OpenIDEO: Connecting Communities Challenge

Envisioning The City of The Future

For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in rural areas, and in the next 20 years the urban population will grow from 3.5 billion to 5 billion people. The social, economic, environmental, design, and engineering challenges of this transformation will shape the 21st century. By Design Mind

City in the Sky

It may look like scene right out a sci-fi flick where humans have begun to establish settlements on other planets in the universe and that too far in the future where traditional architectural norms have become mere relics of history, but this future mega developed city concept called the "Megatropolis" project may just be what a British city of the near future may look like. this architectural utopia came into being as a collaborative project between a few London-based artists and companies though the city that the project’s video depicts eventually ended up being NYC given how the production of the video was undertaken in the Big Apple. By Design Buzz

The Future of Cities

Cities in the Digital Age

For many people, the draw of cities is their pulse and flow, the veer and crush of humans, our shared machines, the vertical, the symmetrical, the seemingly impossible. By Frog Design

Biking in the Future Cities

Audio-Powered City Map Enables Geolocated Eavesdropping

The ability to hear anywhere on a map sounds even more juicy than seeing it. By Fast Company

Game Developer Kevin Slavin On How Algorithms Mold Our Cities

Slavin, a noted game developer, notes that entire city neighborhoods are being remade to resemble computer chips. And we've barely even noticed. By James Gaddy