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Tag Archives: design
Have You Ever Heard of Lucius Burckhardt?
By Renard Teipelke Usually the length of a person’s English Wikipedia article indicates how far their global reach has been. In the case of the Swiss urban planning critic Lucius Burckhardt (1925-2003) I have to assume that his reach beyond … Continue reading
Posted in pick of the day, research
Tagged architecture, automobile, book review, building, construction, critic, design, environment, housing, local politics, Lucius Burckhardt, Place Management, public space, role, stakeholder, strollology, Switzerland, symbol, theory, transport, urban planning, welfare
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Doing Things Differently: Often Said, Rarely Done
By Renard Teipelke How often have you experienced it? You are part of a team that sits around a table, in the background ideally a flipchart or whiteboard. Everyone is full of ideas about the new project. There is excitement … Continue reading
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Tagged airport, alternative, architecture, business, client, creativity, design, new, project management, sustainability, Thailand
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Ugly as the (Not So) Logical Norm?
By Renard Teipelke Take a look at the above picture. What do you see? A high-rise building, residential or mix-used. Is it an architectural icon? Well, it probably passes as “ugly” or at least “generic” in most readers’ view. There … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, density, design, housing, investment, market, metropolises, regulations, standards, sustainability, urban fabric
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Nemona: Integration through fashion in Neukölln, Berlin
by Claudia Rojas This article is the second of a series that analyzes Nemona – Network for fashion designers and seamstresses -, in which we present stories of integration in Neukölln around fashion production. As we have written before, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, design, fashion, gender, immigration, NEMONA, Network, Neukölln, Turkish, women
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Nemona: an urban analysis
by Claudia Rojas Are we helping to create a better neighbourhood or are we dispensable in its development? This is a question that we ask ourselves when analysing city development projects like Nemona. Nemona is a project that fosters a … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, creative economy, design, fashion, NEMONA, Neukölln, urban regeneration
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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
Posted in opinions, research
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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Cultural Flagship Projects – Part I
by Renard Teipelke In the next weeks, I will contribute a series of articles on cultural flagship projects to this blog.* Since Kenneth Wardrop and other authors have already written about British and Scottish cities reinventing themselves through branding their … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, branding, Creative Cities, Creative Class, creative economy, cultural flagship, culture, design, economic development, Image, MENA, Place Branding, Place Development, Place Identity, urban planning, urban regeneration
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Alternative Mapping – Another Type
By Renard Teipelke In my last article, I wrote about alternative mapping. I referred to somewhat ‘weird’ maps showing France illustrated by various wines or the London underground presented as 100 years of music. My main arguments were that these … Continue reading
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Tagged actor-network theory, augmented reality, Cochoy, design, geography, Image, mapping, Place Identity, Place Marketing, serendipity, urban space
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Alternative Mapping
by Renard Teipelke This article is about maps. If you are thinking back to geography classes in school or your last trip with a roadmap, you will be misled. There has always been more to maps, more in maps, and … Continue reading
Nation Brands Index 2011, U-S-A!
Guest Article by Efe Sevin Today, I went to the press conference organized by the Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brands Index (NBI) to unveil their latest survey, NBI 2011. With the United States being at the top of the list third … Continue reading
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Tagged anholt, construct validity, data, design, gfk, gfk roper, measurement, nation branding, nation brands index, nbi, Place Branding, power, research, triangulation
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