Archive for Wildly Cool
Catalytic Actions – “Epic Small”
I heard from my friend Mick Jeffries in Lexington, KY that one of the outcomes of the Creative Cities Summit there in April was a project that he and several other friends launched called “Epic Small”
Their site describes the project: Epic Small means: Pick one Small Creative Thing to do. And do it. Right now, [...]
Illustrations from CCS Lex
Michelle Malott from How Do You Innovate provided our business illustration for the Creative Cities Summit in Lexington and she produced over 100 fantastic images that capture the ideas and key moments of the conference.
Full Set of Images
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City Love – Pecha Kucha
Renewing Our Love Affair With Our Cities – Pecha Kucha from Peter Kageyama on Vimeo.
Peter Kageyama, founder of the Creative Cities Summit on how to renew our love affair with our cities cities. From Pecha Kucha Night Tampa Bay, January 15, 2010.
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Broken City Lab – Interventionist Art
The Cross Border Communication project in Windsor, Canada sought to increase the communication and eventually the cooperation between Windsor and Detroit. Full story here.
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Advertising That Brings Us Together
I just ran across this brilliant ad from US Cellular. In this case it shows how advertising of all things, can bring people together and create brilliant moments of shared experience.
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Artists Protest IKEA in Germany
Artists in Hamburg, Germany staged a “work in” protest at IKEA. Protesting their displacement by the Swedish giant and their use by the city as an amenity to attract the “international knowledge worker” these artists staged a peaceful and creative protest. Even better was the peaceful and benevolent response from IKEA who apparently offered them [...]
Image of the Week – Milwaukee Art Museum 10/3/09
Santiago Calatrava’s glorious work for the Art Museum of Milwaukee. Note the interiors, including the parking deck below the museum. The design is carried throughout the entire structure. How many buildings think their designs all the way through to include things like the parking deck. Amazing!
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GCECS 2009 – Philadelphia
Peter Kageyama & Creative Cities Productions is part of the planning and development team for the second Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit, happening October 5-6, 2009 in Philadelphia, PA.
The Summit is a two-day conference which promises to embrace the same values it champions: innovation, creativity, collaboration, shared learning, technology and open source thinking. The Summit [...]
TEDx Coming to a City Near You
For all those wanna be TEDsters (including me!), they are expanding their reach and doing a series of TEDx events all over the world. Finally a chance to go to a TED style event in your own city and at little or no cost! Check it out here:
http://www.ted.com/pages/view/id/284
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Heidelberg Project – Detroit, MI
The Heidelberg Project is art, energy, and community. It’s an open-air art environment in the heart of an urban community on Detroit’s East Side. Tyree Guyton, founder and artistic director, uses everyday, discarded objects to create a two block area full of color, symbolism, and intrigue. Now in its 23rd year, the Heidelberg Project is [...]
