What new idea or concept should be more widely known?

Communications between citizens and their institutions is often problematic, discouraging people from engaging. Brickstarter is a platform to turn possibilities into proposals into projects.

A team of creative neighbourhood-changers that assemble as a non-profit think tank to come up with interesting ways to start conversations, renew a sense of community, and unfold curiosities.

When so much of the spotlight is shone on "failure", it’s easy to fall into the trap of equating failure with innovative genius. This is the danger for startup culture, where the mantra “Fail early, fail fast, fail often” reigns supreme.

Tracking interesting signals, new and old ideas in the field of economics and business — Indie capitalism

Tracking innovative making and manufacturing signals from around the world.

On the design and fabrication of ephemeral textile architecture and living environments — Loop.

Frank Chimero, a New York-based designer and blog writer, introduces ‘Appropriatism’.

Manufacturing has moved to Asia. Large enterprises benefit from automation but it’s expensive and keeps small upstarts out of their markets. Those two statements are being challenged by advances in robotics.

Tracking innovative making and manufacturing signals from around the world — Wikihouse