The Mobile City – Page 15 – Mobile Media and Urban Design

How to Design for ‘Ownership’ rather than for ‘Smart Cities’

How do we design urban technologies that engage and empower ‘publics’ (groups of people) to act on communally shared issues? That is the main theme of a new study (in Dutch) launched by The Mobile City and Virtueel Platform.

February 15, 2012
Cities of the Future

by LAURENT HUBEEK The home page of the Social Cities of Tomorrow website opens with the following statement: “Our everyday lives are increasingly shaped by digital media technologies, from smart cards and intelligent GPS systems to social media and smartphones. How can we use digital media technologies to make our cities more social, rather than just…

February 14, 2012
Kick-starting the future

by ROBIN For a long time the term ‘social city’ has been all talk. The workgroup at the ‘Social Cities of Tomorrow’ conference is a stepping-stone to apply theory to practice. Workshop attendees got together this morning at the ‘Arcam’ (Stichting Architectuurcentrum Amsterdam) building to work out how to solve real-world problems. The workshop is attended by designers, urban planners, architects, hackers…

February 14, 2012
Ticket update (12/02/13) Conference Sold Out, tickets for pre-conference events still available

The international conference Social Cities of Tomorrow is sold out. You can use the form on our tickets-page to add yourself to the waiting list. We will contact you if ticket becomes available. There are still tickets available for our pre-conference events: Trust Design #4 Feb 15 18:00-19:00 in collaboration with Premsela Institute: launch of ‘Trust Design #4′ (ARCAM,…

February 13, 2012
Ownership in the hybrid city: themes and examples (part 2)

A while ago our study ‘Ownership in the Hybrid City’ was published. The study, written in collaboration with Virtueel Platform, informs the event Social Cities of Tomorrow (14 − 17 Feb 2012). In the study we explore how digital media can strengthen ‘ownership’, that is, citizen engagement with collective urban issues and the capacity to…

February 13, 2012
Ownership in the hybrid city: themes and examples (part 2)

A while ago our study ‘Ownership in the Hybrid City’ was published. The study, written in collaboration with Virtueel Platform, informs the upcoming event Social Cities of Tomorrow (14 − 17 Feb 2012). At this moment the study is being translated into English. In the study we explore how digital media can strengthen ‘ownership’, that…

February 13, 2012
Our shortlist: more ‘Social Cities’-Showcases

At Social Cities of Tomorrow, we will feature 12 showcases. All of them make use of urban media in an innovative way and their initiators will share their ambitions as well as their ‘lessons learned.’ We did received far more than 12 interesting proposals, and our jury was impressed by the quality of many of these submissions.…

February 10, 2012
Background-Interview with keynote speaker Dan Hill

Our great Social Cities-intern Margot van der Kroon conducted this highly recommended interview with keynote speaker Dan Hill. 1. What are your main tasks as Strategic Design Lead at Sitra, and what kind of issues are challenging you in particular? I’m one of a four person team of designers (I’m an interaction designer by trade,…

February 8, 2012
Ownership in the hybrid city: themes and examples (part 1)

A while ago our study ‘Ownership in the Hybrid City’ was published. The study, written in collaboration with Virtueel Platform, informs the upcoming event Social Cities of Tomorrow (14 − 17 Feb 2012). At this moment the study is being translated into English (more soon). In the study we explore how digital media can strengthen…

February 6, 2012
Background reading: ‘applying a web 2.0 approach to urban issues’

Michiel de Lange and Cathy Brickwood are discussing the conference themes in a highly recommended interview at the website of Virtueel Platform. (Unfortunately, it’s only available in Dutch). You can read the interview on the Virtueel Platform website.

February 5, 2012
Less than 20 percent of tickets left. Order yours Now!

Just a brief update from the box-office. Two weeks before the conference takes off, more than 80 percent of seats are taken. That means that (as of 4/2/2012) there’s only 40 tickets or so left (and counting down), so make sure to reserve your seat asap!

February 5, 2012
Workshop section website updated

The workshop section of the event website has been updated with separate pages, including the four cases, the programme, an overview of selected participants, external experts available during the workshop, and practical information. Visit the workshop section of this website >>

January 28, 2012