Cool Edition January ‘09




01. Power Pirate

Power Pirate

The conceptual Power Pirate by Wim Goossens ambitiously aims to collect as much sustainable energy as possible in international waters. Info about weather conditions will guide the…

02. GPS Drawings

GPS Drawings

Global Positioning System receivers determine one’s position on the surface of the Earth by trilateration of microwave signals from satellites orbiting at an altitude of 20,200 km. Tracks of a…

03. Adidas Store Stockholm

Adidas Store Stockholm

The Adidas Exclusive store I spotted in Stockholm, sells gear they sell nowhere else in the world.
Exclusive Adidas exclusive for you. Also on show here the collection they…

04. Bandit Cell Phones (Shan Zhai Ji)

Bandit Cell Phones (Shan Zhai Ji)

Shan Zhai Ji(山寨机), or ‘bandit cell phone’, refers to cell phones manufactured by unauthorized or small-scale factories often located on the South East Coast of China.…

05. Cross Media Bi-interactive billboards

Cross Media Bi-interactive billboards

Kia motors in Korea recently introduced a new brand called Soul as a new type of car using the acronym CUV (Crossover Utility Vehicle). The CUV…

06. ZOPA: loans from people not from banks

ZOPA: loans from people not from banks

www.Zopa.com is the first social finance company. Since 2005 it pioneers a way for people to lend and borrow directly with each other online as part of a…

07. Choose Your Own Adventure Path

Choose Your Own Adventure Path

Simple Video stories/adventures that empower the viewer to make choices throughout the video. The viewer can choose his or her own paths through the video story.…

08. Pharsh: the Official Militia of the Silly Revolution

Pharsh: the Official Militia of the Silly Revolution

This unofficial Israeli group specializes in not taking anything too serious. Ever thriving on creativity, the group was formed a few years back, and has been…

09. Entertainment Multi-tasking

Entertainment Multi-tasking

Rick Riordan’s recent children’s book, The Maze of Bones, allows readers to follow the plot of the book by searching for clues online,…

10. Tocques et Clochers

Tocques et Clochers

In coöperation with Albert Boswijk: The French region of Limoux boasts many medieval clock towers ( “clochers”). Some are famous, others modest or even tiny. Many of them exist in…

11. Fast Food is Bad for me. But Give me Good Food, Fast!

Fast Food is Bad for me. But Give me Good Food, Fast!

Kazakhstan has everything imaginable, but you will not see many fast food outlets here. No McDonald’s, apart from the new Shopping Centers in urban areas. They’re not bad, but they…

12. The Rise of Open Workspaces

The Rise of Open Workspaces

Minimally designed yet fully equipped, modern, creative office spaces for use on hourly basis. More on: http://hivecoop.pbwiki.com/

13. Mental Visuality: Intriguingly Intelligent Graffiti

Mental Visuality: Intriguingly Intelligent Graffiti

This is graffiti work by the Milan artist Bros. Bros loves to work with pop-symbolisms that do not reveal themselves too easily and often have a critical and at the…

14. Jeff Staple and Payless Shoes

Jeff Staple and Payless Shoes

Jeff Staple, leading streetwear designer and with his STPL products in many of the coolest shops around the world – has been commissioned by the affordable-but-comfortable cobbler…

15. The GreenHouse

The GreenHouse

Joost Bakker is without a doubt one of Melbourne’s most resourceful men, creating incredible industrial flower displays, furniture, installation art and other mind-blowing pieces from detritus he…


Contact: Carl Rohde, +31 621 243 114, Tilburg, Netherlands (GMT +1)


Contact: Vincent Albers , +31 623 046 643, Amsterdam (GMT +1)


Contact: Ingeborg Bruinewoud , Utrecht (GMT +1)

©2003-2008 Science of the Time, in creative partnership with Erwin van Lun (mensmerk.nl)