COMMUNITY LED, COMMUNITY DRIVEN
In this People On The Grid, we got together with Nicolas Grenié from Los Reyes de las Startups, a project that wants to help consumers know quickly and easily the products of Spanish Startups. That way, they can give innovative and original Christmas gifts.
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The 1990’s animated comedy Futurama points out some pretty interesting things about our current world. This not-for-children cartoon was set in the year 3000, including robots, aliens, and the whole deal. Technology… here are some tech innovations you should be excited about.
It also involved floppy discs. Remember? Those really big chunks of plastic that could store a text document or two.
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In this week’s, People On The Grid Podcast, we chatted with Pablo Bermejo and Baptiste Vilanova from La Moodstore, which is concept store involving design, drinking and eating. It’s a great hidden place to be discovered in the El Born barrio.
In this People On The Grid, we met with Jenna Mann, who chatted with us about Art Therapy, a therapeutic process that uses art as a tool for a means of expression. She discussed the stigmatization surrounding mental illness, and how making alternative therapies, such as art therapy, more accessible to a broad range of people helps in breaking stigmas world wide.
In this, People On The Grid, we chatted with Steven Pineda and Héléa Khaizourane from Pentagon Wave, a social enterprise that aims to level cultures and to unit generations for greater experiences in life. They developed Enquiry, which can be described as the union of different fields to help conflict resolution and mental balance. It is a powerful tool in the form of a card game that can create experiences of peace, respect, and acceptance and it aims to build the future generation of warriors of peace.
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In this, People On The Grid, we chatted with Anna Mastrolitto and Michelle Hardiman from Cinematic Tales, an event concept produced by LiveSoundtracks and Short&Sweet. Anna and Michelle discuss how the event came to be. As well as their common dreams and aspirations: to educate, inspire and empower through the medium of film, video-art and audio-visual concepts.
The internet of things has been hailed as the next big innovation to change the world. The premise if fairly simple; everyday objects (like fridges or traffic lights) would be able to send and receive information. Basically, we’re moving towards a world where fridges will message you when you’re low on milk.
Moving past the frivolities of everyday life, the internet of things can optimize the ways we build cities. Barcelona, specifically, has been a trailblazer in this field.
In this special edition of our People On The Grid podcast, we attended the SwitchMed conference and had the pleasure of chatting with International Switchers about their sustainable projects. We chatted with Nour Kays, John Atick and Yair Teller.
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This week we met with Benedicte Bodard from Mesa Bonita. She chatted with us about the importance of upcycling, and about giving old items a second life. Her work for Mesa Bonita consists of reusing old floor tiles and turning them into practical and beautiful pieces of art, such as tables and coasters.
Advertisements have been in existence for over 1500 years. It is estimated that we see over 3,000 to 5,000 advertising messages daily. This makes it more difficult to have brands stay in the mind of the consumer. Companies have been revolutionizing advertising to get their message across without seeming like an advertisement. Is this the future of marketing and the advertising industry?
