Tag Archives: public space

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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Wireless Fireworks

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Tuesday August 31, 2010

In order to communicate with its surroundings, London-based interaction design agency Unit9 has attached an interactive public screen to its building which allows passers-by to fill it with drawings coming…

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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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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 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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Make Art, Not Trash

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Tuesday August 3, 2010

In their battle for salary increase, the garbage men of the city of Amsterdam decided to strike in May. Their actions led to an entire city full of…

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Digital Paint Bombs

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Thursday July 29, 2010

VR/Urban is a Berlin/Glasgow-based collective of ‘public media interventionists’ that works together to create real-time installations. The aim of all their projects is to reclaim urban…

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A Woman’s Answer To Modernism

By Joop de Boer | Published: Thursday July 15, 2010

Under the name of Wild Beamen, Dutch artist Hester Scheurwater has projected images of herself on some post-war apartment blocks in Rotterdam. The work belongs to…

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Follow The Light Signs

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Monday July 5, 2010

As you may know, the mayor of São Paulo has decided to ban all neon ads, billboards and other forms of advertising in public space. The results of the…

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A Jacket For An Empty Shop

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Thursday June 17, 2010

One in eight shops in the United Kingdom currently stand empty. On the one hand it’s the credit crunch that trebled the number of empty shops, on the…

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The NYC Tourist Lane

By Joop de Boer | Published: Tuesday June 15, 2010

To improve the speed on the New York sidewalks and prevent pedestrian accidents Improv Everywhere came up with yet another urban prank. Slow tourists are seperated…

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Pay & Sit: Privatized Benches In Public Space

By Joop de Boer | Published: Friday June 11, 2010

As one of the students participating in an interface design program, Berlin-based artist Fabian Brunsing designed this rather remarkable privatized bench in public space.…

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