Author, Reprogramming the City
The course I teach for the University of British Columbia is being offered again this year as an online workshop, and registration is now open. As UBC describes it… In …
Read moreWorkshop: Resourceful Design Innovation by Re-imagining Existing Urban Assets
Can you recycle a city? In an age of limited resources, I explored the notion of recycling existing urban materials for new design use in Jesolo, Greater Venice, Italy. The …
Read moreReuse and Repurposing of Existing City Materials for New Use: Jesolo, Italy
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 …
Read morePrivate vs Public: Space, Sharing, Trust and Design – A Talk at Social Cities Amsterdam
The classic newspaper vending boxes have always played role in the city larger than their designated one. At their peak, when each box was filled with that day’s issue, even …
Read moreEscort Cards and Old Media: Rethinking Perception and Design in the City
Being a huge advocate of the value of DIY design interventions, I also find equal, and at times greater, merits in design projects that harness the ethos of design interventions …
Read moreDesign Intervention in Cambodia: Nothing Design’s Solar Light Trees
I think we’re missing the boat on street-level design R&D. That’s pretty much the summary of my latest essay and photo gallery exploring the visual and physical interplay which is …
Read moreSite-Specific Urban Design: The Call and Response of Street Art and the City
I was in Paris the other day and came across the latest campaign from French online clothing retailer La Redoute. The first thing that caught my eye was of course …