Future Visions

Rob Adams: balancing density + quality of life
21 June 2010
Rob Adams: balancing density + quality of life

Rob Adams presents a plan for increas­ing dens­ity and improv­ing qual­ity of life in Mel­bourne, Aus­tralia: the good news is that major change can be gentle, and that the future looks familiar.

Show Us Your City: Neo-Urban Planner
30 March 2010
Show Us Your City: Neo-Urban Planner

Mark Salvatus says Manila is cry­ing out for rein­ven­tion at a town-planning level — a rein­ven­tion which is too import­ant to leave to the plan­ners — and which requires input from all it’s residents.

Living Light: Seoul’s smart city shelter
17 December 2009
Living Light: Seoul’s smart city shelter

Liv­ing Light uses hi-tech know-how to illus­trate one of the most basic ele­ments of human life — the qual­ity of the air we breathe — and to engage with people near and far.

Sleepless in Seoul: 48-hour Inclusive Design Challenge
1 December 2009

50 design­ers from more than 10 coun­tries got together dur­ing the Seoul Design Olympiad to develop inclus­ive think­ing and to meet a big chal­lenge — design­ing for leis­ure, pleas­ure and social inter­ac­tion for all.

Lonely in a crowd? Social Inclusion Week
27 November 2009
Lonely in a crowd? Social Inclusion Week

Some­times, in a big city, an indi­vidual can feel that they’re walk­ing alone in a sea of strangers. Social Inclu­sion Week aims to address the issue of social frag­ment­a­tion through fun shared experiences.

Growing up under street lights
24 November 2009
Growing up under street lights

For almost 50,000 young people in Aus­tralia, the streets serve as home, school and play­ground. Youth Off The Streets con­nect with young city dwell­ers to show them they’re not invisible.