Pop-Up City Presents…. Blogging The City!

We have something great to announce. On 4 October, Amsterdam’s creative hub Pakhuis de Zwijger will be setting the stage for Blogging the City, a conference for leading European bloggers of architecture, design and urbanism to meet, discuss, and plan for the 21st city and beyond. It will examine developments and trends of the urban landscape and discuss the role of the Internet in a global and digital world.

Blogging the City serves as an opportunity for the ideas people, the trendsetters, and  the curators of the online world to share their skills and insight of building an online community of modern urbanism. Bloggers and participants can collaborate on using the Internet as a tool of city building while having the chance to sit down together in Amsterdam. As the conference draws closer, expect to learn more about who is attending, what will be discussed, and what Amsterdam has in store for an amazing day. Stay tuned for updates on the program!

PUC × Blogging the City

A Chat With Luc Harings (Ilovenoord)

In advance of Blogging the City, we’re publishing a bunch of short interviews with some of the speakers to get you in the mood. Last one: Luc Harings. On his blog ilovenoord he collects things and places that make you happy in the upcoming district Amsterdam Noord (North Amsterdam). In two years the online and offline community grew into the biggest bottom-up initiative of Amsterdam. The blog’s heart-shaped logo is seen everywhere in the North. Tomorrow, Luc will talk about the role of new media in making a shift from ‘top-down’ thinking to ‘bottom-up’ thinking when it comes to city-making.

A Chat With Martijn De Waal (The Mobile City)

Next week, on Thursday 4 October, we're bringing Europe's finest city, design and culture bloggers to Amsterdam for Blogging the City, a one-day festival where the 'blogosphere' discusses the urban future. Ahead of the event, we'll introduce you to some of our speakers through a series of short interviews. First one is Martijn de Waal, Amsterdam-based journalist and researcher and one of the founders of The Mobile City, a blog run by an independent research group that investigates the influence of digital media technologies on urban life, and the implications for urban design.

A Chat With Wouter Boon (Amsterdam Ad Blog)

We're counting the days to Blogging the City with a series of short interviews with some of Thursday's speakers. Today we publish our chat with advertising strategist and writer Wouter Boon, founder of Amsterdam Ad Blog. Amsterdam Ad Blog is a blog about Amsterdam, its people, and the coolest places in the city that is also known as the world’s Advertising Capital.