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Image of the City: Google, Flickr, and Wikipedia Appear To Be in Consensus
[Image: San Francisco at night, from the list of top 10 cities for design in America. Courtesy of Business Week.]
Business Week has released their list of Top 10 Cities for Design in America, and I’m sure everyone has seen it here. However, considering a visual standard of measure, I began thinking about the image […]
Is Rem Koolhaas Channeling Gordon Matta-Clark?
A recent press release on OMA’s website for the mixed-use building in Coolsingel, Rotterdam’s shopping district, suggests a new direction in form-making for the man least obsessed with it.
[Image: A view of the plaza at the foot of OMA’s new design for Coolsingel. Courtesy of WAN.]
In my mind, it bears a striking resemblance to the […]
Instant City: Rethinking Democratic Space
Barack Obama recently held a rally in Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon to garner support for the upcoming primary in Oregon. Crowd estimates by the fire department show 75,000 people in attendance. The Washington Post, in their coverage of this event, considers the record crowd to be the size of a city.
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Creative Surveillance
In Manchester, a local band has utilized the Big Brother era to overcome the financial burden of music videos. As an unsigned band, The Get Out Clause, wanted to create an impressive video without having to pony up for the proper crew and equipment. In order to do this they thought of an […]
Socially Engineering the City of Masdar
A couple weeks ago Edwin Gardner, of prss release and Volume Magazine, asked me to expand upon my post on Masdar for the forthcoming issue of Volume on social engineering. In response, my article set out to contemplate the role of Masdar in a new wave of designer cities.
[Image: Volume #15: Destination Library. Courtesy […]
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