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smarterplanet: Six Kickstarter Projects for Cities | This Big...

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:27:32 +0100

Six Kickstarter Projects for Cities | This Big City

Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. It has funded a diverse array of endeavors ranging from indie films, music, stage shows and comics to journalism, video games and food-related projects. Urban enthusiasts and public spacemakers are also embracing Kickstarter to gather financial support for projects that enhance city life and raise awareness about urban issues.

Here are some Kickstarter projects from 2012 with an urban focus:

(vía Autobarrios « Basurama)

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:47:03 +0100

(vía Autobarrios « Basurama)

(vía Reclaim the city on Behance)

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:18:56 +0100

(vía Reclaim the city on Behance)

An App That Tries to Predict the Future of Cities - Technology - The Atlantic Cities

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:13:14 +0100

An App That Tries to Predict the Future of Cities - Technology - The Atlantic Cities

(vía Streetfilms | London’s Do-It-Yourself Approach to Safer...

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:21:48 +0100

(vía Streetfilms | London’s Do-It-Yourself Approach to Safer Streets)

PROYECTO CIUDAD SOCIAL |

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:24:23 +0100

PROYECTO CIUDAD SOCIAL |

Urbanismo P2P, ciudades co-diseñadas a escala humana - Euskadi innova

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:23:45 +0100

Urbanismo P2P, ciudades co-diseñadas a escala humana - Euskadi innova

citymaus: SF Urban Prototyping Festival is today! (thought i...

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:49:35 +0200

citymaus:

SF Urban Prototyping Festival is today!
(thought i had posted about this already, but I guess I hadn’t)

After months of planning, we are extremely excited to announce the final lineup of performances, panels, and projects for this weekend’s Urban Prototyping Festival! For the duration of the festival, 4 blocks of downtown San Francisco will be transformed into a living laboratory of urban experiments. The one-day festival runs for ten hours, from 12 noon to 10 pm this Saturday, October 20.

Three stages of live performance, four discussion panels, and three keynote talks will accent the true focus of UP:SF – the 20+ design and technology projects showcasing the ability of citizens to rethink how we use and innovate in our public space.

an urban planner’s and creative builder/designer’s festival! :D

(queued this post up at 4am after just getting back from a show in SF… checked the SF:UP website and realized it’s one-day only—today—and not the whole weekend like I had marked on my calendar.. hoping I don’t sleep the day away and miss this -____-;;;)

TIMES & SPACES: INTERSECTIONS

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:48:29 +0200

TIMES & SPACES: INTERSECTIONS:

humanscalecities:

The urban meaning of street intersections

timesandspaces:

“Intersections exemplify Lefebvre’s definition of urbanism:

The form of social space is encounter, assembly, simultaneity… (it) implies actual or potential assembly at a single point… Urban space gathers crowds, products in the markets, acts and symbols. It concentrates all…

Gap Filler is a creative urban regeneration initiative started...

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:15:04 +0200

Gap Filler is a creative urban regeneration initiative started in response to the September 4, 2010 Canterbury earthquake, and revised and expanded in light of the more destructive February 22, 2011 quake. It is now administered by the Gap Filler Charitable Trust. (vía Gap Filler)

¿Te animas a aportar un concepto, una frase, una idea, un verbo…...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:26:39 +0200

¿Te animas a aportar un concepto, una frase, una idea, un verbo… para construir colectivamente un esquema para pensar sobre el Espacio Público?

(vía Exploraciones para una ontología del Espacio Público | ColaBoraBora)

"El proyecto ECO-RADAR plantea una manera innovadora de abordar los nuevos desarrollos urbanos en las..."

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:39:42 +0200

“El proyecto ECO-RADAR plantea una manera innovadora de abordar los nuevos desarrollos urbanos en las ciudades del sur de España y Europa, afectadas por unas condiciones climáticas de aridez, alto número de horas de sol (3000 al año), escasez de precipitaciones, suelos erosionados, déficit hídrico estructural y con gran pérdida de masa vegetal en su superficie.”

- Martin Lejarraga. Arquitecto | ECO-RADAR. Estrategia Medioambiental de Desarrollo Urbano. Torre Pacheco.

Curating Media and Design: Aca-article: A manifesto for do-it-yourself internet-of-things creation

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 09:33:52 +0200

Curating Media and Design: Aca-article: A manifesto for do-it-yourself internet-of-things creation:

medeamalmo:

This paper presents a manifesto directed at developers and designers of internet-of-things creation platforms, aiming at providing a framework for do-it-yourself systems enabling non-technical users to create internet-of-things applications.

Authors: Dries De Roeck, Karin Slegers, Johan…

urbanination: Pop up park in Yarraville, Australia.

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:59:12 +0200

urbanination:

Pop up park in Yarraville, Australia.

A selection of 75 videos about cities and urban policies

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:03:58 +0200

A selection of 75 videos about cities and urban policies:

humanscalecities:

@manufernandez

amonlab: // Ready, Steady. Go! – Sandra Janser and Elisabeth...

Sat, 29 Sep 2012 15:11:12 +0200

amonlab:

// Ready, Steady. Go! – Sandra Janser and Elisabeth Koller

via: dezeen

unconsumption: We’re fans of free book exchanges, like...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:47:48 +0200

unconsumption:

We’re fans of free book exchanges, like the Little Free Libraries; the now-defunct-phone-booths-turned-mini-libraries (here, here, here, here, and here); shelves in London Tube and train stations and in airports that enable travelers to swap books; former newspaper racks; and a 1979 Ford transformed into a bookmobile from which free books are distributed in Buenos Aires, among others, that spring up in public spaces.

(We’re also fond of more traditional libraries that are housed in non-traditional settings like repurposed old buses and historic barns and churches.)

And now in Paris, there’s this communal book exchange sitting atop a tree cage:

Strasbourg-based street artist Florian Rivière is back with a new, neat urban intervention! Last weekend, Rivière installed a little library on a sidewalk near Gare du Nord … .

I don’t know if that’s a pallet or a crate (or both), but I like it!

See a couple of Riviere’s other urban interventions, a.k.a., “hacktions,” here.

(via Urban Hacktivist Launches Street Library — The Pop-Up City)

landscapearchitecture: (via Landscape is Deon Steyn: What is...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 17:31:23 +0200

landscapearchitecture:

(via Landscape is Deon Steyn: What is Landscape Architecture. Heather Ring, Wayward Plants)

platanius: PORTADA La fotografía que sirve de tapa para el...

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:41:31 +0200

platanius:

PORTADA

La fotografía que sirve de tapa para el Plataniús de esta semana la tomamos del Facebook de Ser Urbano: Un movimiento de diversión urbana que quiere cambiar la manera de hacer y pensar ciudad. ¿Cómo lo hacen? Organizando una pelea de almohadas en Plaza Caracas, por ejemplo. No es todo. Conócelos, apóyalos y participa. Arte + juego + protesta = Ser urbano. La calle es tuya. Cultura es salvación.

landscapearchitecture: (via Landscape Architecture / The Zebra...

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:14:37 +0200

landscapearchitecture:

(via Landscape Architecture / The Zebra Crossing Project by Eduard Čehovin)