Tuesday, 23 June 2009
World Future Digital Cities @ Futur en Seine 2009
Here is a short video report by Frank Kresin of Waag (http://www.waag.org/) of the prototype and scenario building work developed during the Digital City event in Paris.
More soon.
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
The International “Futur en Seine” Festival
Futur en Seine is a Festival of the Digital city, a unique cultural, technological and social event taking place between the 29th of May and the 7th of June across Paris and Ile de France region. For ten days, participants will be able to see, touch and interact with innovative technologies and applications, which will be part of daily life in the digital city of the future.
Futur en Seine also presents a pioneering international programme of debates and conferences about the state of cities and digital democracy. On the 5th and 6th of June Lia Ghilardi will be presenting Noema's more recent cultural and urban mapping projects at The Digital City in the Next Five Years Conference.
For the latest updates on the event see: http://www.futur-en-seine.org/en/world-future-digital-city/index.php
Futur en Seine also presents a pioneering international programme of debates and conferences about the state of cities and digital democracy. On the 5th and 6th of June Lia Ghilardi will be presenting Noema's more recent cultural and urban mapping projects at The Digital City in the Next Five Years Conference.
For the latest updates on the event see: http://www.futur-en-seine.org/en/world-future-digital-city/index.php
Monday, 1 June 2009
Testing the benefits of Cultural Planning
Fablevision and the University of Strathclyde have, over the last three years, delivered a CPD course in Cultural Planning methodology aimed at public, private and voluntary sector practitioners. The report compiled by FairPley on behalf of the National Cultural Planning Forum contains an evaluation of both the course and the projects developed in Scotland using the Cultural Planning approach.
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Tuesday, 28 April 2009
City of Norwich Partnership Forum Video
A video of the Cultural Planning Forum event which took place last year is now available and here you can see edited highlights of it. The video includes a "scenario for cultural mapping" exercise and feedback from the participants.
Thursday, 23 April 2009
Get creative with the internet...
This weeks Time magazine business story has some tips for all creatives out there.
They say we are in the midst of a "start up boom" and suggest that there has been no better time than now to start an internet business with only a little seed money. Coining a term, LILO, which stands for "little in, a lot out," they note a new start up model which embodies the innovation principle of fast prototyping. Unlike the dotcom standard of creating an exhaustive business plan to attract investor dollars, the LILO model is that of putting your energy and effort into a quick-start on a shoestring...then thinking about the business plan later.
The Time story offers a 5-point How To guide from Silicon Valley start up expert Paul Graham:
1. Collaboration is king - find partners with skills and talents that complement yours.
2. Look for what's missing or broken in the marketplace - what people will pay for is a solution to a problem.
3. Follow the "fail fast" philosophy - get going quickly, simply and cheaply so you can see what works and what doesn't.
4. Respond/react/revise immediately in response to customers.
5. Be cheap. (Just as well!)
They say we are in the midst of a "start up boom" and suggest that there has been no better time than now to start an internet business with only a little seed money. Coining a term, LILO, which stands for "little in, a lot out," they note a new start up model which embodies the innovation principle of fast prototyping. Unlike the dotcom standard of creating an exhaustive business plan to attract investor dollars, the LILO model is that of putting your energy and effort into a quick-start on a shoestring...then thinking about the business plan later.
The Time story offers a 5-point How To guide from Silicon Valley start up expert Paul Graham:
1. Collaboration is king - find partners with skills and talents that complement yours.
2. Look for what's missing or broken in the marketplace - what people will pay for is a solution to a problem.
3. Follow the "fail fast" philosophy - get going quickly, simply and cheaply so you can see what works and what doesn't.
4. Respond/react/revise immediately in response to customers.
5. Be cheap. (Just as well!)
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
The Helsingborg + Competition
In 2008, the municipality of Helsingborg in the South of Sweden launched a competition for proposals about the regeneration of a large former industrial district in the South of the city. The process adopted for the selection of the winning teams was unique in that it involved the setting up of an Expert Group which worked over the past six months with Helsingborg's key stakeholders to evaluate 5 proposals by different teams.
The Expert Group featured, among others, experts in the public realm (Gehl Architects) and cultural planning (Noema Research and Planning). On the 18th of March the Expert Group delivered their report to the Jury and a decision will be made over the next few weeks.
This 'Open Source' innovative approach to planning is an excellent example of how by drawing on the expertise of professionals from various disciplines civic leaders can deliver quality of life, distinctiveness, sustainability and competitiveness for their cities.
For more information on this ongoing process, contact Hakan Asmoarp, or Kristoffer Nilsson at Helsingborg's Planning Department.
The Expert Group featured, among others, experts in the public realm (Gehl Architects) and cultural planning (Noema Research and Planning). On the 18th of March the Expert Group delivered their report to the Jury and a decision will be made over the next few weeks.
This 'Open Source' innovative approach to planning is an excellent example of how by drawing on the expertise of professionals from various disciplines civic leaders can deliver quality of life, distinctiveness, sustainability and competitiveness for their cities.
For more information on this ongoing process, contact Hakan Asmoarp, or Kristoffer Nilsson at Helsingborg's Planning Department.
Forum for Creative Europe
On Thursday 26 March the Forum for Creative Europe will take place in Prague. Organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in collaboration with European Commission, the conference is one of the main events of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. With over 50 speakers, artists, policy makers and practitioners from Europe and outside the Forum will be an opportunity to make the case for creativity in a world in turmoil.
Lia Ghilardi will be among the speakers and in her presentation she will discuss how cities can be more creative in the way they deal with competitiveness by focusing on their unique DNA defined across urban, social, human and cultural capital.
To follow the Forum live please go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J526Q-Wczbc
www.forumforcreativeeurope.cz/en
Lia Ghilardi will be among the speakers and in her presentation she will discuss how cities can be more creative in the way they deal with competitiveness by focusing on their unique DNA defined across urban, social, human and cultural capital.
To follow the Forum live please go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J526Q-Wczbc
www.forumforcreativeeurope.cz/en
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