Category Archives: Headline

Become A Part Of The Pop-Up City

By Joop de Boer | Published: Thursday September 2, 2010

The Pop-Up City is busy building a brand new website. Besides that, we’re extending the editorial board. We’re looking for clever, inspired and up-to-date editors that like to write about…

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CityCamp In Public Space

By Joop de Boer | Published: Thursday September 2, 2010

Recently the Dutch town of Castricum was been changed into a temporary open air campsite. Between August 19 and August 29, camping was made possible all over the place —…

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Zuidas Pleasure Landscape

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Sunday August 29, 2010

The economic crisis has led to delays in further development of Amsterdam’s new business district and second city center, the Zuidas (South Axis). But what to do with…

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Amsterdam Dresses Up

By Joop de Boer | Published: Saturday August 28, 2010

We’d like to share some pictures of Liesbet Bussche’s graduation project at the Rietveld Art Academy in Amsterdam. The Belgian jewelry designer has transformed…

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Wheel Chair Beach: Nice!

By Joop de Boer | Published: Friday August 27, 2010

The city of Nice takes well care of the disabled. Here at the city’s central beach, I spotted this special section kept for visitors in wheel chairs. For them it…

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Freiburg’s Tolerance Pillar

By Joop de Boer | Published: Wednesday August 25, 2010

Since 2009 the city of Freiburg in South Germany has a tolerance zone. On the Augustinerplatz in the center of the city, a perplex pillar spreads colorful light…

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The Remarkable Electric Vehicles Of Spijkstaal

By Joop de Boer | Published: Monday August 23, 2010

What would our vehicle landscape look like without the ongoing inventions of the Dutch company Spijkstaal? Here we would like to shed a light on the…

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Blind Date Swingers Club

By Joop de Boer | Published: Thursday August 19, 2010

The Blind Date Swingers Club probably has the best name for a club night. In fact the BDSC is a Berlin-based club with an ever-changing location…

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Supermarket Skate Lane

By Joop de Boer | Published: Wednesday August 18, 2010

After having introduced The Fun Theory (with the brilliant piano stairs), Volkswagen now comes up with another interesting action which speeds up life a little: the…

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The Pop-Up Lunch Bag

By Joop de Boer | Published: Monday August 16, 2010

Some time ago we already paid attention to the great and inventive Pop-Up Lunch initiative by New York-based Alexandra Pulver. She changes public urban…

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Monaco’s Vertical Infrastructure

By Joop de Boer | Published: Friday August 13, 2010

Monaco breathes luxury. It is not only a tax avoider’s paradise and therefore home of many rich and famous, the city also has the most luxury infrastructure for pedestrians I’ve…

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Genoa’s Augmented Reality Light Signs

By Joop de Boer | Published: Thursday August 12, 2010

Yesterday we discussed the effort of cities to do something about too much commercial expressions in their streets. We concluded that most cities find it very…

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DIY Guerilla City Advertising

By Joop de Boer | Published: Wednesday August 11, 2010

Cities often try to find solutions against the excess of advertising in public space. Shop owners and entrepreneurs are forbidden to have light signs or banners that affect…

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The Transcendent City

By Joop de Boer | Published: Wednesday August 11, 2010

Richard Hardy, a recent graduate from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, has produced a couple of very interesting movies exploring the future of our cities. This…

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Addicted To Health

By Joop de Boer | Published: Tuesday August 10, 2010

In contrast to what’s mostly argued about light signs in public space, I truly believe in their attribution to the urban lay-out. Light signs give valuable information when 

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