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From New York to Amsterdam: A Tale of Two Hotels

A couple weeks ago I was in New York City to give a talk and Masterclass at Eyebeam on my work with open source cultural models. After NYC I was off to Amsterdam for a week to work with the Premsela Foundation for Dutch Design and Fashion, so I thought back-to-back sessions in two great [...]

Urban Play’s long media tail

It’s very satisfying to find Urban Play still buzzing around the media months after its launch, with Russia and the Ukraine paying particular interest recently. The images below are from a beautiful spread in the Ukraine’s wonderful Salon magazine. I felt compelled to share them after getting the PDF from the editor so those who [...]

Urban Play in the media

We’re still compiling the fantastic amount of media coverage Urban Play and Experimenta Amsterdam has received over the past few days, but for now, I thought I’d share a very good video done by Dutch “Innovative Lifestyle” magazine Bright on the project. For those who want to see the Moving Forest, well, moving, or get [...]

Stefan Sagmeister installation removed by Amsterdam Police

After waking up a bit groggy from the festivities of the Urban Play opening party last night, I went for a walk around the installation sites to see how they had progressed after their first night in the public realm, and, well, I got a little more than I had expected when looking for Stefan [...]

Urban Play Amsterdam comes together

Apologies for the lack of recent posts, but the final touches are being put on Urban Play, so that’s where my time is going at the moment. I really couldn’t be more thrilled with what is taking place with the project right now. Case-in-point: “Fish in the Sky” by Nothing Design Group from Korea, above, [...]

Ikea Hacker: Using Ikea as a Gym

There has been a tremendous response to the Ikea Hacker contest and forthcoming exhibition I’m doing with Platform 21 in Amsterdam – some insanely good DIY Ikea innovations are coming in, and some completely unexpected Ikea Hacks, such as the one above from Daredo, where the Ikea store is turned into a workout area, its [...]

Urban Play Focus 01: Gilberto Esparza – Urban Parasites

As part of the lead-up to the launch of the Urban Play project I am doing with Droog Design in Amsterdam, I will be writing a series of focus pieces on the urban intervention artists and designers I have selected to take part in the project, and who are working at the edge of creativity [...]

Amsterdam Talk: Hacking Reality

A lecture on how influences from the virtual world manifest themselves on the street and in the real world: think geek graffiti and Ikea hacks at Platform 21, Amsterdam.