Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
Here are this week’s Friday Faves…enjoy! Dutch Landscapes – Mishka Henner analyzes the peculiarly (or predictably?!) stylistic method of censorship employed by the Dutch on its sensitive sites on Google Earth imagery, “imposing bold, multi-coloured polygons…rather than the subtler and more standard techniques employed in other countries. The result is a landscape occasionally punctuated by … Read more
Networked Society short film: Thinking Cities
Check out Ericsson’s latest Networked Society short film, which deals with one of the biggest societal trends today: urbanization. Thinking Cities explores the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in the Networked Society. Some of the world’s leading city-thinkers are interviewed for the film, including Geoffrey West, physicist and professor at Santa Fe Institute; Mathieu Lefevre … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
Detroit Wild City – This documentary on the boom-and-bust story of the Motor City promises for its focus on people rather than ruins. Amidst talk of urban agriculture and a return to pastoralism, what futures might actually be possible for places like Detroit? Here’s the trailer. South Africa: From Township to Town – Design Observer’s … Read more
Friday Faves! 5 Things to Watch and Read
In our new Friday Faves series, we’ll be serving up some of the latest and greatest urbanism goodies to watch and read. Here are this weeks picks! Urbanized, the new documentary on the design of cities, from the director of Helvetica and Objectified, Gary Hustwit. Yurbanism’s ABC’s of Urbanism covering a range of urban theories … Read more
