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Date Thursday, 25th September 2014Venue Telecom Italia Future Centre in Venice, Italy.1 Keynote speaker: Dan Hill. Rockwell Group : Home. 1%CLUB. How do we work? — Impumelelo Social Innovations Centre. Infogr.am. Latitude Urbanism? We Feel Fine / by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar. Supporting global citizen media at the local level.
Grantees. Brickstarter. A Collective Memory of Childhood. Launch event on 28 July 2012, 2-5pm, at Furtherfield Gallery.
About. Www.limmat.org/ES/filelinks/From_NGO_to_SocEnt_95.pdf. The Creative Exchange. New Media Concepts for the Third Sector. 2009 Teachers and coordinators: Teemu Leinonen, Mari Tikkanen ( ) and visitors Description: Social media tools and services are revolutionizing how we communicate and work together.
The private sector has already begun adopting these new ideas and techniques, however, the same transformation has yet to take place among the international development sector, particularly within the United Nations. The possibilities these tools provide for new, better ways for global agencies to collaborate, communicate and work in a field environment are immense, yet they have not been explored. Sharetribe - share goods, services and rides in your local community! Everyday African Urbanism. Why We Do It Urbanisation can be defined as the rapid and massive growth of, and migration to, large cities.
We are currently experiencing the second most important period of urban growth and transition in the history of the world and this process is almost entirely localised within the Global South. Statisticians have been measuring this transition since 1950 and expect it to continue until approximately 2030. Over this period, the Global South will see the urban share of its populations grow from 18 to 60%. Although today 39% of Africa is officially urbanised, this figure hides enormous discrepancies across the continent – certain countries (all of the large African economies) and regions have already reached the 50% mark while others lag far behind.
Astounding and Interactive Sidewalk Art Around the World. Alternative sidewalk design explores eco-friendly, minimally invasive ways to pave pathways for pedestrians.
Artists take the concept in another direction and create a temporary reprieve from the daily grind by offering interactive spaces for play and pondering. Sometimes they’re in the concrete jungle, and other times new spaces are created in unlikely locations, allowing pedestrians to explore the terrain. The Good, the Bad, and the Empty. Video: Center for Urban Pedagogy Why are there so many empty lots in our neighborhood?
How might we inspire and enable communities to take more initiative in making their local environments better? - Concepting - Wingpost- UPDATED. A low tech solution that enables flat inhabitants to connect with each other sharing their knowledge, skills & time.
Together with a team at the openIDEO Jamming session in Singapore, we came up with this low tech concept for 'wingpost'. We recognize that within a flat there is a lot of knowledge and skills & even time that can be shared. Creating the City for Our Children. How Social Media Could Revolutionize Third-World Cities. Networking technologies are about to make governments more accountable and transparent.
A man bikes past a fountain in Mexico City. (Henry Romero/Reuters) When a housewife in a working-class district of Mexico City gets fed up with the lack of working lights in her local park, she logs on to Twitter and complains directly to the city's mayor. In an age of incessant digital chatter -- and in a city of 22 million -- this might seem futile. The First step towards a new Innovation System. Israel and Iran: A love story? HOAS Laboratorio. HoasLab is a design project carried out by think tank Demos Helsinki and Foundation for Student Housing in the Helsinki Region between 2010–2012.
HoasLab has explored and developed new models for smart and shared living. Results. WDC Helsinki 2012. Media Architecture Biennale 2012. WAYN.COM (Where Are You Now?): The world's largest travel and lifestyle social network - WAYN.COM. Netcycler - online marketplace for swapping, giving away and donating secondhand and used books, games, electronics, baby stuff, clothes etc. Ice men by nele azevedo in belfast, ireland.
