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Monthly Archives: February 2012
‘Made in Germany’ in times of globalisation
by Hans Pul ‘Made in Germany’ stands for quality products, for top-notch engineering. For world-class cars, machines, dish washers, etcetara. The reputation of German products as quality products is very valuable for the German economy as a whole. German companies eagerly … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellicon, EU, German quality, Germany, globalisation, Made in Germany, place of origin, place of production, product quality, production processes, Volkswagen
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Potsdam’s shopping street management on its quest for private organization
by Valentin Schipfer Together with die raumplaner Inpolis will introduce a concept to continue the shopping street management for Potsdam’s historic city center and for Babelsberg. After having conducted several stakeholder interviews, Inpolis is in the phase of research and … Continue reading
Swiss label stimulates municipalities to improve energy policy
by Hans Pul Energiestadt Flawil, Energiestadt Bern, Energiestadt Zürich: Greenwashing or is there substance behind these claims? This blogpost introduces the Energiestadt label (“energy city”), a Swiss label certificated by an organisation with the same name. The organisation is occupied with … Continue reading
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Tagged benchmark, Bern, best practice, cité de l'énergie, città dell'energia, communicating energy policy, communication, community, EEA, Energiestadt, energy policy, european benchmark, European Energy Award, European Energy Award Gold, know-how, label, logo, municipal energy policy, municipality, sustainability, sustainable, Switzerland, Zurich
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8 Intriguing Examples of Pop-up Urbanism
by Valentin Schipfer I’d say no. There even exists a specific blog – where I found most of my inspiration for this entry – and a recently published book on this type of urban interventions. They are taking place in … Continue reading
Posted in opinions, pick of the day
Tagged Absolute Blue, Alexandra Pulver, Boxpark, Cineroleum, East London, Electrolux, Enzi, Enzis, Hovercraft, Loose Affiliates, Museumquarter, Park Associati, Picnurbia, Plastique-Fantastique, Pop-up lunch bag, pop-up mall, pop-up urbanism, PPAG architects, public realm, public space, Raumlabor, the cube, urban interventions, Vancouver, Vienna, Waugh Thisleton Architects
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Strengths and weaknesses of the SWOT tool for place-related analysis
by Ares Kalandides I am sure most of us have already used some kind or other of a SWOT model to analyse something. In my business it is often used as an analytical tool to understand “places”, where they stand … Continue reading
Urbaninform: Giving a Voice to Best-Practices from Informal Cities
by Valentin Schipfer Having introduced a blog on Rio de Janeiro’s favelas in my last post, I’ll present another new web-tool which serves as a communication channel for places, namely UrbanInform.net. It gives a voice to social investments in urban … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, city planning, informal settlement, Kenya, kibera, kibera public space project, kounkuey design initiative, nairobi, online-tool, Place Branding, self-organizing community, slum upgrading, social entrepreneurship, social place branding, sustainabiliy, urbaninform, urbaninform.net, web 2.0, web-tool
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A Timid Network of Towns: Cittaslow
by Ares Kalandides I have only been to Trani once. That was about five years ago during a trip around Puglia, which I still consider to be one of the most beautiful Italian provinces. Trani is a small port of … Continue reading
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Tagged authenticity, cittàslow, globalization, Herzbruck, identity, Network, sense of place, slow city, slow food, Trani
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Cultural Flagship Projects – Part II
by Renard Teipelke In my first article on cultural flagship projects*, I tried to conceptualize the topic. Now, I will connect the flagship idea ‘Western style’ with the Middle Eastern North African (MENA) region. My last article will deal with … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Dhabi, Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, branding, Cairo, Creative Cities, Creative Class, creative economy, cultural flagship, culture, Damascus, design, economic development, Image, MENA, Muscat, Oman, opera house, Place Branding, Place Development, Place Identity, Saddiyat Island, Syria, urban planning, urban regeneration
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Holland Art Cities: cooperation as competitive advantage
by Hans Pul Especially since the Place Branding Conference of last month, the concepts competition and cooperation have been the theme of some recent posts on this blog*. In this post I will follow-up on this topic and discuss some aspects … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, art, art museum, campaign, case, cities, competition, cooperation, exclusion, Holland, Holland Art Cities, Holland.com, marketing campaign, museum, museums, nation branding campaign, NBTC, Netherlands, Place Branding, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht
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