Music can fuel the teaching process. This notion was put behind the one-of-a-kind project, Music Education Hackathon, organized by Innovate NYC Schools and supported by Spotify. The initiative, which rolled out for 48-hours in its active “contest” phase in late June, encouraged a dozen of teachers and school students to collaborate with 174 hackers for apps in order to transform learning experience with music.
Author: Anna Rudenko
Unlike many car manufacturers that hope to engage with the multimillion Facebook or Twitter audiences, Honda Australia has chosen a less popular, professional social-media networking site LinkedIn to promote its new Accord. The brand has collaborated with Leo Burnett Melbourne and ZenithOptimedia to launch a promotional website Honda Accord A-Team, where users (residents of Australia) can sign in with their LinkedIn accounts to enter a contest and win business-technology products worth AUD$3,000.
IKEA is exploring the theme of smart interiors for tiny homes in its latest campaign, “Make Small Spaces Big,” in the UK and Ireland. The new effort by Mother is revolving around the idea that any small apartment can be turned into a comfortable and functional space with the help of bright furnishing solutions and wisely designed products from the Swedish retailer.
Nike has released a new app, MAKING, to inform product developers on the environmental performance of the materials they use in their work. The app, powered by data from Nike Materials Sustainability Index (MSI), contains detailed information on silk, leather, wool, polypropylene, rayon-viscose and more.