Nov 14, 2012 ice men by nele azevedo in belfast, ireland ‘minimum monument’ by néle azevedoimage © néle azevedo brazilian artist néle azevedo has sent designboom her latest work from her ‘minimum monument’ project, presented as part of the belfastfestival at queen’s university in northern ireland.the artwork is a collection of hundreds of carved ‘ice-men’, perched readily side by side on the steps of custom house in the city of belfast, a carefully prepared intervention that slowly thawed under the heat of the day. the figures sit slouched, with legs dangling – an oddly charming set of charactersfull of aloof charisma. the project was selected by the curator of the event as a tribute to titanic victims, the ephemeral artwork a powerful expression of the transitory nature of life, and death. the artwork is collection of hundreds of carved ‘ice-men’, perched readily side by side on the steps of custom house in the city of belfastimage © néle azevedo image © néle azevedo.
Urban arteries. Соседские встречи — лекция в Санкт-Петербурге, 18 ноября, Make It — события The Village. Global Studio. Onni: INNOVATIVE CITY® PROGRAMME'S CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS. SpontaneousInterventions. The Institute for Urban Design created By the City/For the City to turn the traditional design competition process on its ear by sourcing the sites and situations to be addressed directly from the people of New York City, rather than choosing a site and “parachuting in.” A digital public input site, built on Project for Public Spaces’ Ushahidi-based PlaceMap, asked people to complete the phrase “Wouldn’t it be great if… ” From this, 600 ideas were generated and analyzed, and an open call brought in 150 proposals by designers who proposed responses to the ideas that intrigued them most.
The resulting publication, An Atlas of Possibility for the Future of New York, provides a snapshot of possible futures. Accessibility, Community, Information, Pleasure 6 months Problem - lack of public interest in urban design Solution - digital platform connecting public desires with design solutions. Cities: Urban Life In The 21st Century. Institute for Urban Design. Tracking Cookies. Our History. Helsinki Plant Tram. Helsinki Tagged! Helsinki Tagged! - Helsinki World Design Capital Exhibition Client: Dublin City Council In Helsinki, from the 6-16th September, people could find dotted around on large individually crafted tags, insights into Helsinki city.
Happy Birthday Helsinki. Helsinki: Everyday discoveries. I am strolling across Kasarmitori square in Helsinki when I notice a red and white sign hanging from a lamp post. I don't think it's been there before, at least not for long. "My daughter is obsessed with Moomin, I'm not sure why. I think he is like all Finns, the strong and silent type! " The little arrow suggests that I should check out the other side of the sign. What is this about? I meander through Esplanadi park and the busy shopping areas towards the central railway station.
London Creates Its Own Version Of NYC’s High Line Park. Taking a cue from the popularity garnered from building New York City’s High Line Park from derelict railroad tracks, London has decided to transform abandoned city space into a green, public place. The mayor of London, Landscape Institute and Garden Museum held a design competition that garnered 170 submissions, 20 short-listed entries, 4 runner-ups and a winning design called “Pop Down”, an underground walkway that re-purposes old mail-rail tunnels. Fletcher Priest, the design firm, will build urban mushroom gardens along the pathway, which will be lit by fiber-optics and sunlight filtered through sculptural glass-fiber mushrooms at street level. The tunnels are located under Oxford Street. Choreographing Public Spaces To Tell Stories – James Tichenor & Josh Walton, Rockwell Group [Video] While most continue to separate the physical and virtual realms, James Tichenor and Josh Walton of Rockwell Group Labs are purposely blurring the two to create interactive spectacle and great public spaces.
The co-founders of the lab spoke at PSFK CONFERENCE LONDON, explaining their strategies to create concepts which are featured all over the world. Both speakers found important assets in the native qualities of both the physical and digital worlds. Whereas multi-modal, social experiences and singular entities are found in the physical world, transcontinental connections and affordable replications are possible through virtual platforms. 15 New Design Projects Helping Improve Life In NYC. Recharging Communities is the current exhibition by New York City based nonprofit, desigNYC. Now three years old, desigNYC has served as a matchmaker for NYC nonprofit organizations with community-focused design needs and creative firms looking to donate their services. The work is presented in two categories, Communications Design and Built Environment Design.
Demonstrating the value of design through action. Five Ideas for Public Space: Irene Guzman — BMW Guggenheim Lab.