Because you are a subscriber to Futurist Update, we thought you might be interested in news on an upcoming book release related to the future and to foresight. Announcing: The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? To be published on March 6, 2014 from Current Books (a …
High-level meeting to discuss potential solutions for transforming cities
For immediate release: Tuesday, August 27 2013 High-level meeting to discuss potential solutions for transforming cities A series of high-level events addressing some of the world’s most critical challenges is being kicked off today with a meeting devoted to the transformation of cities. Organised with the participation …
Placemaking News: Five Essential Elements of a Placemaking Campaign
Forward Follow us Like us Five Essential Elements of a Placemaking Campaign If, as the saying goes, architecture is frozen music, then urban planning is composition, but Placemaking is improvisational street performance. It’s interactive, messy, inclusive, and you can never be quite sure what the result will be–but you …
Satellite technology soon to help planes land in Seattle
A daily briefing of the newest stories on SmartPlanet, five days a week. — Q&A: Michael Jantzen, artist and designer of the built environment For Michael Jantzen, buildings are more than their architecture. His work, ranging from a solar-powered vineyard to a house made of silo roofs, combines art, technology …