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Creative Director, Strategist and Writer focusing on new approaches towards design and cities.
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Private vs Public: Space, Sharing, Trust and Design – A Talk at Social Cities Amsterdam
Tension between the private and public realm was a recurring component of last autumn’s news, as the users of public space and the stewards of those spaces, both private and municipal, clashed during the Occupy protests. The protests themselves bore the marks of tense private vs public realities, given the immense and disproportionate stores of [...]
Hacking the Kinect to Prototype New Connections In Urban Spaces
In September I was invited to participate in “Builders at Play”, a quick-hit session in Amsterdam which functioned as something of a public space hackathon, finding ways in which connected technologies can transform public space. My starting point was something I’ve long been obsessed with – desire paths. Desire paths are the footpaths created by [...]
Talking About Urban Futures and the Internet of Things at PICNIC, Amsterdam
On Wednesday, 14 September, I will be giving a talk and taking part in a panel discussion on the topics of Trust and the Internet of Things as part of PICNIC 2011 in Amsterdam. The PICNIC Festival is an annual three-day event that blurs the lines between creativity, science, technology and business to explore new [...]
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 [...]
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