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Trends in Urban Mobility

Autoreview -re-edited public transit style

What are the trends in urban mobility? How does the future look when it comes to office life and its impact on car mobility?

81 Impressions of the Global South: lecture Feb. 23

For our past New Year’s card we have chosen nine topics and nine cities that together offer 81 impressions of the Global South.

Elementary Experiences exhibition at Studio Groen+Schild

The exhibition Elementary Experiences will open on March 1st and will be open to the public on the consecutive Fridays of March 2012 at the office of (interior) architecture Studio Groen+Schild in Deventer the Netherlands.

Experience Management

Milan's new Armani Hotel

In January I teach Experience Management to retail design students at the Rotterdam Piet Zwart Institute. In a short radio interview with Amsterdam FM I discussed the state of the experience economy almost 15 years afters its inception:

Air time: What way up for the city?

What way up for the city?

Last week I spoke on local radio station AmsterdamFM on urban trends and developments in Amsterdam and other cities. What is happening on the waterfront? Where do cities find inspiration? What does the rise of Global South mean for them? But also a reflection on the practice of predicting trends itself. In Dutch only, here is the link.

Arles + Avignon: A is for art's sake

Arles and Avignon; the two charming cities in the South of France are more than worth a visit for art's sake this Summer and early Fall. Arles is home to the yearly Rencontres d'Arles photo festival spanning the whole city. I was impressed by my first visit, while Avignon grand city of the Provence and the Pope in early times has a richness of art collections old and young. Here follow the best some tips for a visit to both cities.