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.
Interview with The European Urban Knowledge Network
“We hear so much about the creative city, but when do we actually get to see it?”
Preview of Urban Play: The Exhibition
With Milan just around the corner, here’s a preview of the text going out to publicise Urban Play: The Exhibition
Getting Our Urban Play On
Some of the most most talented designers in the world descend on Amsterdam for the start of Droog Design Urban Play.
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