The Reign of the Urban Nomads
HOMEPLUS VIRTUAL STORES |
Subway walls in Seoul (South Korea) were covered with virtual displays of over 500 of the most popular products in Tesco’s Homeplus discount stores. Each product was equipped with barcodes which are able to be scanned by customers on the go using their smartphones. Payment is processed instantly and once they get home, they find their order waiting for them.businesstoday.in (article) |
STARBUCKS |
The natural space of the urban nomads, with everything they need to work, create and reunite. Excellent internet connection and power sources in all the tables.starbucks.com |
UBER |
A very convenient urban means of transport, it has become a mobile extension of our office. Most of the times urban nomads choose to use Uber to avoid wasting time behind the wheel.uber.com |
BIRKSUN |
Our dependence on gadgets put us in continuous stress for power sources, so when we go into the wild we need alternate & portable energy. Birksun makes backpacks with incorporated solar panels.birksun.com |
IBM 5100 |
The 1st portable computer by IBM. Even before internet, there was a growing need for being mobile and pervasive.wikipedia/IBM5100 |
MACINTOSH |
The Macintosh (Mac) project paid always lots of attention to portability and personal usage of computers. In the picture, the 1st Mac with a 512kb RAM, launched in 1984.wikipedia/Mac512K |
ZOKU HOTEL |
The Zoku hotel concept is a mixture of a hotel accommodation and a short stay office for professionals who have to stay in a city for a project or regular work for a period between five days and three months.livezoku.com |
WHAT 3 WORDS |
what3words is a really simple way to talk about location. They have divided the world into a grid of 3m x 3m squares and assigned each square a unique 3-word address. It means anyone can accurately find any location and share it more quickly, easily and with less ambiguity than any other system.what3words.com |
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