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Archive for June, 2012
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City Transformation Marathon – My day in Tweets!
Posted on June 30, 2012 | No CommentsToday the Lab looked like a UN summit…. Simultaneous translation, translation headsets, bi-lingual presentations, laptops, i-phones, tweeting, facebook’ing, bloggers, journalists, video film crews, photographers, workshops, discussions, brainstorming, conversations, networking and... -
Will future road signs say “Do anything you like”?
Posted on June 29, 2012 | No CommentsLast night Ben Hamilton-Baillie introduced “Street design and place-making – new traffic approaches to traffic engineering, speed, safety and civility”. I first met Ben at a conference in Bristol in... -
Labplatz: In the future will we picnic on a highway?
Posted on June 29, 2012 | 2 CommentsYesterday at the BMW Guggenheim Lab we had Labplatz: a day of transforming car parking spaces into spaces for people which we co-hosted with our local collaborators Innes and Ruben... -
Criteria for ‘dream’ bicycle infrastructure
Posted on June 28, 2012 | No CommentsLast night I hosted a Bicycle Fast Facts ‘Powered by Pecha Kucha’. Here are some of the main findings. Jörg Leben talked about Dream Cycling Infrastructure. His research found that... -
Why your bicycle is like your vacuum cleaner. Just add kids!
Posted on June 27, 2012 | 1 CommentThis week I am the host at the BMW Guggenheim Lab and this afternoon I launched my Dynamic Connections programs. Last week Jose empowered us to ‘make’ our city with technology... -
Cycling: What would you say in 6 minutes 40 seconds?
Posted on June 26, 2012 | No CommentsThis week I’m encouraging everyone to ‘make’ our city with people (Dynamic Connections). I’m inviting, encouraging and enthusing people to “dynamically connect” people and places through dynamic transportation and community connections.... -
This week I’m launching ‘Making’ cities with people. #BGLab
Posted on June 25, 2012 | 1 CommentLast week Jose empowered us to ‘make’ our city with technology (Empowerment Technologies). This week I’m encouraging everyone to ‘make’ our city with people (Dynamic Connections). I’ll be inviting, encouraging... -
Lab Theme 1 – Rachel’s Conclusions – ‘Making’ cities for the future
Posted on June 24, 2012 | No CommentsThese are my 6 personal conclusions of Jose Gomez Marquez “Empowerment Technologies’ programs at the BMW Guggenheim Lab in Berlin 1. Everyone – all of us – can get involved... -
Product Design – Tigers are great because they make soufflé…
Posted on June 23, 2012 | No CommentsI’m live tweeting from a talk by toy and product designer Barry Kudrowitz Children and comedians the most creative… should they help plan and design urban places? More play =... -
Can play and humour innovate our cities?
Posted on June 23, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s Day 7 at the Lab (Saturday 23 June). Today we are experimenting with fun and humour. We’re asking if games can help us innovate cities in the future and...