In case anyone is interested in attending the conference on Eco-Cities and Ecological Engineering solutions:

From the conference program:
Our world is approaching a phase where several resources will become scarce at the same time: energy, nutrients, water availability, space…

A new take on cities as playgrounds has come in form of a new app called Chromaroma.
You can track your London public transport journey in technicolor visualizations, earning points for each trip – all you need to do is swipe your oyster card. YOu can play with friends and even compete against them. You can ‘capture’ stations and complete missions….are you ready?

We have been busy with writing our guide and it is finally ready to show it off to the world!

50 City Adventures and Walks – ANY CITY, ANYWHERE:
It’s time to throw away the boring guide books and be creative. You may be new to a city, have visited a city many times or even lived or worked in a city for all your life. This guide is for anyone interested in creating their own adventures, seeing things differently and finding unique insights into an urban space.

The Ogilvy Digital Innovation Lab are doing a GamesDay and we are one of the exhibitors at their event – check it out here

what a great show! Tunnel 228 is a collaboration between Kevin Spacey, Artistic Director, The Old Vic; Punchdrunk; and the Young Vic…free tickets for the show were snapped up faster than you could log onto the site...there are rumours to bring the show back later this year for an extended period

Explore the world of Hatton Garden, and play to win a piece of bespoke jewellery worth £1,000, designed and made especially for you by the jewellers of Hatton Garden. From 11 to 13 June 2009, the Hatton Garden Festival, will offer an exclusive behind-the-scenes insight into London’s famous jewellery centre We have teamed up with Hidden Cities, producers of the Hatton Garden Trail and Festival and the jewellers of Hatton Garden to offer an exciting way to explore Hatton Garden, with th

Wallstreet journal has run an article on mega-cities and how the rapid population growth is providing significant challenges for city governance.

Wandering-Geography is a project created by artist Niharika Hariharan – her blog and website explain the project in the following way:
‘Wandering Geography’ is an online project that presents a platform for people to explore and navigate through the city relying on their own inherent knowledge of self, environment and community. It explores methods of way finding that do not rely on maps, compasses or sat-navs.

Prior to our City&Art conference participation we went urbaneering in Istanbul. We used the star-map tool using the theme of meeting and connecting we urbaneered in Istanbul following our star-map route…these are all the photo’s of our star-sites and the impressions along the way