Politics

Enabling new possibilities of civic engagement through technology Jennifer Pahlka and Code for America (CfA).

We keep the grand monuments and the recognizable symbols as warnings. But there’s a lost story in the stuff that gets thrown out.

The history of toilets is the history of humanity. It’s abundant with good intention but it’s messy and it stinks. And despite every great civilization’s best efforts to solve the fecal problem, we still can’t quite get it right.

A creative Berliner looking for a challenge also finds community in post-revolutionary Egypt where chaos is but one story among many.

Why would an established writer with a penchant for creativity move to Singapore? Because while New York may call itself ‘the capital of the world,’ for Fredrik Härén, Singapore is the world.

As creativity becomes, arguably, the most valuable resource, city planners do their best to cultivate creative neighbourhoods where innovation can thrive. However, there is more to cultivating creativity than building coffee shops and craft supply stores.

Faced with limited time, money, space and material, it becomes paramount that we act deftly when it matters most; but first we’ll have to hone our ability to make good decisions together.

Lately, Moscow’s public spaces have been showing a new hipster swagger. But is a high-minded approach to urbanism masking a darker politics beneath?

“Defensive architecture” is a term used to describe design features that are intended to restrict the use of space to a narrow set of activities that are approved by the owner.