Giorgio Di Cicco – Thoughts on Cities & Community
I found my friend Giorgio Di Cicco, the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Toronto, in a nice series of little video thoughts on the ideas of urban citizenship, connectedness, community and benefits of small things. Watch and enjoy!
Image of the Week – Times Square, December 21, 2009
Pedestrian friendly Times Square.
Value of Iconic Architecture
I recently had the opportunity to visit Milwaukee, WI, for the first time (thank you FUEL Milwaukee!). And visiting cities for the first time, to me, is particularly exciting. Arriving for the first time is a pure and unadulterated experience. First impressions matter and how a city presents itself to a first-time visitor is very important. [...]
Trends – “Urbany”
Trendwatching.com has named “Urbany” a top ten trend of 2010. As Trendwatching puts it, “Urban culture is the culture. Extreme urbanization, in 2010, 2011, 2012 and far beyond will lead to more sophisticated and demanding consumers around the world.” And demanding consumers lead to innovation.
http://trendwatching.com/briefing/#urbany
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.
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 [...]
