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Urbanized: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit. 'Helvetica' Director Gary Hustwit Takes on City Design with 'Urbanized' - Arts & Lifestyle. Urbanized, the new documentary from director Gary Hustwit, is a globe-trotting, project-touring, expert-filled survey of city design and modern urbanity. From Mumbai to Copenhagen to Beijing to New York, the film documents the forces and people that shape the world’s cities in a global tour that nicely balances both the challenges and prospects of urbanization.

“Originally when I thought of the idea I quickly realized it’s impossible to even scratch the surface: the forces that shape the city, the challenges, the solutions, the people and their different roles. I knew I was going to fail from the get-go,” says Hustwit. “So the question became how to fail as little as possible.” Despite that challenge, the film neatly encapsulates much of the conversation about today’s cities. Hustwit isn’t a trained urban designer or planner, but he has a long-held interest in design. “Those solutions worked. Urbanized screens in cities across the country this fall. Trailer for Urbanized, the fantastic new. ANTHEM SIGHTINGS: 10 Trends Shaping the World Today.

Keeping up to current trends is essential for companies, which strive to be relevant to the fast-pace world and meet ever-changing consumer demands. In this piece, which is an abridged version of ANTHEM SIGHTINGS, Vol. 2, 2011, the most notable trends of today are covered—some of them root in old approaches, and some seem to be completely new, but all of them are shaping modern marketing efforts and influencing our perception of brands. The author of the paper, Kathy Oneto, Vice President, Brand Strategy in the San Francisco office of Anthem Worldwide, made a list of ten current trends and their examples from all around the globe, demonstrating the processes redefining the marketing industry right at the moment. 1.

Branded Cities: Cities branding for economic development This issue of ANTHEM SIGHTINGS starts with the trend, which is not new, but extremely powerful and never-dying. 2. Нistory moves in cycles, this rule perfectly applies to marketing, as well. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Fabrique - Hacktion.