NYC Street Trees by Species
Thema: Map of all New York City’s 592,130 Trees. Beschreibung: One can explore the map in two ways: by using the tooltips and zoom function to identify particular trees, or by using the filter option to see the distribution of each species. The option of disabling the base map for a starker, more abstract view … Weiterlesen
Books about Town
Thema: Honouring London’s literary heritage. Beschreibung: The National Literacy Trust is working with Wild in Art to bring Books about Town to the streets of London in summer 2014. Trails of benches shaped as open books, decorated by professional illustrators and local artists, will appear for the public to enjoy. It will be a unique … Weiterlesen
Living Innovation Zones
Thema: Urban innovation. Beschreibung: San Francisco is home to some of the most dynamic people, institutions and corporations on the planet. Its culture celebrates human capital, new modes of thinking, creative expression and a DIY spirit. Yet, walking around the city’s public spaces, there are few monuments or physical expressions of the economic and technological … Weiterlesen
Pop Pop
Thema: A living pedestrian signal. Beschreibung: Pop Pop is a project to re-imagine New York’s Pedestrian Signals — mainly, to see if they can be imbued with personality and emotion that might make daily life a bit more fun and interesting. To do this, Pop Pop is a to-scale, working pedestrian signal that has real … Weiterlesen
Dithyrambalina – Musical Architecture in New Orleans
Thema: Creation of an evolving musical village. Beschreibung: A host of international artists, musicians and inventors are creating Dithyrambalina – a landmark village of musical, playable houses. Invented instruments embedded into the walls, ceilings, and floors of Dithyrambalina’s architecture will support boundary-breaking musical performances and inspire wonder, exploration and invention in visitors of all ages. … Weiterlesen
NYC Grid
Thema: NYC Grid is an exploration and documentation of New York neighborhoods – street by street and block by block. Beschreibung: NYC Grid is a photo blog dedicated to exploring New York block-by-block and corner-by-corner. Each post covers a new street or feature with a focus on the mundane and ephemeral. Ort: New York City, … Weiterlesen
Toronto Places
Thema: Interactive Tourism. Beschreibung: A city is a fluid space, a meshwork of unique stories. It constantly changes and interacts with the people in it. How we perceive it depends on the fragments we get to know in that certain period of time we’re a part of it. It has to do with the interplay … Weiterlesen
Berlin Film Society
Thema: The Berlin Film Society organises monthly cinematic experiences, as well as international ‚pop-up‘ film events. Beschreibung: Each month a specific theme, motif, director, or idea will be explored within the films that are screened. From Director Q&As and retrospectives, to themed culinary experiences and live music events, the Society aims to create a whole … Weiterlesen
Slow Travel Berlin
Thema: Slow Travel encourages people to resist “Fast” Travel – the frustratingly frequent habit of speeding through all the best known landmarks of a city in 24 or 48 hours and then leaving again. Beschreibung: Slow Travel encourages us to slacken our pace, reconsider our motivations (and itineraries) and embrace a “less is more” instead … Weiterlesen
Open House Worldwide
Thema: ‚Open House‘ is a simple but powerful concept: showcasing outstanding architecture for all to experience, completely for free. Beschreibung: Open House initiatives invite everyone to explore and understand the value of a well-designed built environment. Ort: Worldwide Web und Text-/Bildquelle: http://www.openhouseworldwide.org
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