellery centre We have teamed up with Hidden Cities, producers of the Hatton Garden Trail and Festival and the jewellers of Hatton Garden to offer an exciting way to explore Hatton Garden, with th

Wallstreet journal has run an article on mega-cities and how the rapid population growth is providing significant challenges for city governance.