post: Design
Our streets aren’t safe for children
This is Part I of a two part blog series about how children and how they travel are negatively impacted by car-dependent beliefs, policy, and design in New Zealand. Part I covers these negative impacts and Part II will explore how we can change them. E...
Paysages sonores, une culture écoutante complexe et indisciplinée
Penser, raconter et construire des paysages sonores, cela implique pour moi de croiser, mixer, hybrider des approches, des savoir-faire, des récits, des imaginaires, des choses tangibles et immatérielles, des affects et raisonnements…Cette posture personnelle, ébauchée, en chantier, souvent répétée, tripatouillée, ressassée, nourrit et stimule une soif de mieux comprendre et d’expérimenter des écoutes multiples. Ces […]
PePaSon, des ressources pédagogiques autour du paysage sonore
` Formé en Juin 2020, le collectif PePaSon rassemble des passionné.e.s de son et de pédagogie, amateur.e.s ou professionnel.le.s. issus de tous les milieux : De l’acoustique, de l’art, du design, de l’urbanisme, des sciences naturelles, des sciences sociales, de l’enseignement … Et bien plus encore !! Le collectif a été créé afin de favoriser la … Continuer à lire ... "PePaSon, des ressources pédagogiques autour du paysage sonore"
Art – Kolkata woman takes lessons from 70-day walk for design – Telegraph India
The journey, spanning 1,700km and six states, saw Gita Balakrishnan tread swathes of mainland India in searing summer heat Source: Art – Kolkata woman takes lessons from 70-day walk for design – Telegraph India
How a Human-Centered Approach to Art and Emotions Reimagines the Museum Experience.
In the May meeting of Museum Mindshare, our community gathered to share creative engagement projects that we were proud to have created for museum audiences. You can read a summary of major themes we discussed here. This month, we will feature short re...
Review in Bücherrundschau
This year’s „Bücherrundschau“ by Herbert Pardatscher-Bestle mentions my book “Landschaften auf den Grund gehen” as “compelling and valuable”. Great to see that people are inspired by experimenting with walking as practise of design research and practis...
The 99% Invisible City: Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design | Urbanist
From the creators of WebUrbanist and 99% Invisible comes a new beautifully designed and illustrated guide to cities. In their New York Times best-selling book, The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide… Source: The 99% Invisible City: Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design | Urbanist
New publication: Tools for Designing Riverscapes Co-creatively. Walk! Find Typologies! Design Spatial Visions!
Successfully transforming riverscapes depends on regional cooperation and transdisciplinary collaboration. Spurred on by the European Water Framework Directive, many European regions are working on improving the ecological quality of rivers and reshaping the adjacent landscapes. So, planning teams consisting of landscape architects, urban planners, architects and ecologists work on integrated strategies for designing sustainable riverscapes. […]
The Political Possibility of Sound. Interview with Salomé Voegelin • Digicult | Digital Art, Design and Culture
What are the political potentials of listening? How does sound define the crossing of the territories of contemporaneity, of the differences in race, gender, social belonging? Salomé Voegelin continues her analysis on listening practices in her new book. Interview by Leandro Pisano Source: The Political Possibility of Sound. Interview with Salomé Voegelin • Digicult
Walk with me! How walking inspires designing
The new book “Design Research for Urban Landscapes” is out there now! It addresses in particular PhD Students and advisors telling success stories of integrating design research into PhDs. My chapter “Walk with me! How walking inspire...
Save the Date: Book launch “Design Research for Urban Landscapes – Theories and Methods”
A team of Studio Urbane Landschaften will introduce the new book “Design Research for Urban Landscapes – Theories and Methods”, on August 27, 2019 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. We are especially proud to announce the expert on science ...
A Wander is not a Slog 2018-01-21 10:48:21
A wander is not a slog, it is ‘a metaphor for design’. It is an improvisation dictated by sets of constraints and filled with impromptu choices. It is a game we play in the landscape. The starting and ending points (presumably home), the terrain and weather, the temperaments and desires of the walker or walkers, the […]
“Walk the valley. Design the valley.”
Teaching at summerschool “Update Wolfach”: Students from different disciplinary backgrounds met in the lovely black forest Kirnbach-valley for 9 days and found designs for landscapes of the future. I contributed with my experiences on walking and designing. The summerschool was organised by Prof. Gothe (KIT), Prof. Antje Stokman (Uni Stuttgart), Prof. Dr. Küster (LUH, Hannover), […]
Art Deco in Abergavenny/Dead dogs
I was able to use Dirty Protest's Cardiff performance of my play Mae Ben wedi marw (tr. Ben is dead) as cover for a trip to Abergavenny to see their 24-carat branch of Burtons. These panoramic views are anomalous as the building is in fact apical. T...
