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Call: Science Slam on Sustainable Cities

You are young, interested in questions of urban sustainability and studying or working in a related field? You are interested in getting to know people from the same field in an intellectually challenging atmosphere, surrounded by the beautiful scenery of the Austrian mountain village Alpbach? You dare to step up in front of them and tell them about your own ideas and projects? 

http://www.alpbach.org/index.php?id=1931

 

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San Diego Source > Commentary > Tijuana eyes UNESCO Creative City status

Inna Panchuk writing in the San Diego Source about the 2012 Tijuana Innovadora Conference, where I was able to speak about Cities' Creative and Cultural development.

Tijuana Innovadora 2012 Martin Krammer's lecture

I was able to speak about creativity and the possibilities for sustainable cultural urban development at the 2012' edition of Tijuana Innovadora along with speakers such prominent as Paola Antonelli, Ada Yonath, Richard Florida, Carlo Ratti, et al.

CALL FOR PROJECTS - Underconstructions

Underconstructions is a unique opportunity to promote innovation in the fields of architecture and urban planning within Europe.

CITY OF (OPEN) DESIGN - A PRO

Sure, being a Grazer by birth or by learning, you somehow get used to being disappointed time and again. All the same, I am optimistic about the City of Design. Why?

City of Design is not a lot of the things you might expect. It is not a festival, it has no end, no gigantic budget, no City of Design boss, and, in truth, it isn't even a title.

City of Design is an invitation by UNESCO and an ensuing commitment. It is an obligation to reflect on one's own city and to develop projects suited to improving the lives of people living in the city with lasting effect. One of the basic conditions is to share this experience with other cities and perhaps even to develop other, joint projects.

Calling for Power of Design in Action - Help Japan

Call for Entries

Power of Design in Action

Japan Earthquake Relief

The competition is calling for ideas that would contribute to long-term relief, recovery and rebuilding efforts from social designers around the world. It appeals you to think about how it can put the true power of design into action.

Here’s a great story from Japan. The City of Kobe experienced a big earthquake in 1995, which devastated the city and resulted in the loss of 6,000 of its citizens. The city has since made a complete recovery, and based on what was learned from their experiences, they have launched a social design project called “issue plus design” commemorating their recognition as a UNESCO City of Design, which was bestowed upon them in 2008, as part of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network.

DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD REDUX

 

 

 

Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical in the truest sense. It must dedicate itself to...maximum diversity with minimum inventory...or doing the most with the least. These prescient words were written 40 years ago by Viennese-born designer and  thinker Victor J. Papanek and published in his influential book Design for the Real World. While many have been inspired by Papanek's plea for responsible and humane design, many more have ignored it. Yet as we face unparalleled social, economic, and environmental challenges, Papanek's words are more timely and urgent than ever.

City of Graz announced UNESCO City of Design!

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Public Design Festival 2011, Milano - Call for projects

Call for projects for Public Design Festival edition 2011 (deadline January, 31st)

We call young designers, architects and project makers from all over the world to submit ideas, projects, solutions and services to work on public space in our city.

After two editions of Duepercinque Competition, the call for projects for Public Design Festival changes its structure. We are not asking for parking lot- size projects anymore (2x5mt), we are looking for site specific projects, to distribute all over the city of Milan, from the city centre to the suburbs. Services, urban furniture and solutions for a better quality urban living. We are looking for projects that may last after the event.

We will concentrate on four main areas of town that we wish to shape with public interventions:

• in Garibaldi, the big empty space of Cavalcavia Bussa
• in Lambrate the unfriendly places near the station and the biggest sheltered open space in town, under the bridge of the ring road in Via Rubattino
• in Porta Romana the open spaces of Cascina Cuccagna, a farmstead from the 18th century in the city centre of Milan
• the square in front of Cadorna Railway Station, heart of the city, place where the audience of Salone del Mobile can meet the people of Milan

Read the call for projects
Read the description of the places