shweeb, http://www.project10tothe100.com/index.html

if it’s really that easy that people get motivated to use the stairs instead of the escalator every city should copy a pair of them.
to keep on mind when leaving the subway people want to exit as quickly as possible, over crowded exits wont be appreciated so we want to see just a few of them. an other idea is to use the energy that is created by stepping on the steps to power the lighting system or even the escalator next to it. i like the idea of powering the escalator, which means when there are not enough people composing music by stepping on the white and black steps the escalator wont work >> easy as that >> comes back to the equality we have in our cities.

i  love to see the faces on the youtube video when the people totally surprised start to enjoy the urban piano. reclaim the streets and have fun in your city is the best way to actively participate in urban life!

not to forget that this ‘best PLAY practice’ works on a small, surprising scale and not in masses.

initiated by: http://www.thefuntheory.com/

back to the roots:

the idea is taken from the cages, situated on the public spaces around the world- you will find them anywhere. from Tokyo to Shanghai, Dubai to Belgrade, Lagos to Sao Paulo ……… these wired framed boxes triggered and solved plenty of sport and physical conflicts.

it´s an interesting idea from Cebra to hang them above the ground level, make them exclusive for the once invited to use them.
as they will be animated from an extensive school in Copenhagen we wish them all the best- BUT

let us play the devils advocate: “as real as it gets!”
dear sweet, innocent children of Denmark: “don´t missuse the cages for your personal perpose or it will get bloody”!

UFC

the last point I want to make is the impact a global player like Nike can add to that. imagine they rent out, buy, squat…… the building and organize their “Copenhagen building attack vertical” in this cages. instead of occupying ‘Bolzplätze’ around the city like they did in Berlin a couple of years ago they could host them in a single building! the cages just have to be big enough…….
of course, the same counts for the UFC.

I am curious. to me this cages seem to have much more potential than the designers thought about!’

check their website   Cebra     Denmark

more of  Derek Sivers

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the oposit may also be true

kldkfgfdölkg

these two good-looking architects named superwoman and superman received the most important award in architecture.
The Pritzker Architecture Prize

what to say (?)

_ WE LOVE Y=U, we admire you, we want to see more of your concepts, buildings and long live the empress and emperor of Japan ->> SANAA

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“keine Fotos- ich bin google”

….. big brother found a  way to observe paris.

the largest image on earth. at least for the next weeks. it works like the towers/ buildings. there is always  one higher than the other one ( temporary)  and then the next one appears————> I am curious how long it will take to see the first terapixel image.

the image above was  found by opening the website the first time and hitting the turtle with my first shot.
would be cool to find some more of this creatures. 10 easter-eggs hidden in total. Now it remains 9 others… …….

let us know if you get one. send us the image and we will post it on
http://informalspaceproduction.wordpress.com

see the gigantic picture:

http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html

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check also that:
http://informalspaceproduction.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/lostagain-in-translation/
Dubai lost the competition, so far. let´s see what the sheiks will serve us next.

Being interested in street art, one can always choose between millions of links for getting informed. Here’s another one: http://www.ekosystem.org/
“Ekosystems” offers a huge gallery with “graffiti posters stickers trains street art urban stencils”  from spots from all over the world, daily news on this themes aswell as a forum. Very useful is the “photo search”. And of course there’s even more links…

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,678294,00.html