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10. Preview WTR 11/12: Urban Nomads

by Ingeborg Bruinewoud in Utrecht, the Netherlands in Mobility on Sep 3rd 00:01

Urban Nomads. What are they? Who are they?
Without making this a slapstick horror movie we can say: they are all around us.
Urban Nomads are the hard working, city dwellers who daily weave their own web intertwining work and play on the go. Carrying their laptops and mobile phones through cities, they travel from one hotspot to the next. If a bar does not offer them WIFI, they will probably not drink and dine there. Drink, dine and work, we must say. As long as they are connected, they will work 24/7/365 days a year. With pleasure…

Tagged: mobility

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01. Mu By Peugeot

by Cool Editorial Staffin in Mobility on Aug 18th 15:15

Contributed by Marco Pedroni (Milan, Italy)

‘Mu by Peugeot’ is a car rental service. You can buy ‘mobility points’ and spend them to rent a vehicle, a scooter, a bicycle or an accessory (snow chains, baby car seat, GPS navigator, a car DVD reader and so on). The first step is to create a Mu account on the website http://www.mu.peugeot.it. The Italian site is just one of the many points of entry. Currently they are also available in France, Germany and Spain and are currently expanding to Belgium, Holland, Britain, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal. With a Mu account Mu points can be bought and are usable to enjoy all the available rental services - cars, scooters and bicycles on offer in the ‘Mu by Peugeot’ dealerships.

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05. At Last: Sneakers That Match With The Car

by Kees Elands in The Netherlands in Fashion, Mobility on Aug 6th 11:46

Buy a pair of sneakers and get a car for free! Volkswagen offers a very exclusive sneaker, designed with the new 50 VW Polo car in mind. The car’s interior and sneakers match perfectly. The only catch is that the sneakers cost 23.444 euros.

Tagged: mobility, fashion

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New Top 15 and more!

by Cool Editorial Staffin in Art, Environment, Leisure, Media And Entertainment, Mobility, Personal Growth, Social, Sport on Jul 20th 03:05

With the World Cup behind us and Spain and South Africa both crowned as victors, we now move onto our Cool Edition July ’10. In this new top 15 Cycle we once again have finds brought to us by our worldwide network of trendfilters and coolhunters. Among others we have an amazing project in Seoul (South Korea) brought to us by prof. Don Ryun Chang and Joe Pine’s discovery of a holistic workspace in Chicago (USA). Both finds deal with new developments in work and education and are both looking towards the future, be it your personal health future or a countries future through its students.

What we also have is a final analysis of our World Cup Top 11. From time to time we ask (trend)professionals to analyze our Top-15s. For the World Cup Top-11 our very own Quinsy Gario has analyzed our list. He is one of our up and coming trend analysts and had the daunting task of placing the findings in the list in a larger framework of worldwide social, ideological and cultural movements.

Tagged: media and entertainment, art, mobility, social, environment, personal growth, leisure, sport

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13. Creators Inn Supported By Elvin

by Maria Cristina Pavarini in Milan in Fashion, Holiday, Mobility on Jul 19th 06:59

Swedish clothing brand Elvine recently launched the Creators Inn by Elvine. They offer hotel-like accomodations for free to young creative people visiting cities like Gothenburg…

Tagged: mobility, fashion, holiday

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15. Effective BP Hate

by Pim Derneden in Utrecht, Virtual World Traveler in Art, Environment, Leisure, Mobility, Social on Jul 15th 11:00

The disaster in the gulf of Mexico, caused by the drilling platform of British Petroleum (BP) blowing up, has been truly devastating for the area. But accidents happen. What truly…

Tagged: mobility, art, social, environment, leisure