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News and jet-lagged commentary on creative strategies, concepts and solutions for design, urban and creative economy opportunities worldwide.
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Upcoming Talk: Interactive Architecture
On Thursday 24 June 2010 I will be giving a talk at the Interactive Architecture 2010 conference, as part of the London Festival of Architecture. Featuring an impressive lineup of speakers ranging from Duncan Wilson of Arup Foresight to Usman Haque of Haque Design and Research, and chaired by Fiddian Warman of Soda Creative, the [...]
The Authenticity of Action: Latest Article in Note Bene (Italy)
The newly launched Italian magazine Note Bene asked me to do a piece for their introductory issue, tantalisingly devoted to (paraphrasing from the original Italian intro text) “the authenticity and creativity of action”. Break that phrase down more and you have a real jewel: “the authenticity of action”. As a motivating concept for almost any [...]
In Discussion with Jaime Lerner
For most people with even a passing interest in innovative urban problem-solving, the words Jaime Lerner and Curitiba, Brazil will hold special reverence. Lerner is the urban planner and three-times mayor of Curitiba who transformed the once traffic-congested, economically and environmentally challenged city into one of the world’s most livable urban spaces. This Wednesday at [...]
Design Hacking available for download
For those who weren’t able to attend the launch of my publication and the related debate on design hacking at the RSA on Wednesday (and for those who weren’t even close but still want a copy) I’m pleased to say that “Finding the Truth in Systems: In Praise of Design Hacking” is now available for [...]
IKEA Hacker Oslo
A couple weeks ago I was in Oslo, Norway, following up on an invitation to give a talk about IKEA Hacker there. It was an easy invitation to accept – for one, it was a great opportunity to spend some time in beautiful Oslo, and two, the evening was being sponsored by IKEA, which was [...]
Strategies for Tough Times: Focus on the Micro-Entrepreneur
I recently gave a keynote lecture to the World Urban Congress in Riga, Latvia, on creative strategies for difficult economic times. The Congress provided a fantastic overview of what is taking place in urban development across the world, but what I saw and heard also left me a bit cold. The reason is that largely, [...]
World Urban Development Congress
I’m pleased to share the news that I have been invited to deliver a keynote address at the World Urban Development Congress in Riga, Latvia this October. I’ll be addressing the congress on the development of creative urban environments – should be an interesting session, considering that my definition of what makes an urban environment [...]
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.
Report Out: Urban Intervention as Design Masterclass
Give 31 exceptionally talented design students a week to play with the city and design, and see what it gets you?
Guest Lecturer @ Design International
As part of the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM)’s Design International week I was asked to teach a design masterclass on urban intervention as design process.
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