What about this Hot-Dog stand and/or Florist shop in downtown Lund, Sweden. Is this the future? OK, all gas/petrol stations has for decades turned into “conglomerates” selling almost everything – except what you except to buy there. So this is not a new sign or phenomena, but I anyway – is this the right way to [...]
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After the transparancy-kick – Wikileaks heritage
Read my new insight on “Radical Change” at the Dutch trend magazine Second Sight. “Wikileaks gave us a transparency-kick. We, the public, have no way back and we want more. But how will we get it? ‘Wiki’ is a prefix with a liberating identity and connotation, thanks to wikimedia and wikipedia in general. This connotation [...]
Aptus – a “safe” partner
For less than 20 years you didn’t have to lock your door going away from home, at least in small towns in Sweden. Today it’s a must, and in larges cities you have two locks or more… You have to lock everything in or to something to keep it. It’s sad, but it’s the way [...]
DesignBoost 09
Welcome to Designboost in Malmö, Sweden 14-16 October 2009. I will be one of the boosters, that will discuss the theme of this third Designboost venue: Design for Life. Looking forward :-) Looking at the speakers list I really looking forward to listen, discuss and argue about this yeas theme “Design for Life”. So what [...]
Fluent in Dutch?
No, me neither. :D But for those how are can read an article I wrote for the Amsterdam based trend magazine Second Sight’s latest issue 2-2009: KLEINSCHALIGHEID. And you that want the original english version can read below: Local Hero Remember the stubborn fisherman living by the sea in Scotland in the lovely film from [...]
DESIGNBOOST 08
Welcome to Designboost in Malmö, Sweden 15-17 October 2008. I will be one of the boosters, that will discuss the theme of this second Designboost venue: The Sustainable City. Looking forward :-) So what is a “Sustainable City” then? One thing, to start with, is that a sustainable city must be human oriented instead of [...]
