The Blogger Interview Series 2011
This Summer we present a series of short interviews here on Pop-Up City, which emerged from our profound fascination with other blogs, the people behind them, and all (often unpaid) efforts that go into it. We invited a number of our favorite bloggers to answer six questions not only about their passion for blogging, but also their […]
From Hacking To Trust: An Interview With Scott Burnham
A few weeks ago, during our experience in Milan, I had the chance to talk with Scott Burnham in the context of an open conversation on design organized by the Design Academy Eindhoven. The theme of the meeting was Trust, the title of the latest research project run by Premsela and Archis, which you can […]
The Everyday Face Of Urban Art: An Interview With Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada
A few weeks ago, I had the chance to visit a conference of Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, a Cuban artist who lives in New York City and Barcelona. He started his career in the early nineties creating art on the streets, and starting the New York City Culture Jamming Movement along with the artist group Artfux. While in […]
The Future In The Present
John Jordan — artist practicing the art of engagement. Writer and editor. Co-director of interdisciplinary artistic group Platform. One of co-founders of Reclaim the Streets movement (RTS; set up in 1991 in London) that quickly became a global phenomenon. Co-created Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army and Climate Camps. Marta Żakowska: As an artist working with […]
Five Questions To Reinier De Graaf (OMA)
The famous annual multidisciplinary conference TED is spreading across the globe. As of 2010, so-called TEDx events have been held in over 60 countries. Under the slogan ‘somethink completely different’ TEDxRotterdam took place on Friday June 4 at the New Luxor Theater, featuring twelve hours of performances and ‘ideas worth spreading’ from some 30 designers, […]
Klaus Overmeyer On The Importance Of Urban Pioneers
In 2007, Overmeyer published a book called Urban Pioneers, in which he wanted to emphasise the strategic importance of temporary use projects for urban development. "Space pioneers open up new development prospects at disused sites that defy the bounds of traditional urban planning." Pop-Up City went to Berlin and talked with Klaus Overmeyer about urban pioneers, temporary strategies and urban developments in the German capital.
