The Metropol Parasol project was part of the redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacíon, designed by J. MAYER H. Architects, this project becomes the new icon for Seville, a place of identification and to articulate Seville's role as one of the world´s most fascinating cultural destinations.
http://www.yatzer.com/Metropol-Parasol-The-World-s-Largest-Wooden-Structure-J-MAYER-H-ArchitectsProfessor Andy McKinlay introduces Discourse Analysis as a useful research methodology. This link is from The LIS (Library and Information Science) Research Coalition's website.
http://lisresearch.org/dream-project/dream-event-2-workshop-tuesday-25-october-2011/dream-event-2-introduction-to-discourse-analysis/All Visual Arts (AVA) was founded in 2007 by gallerist and writer Joe la Placa and Mike Platt, CEO of Bluecrest Capital Management. Both a private art collection and an active force within the contemporary art world, the organization represents at present seven artists as well as engaging in direct commissions with leading and emerging artists around the world.
http://www.allvisualarts.org/PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites citizens everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good.
http://parkingday.org/Eight lectures are now available online. Nigel Cross - Creative Thinking in Design, Nigel Cross - Understanding Design Thinking, Wendy Wong - Chinese Graphic Design History in Greater China SInce 1979, Keith Russell - Chocolate Bread, Sacred Rice: Continental Ways of Looking at Things
Judith Gregory - Activity Theory as a "Trading Zone" for Design Research and Practice, Kalevi Ekman - The Story Behind Aalto University's Design Factory, Jacob Buur - User Centred Design, Pi'ikea Clark - Expanding Design Education through Indigenous Design.
An exhibition on communication and interaction at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA).
http://moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2011/talktome/Jeff Stark is the editor of Nonsense NYC, a weekly email list and discriminating resource for independent art, weird events, strange happenings, unique parties, and senseless culture in New York City.
http://jeffstark.orgLondon Word Festival is a pioneering, annual celebration of words, text and language; daring in its approach to cross-artform programming, commissioning new work and exploring non-traditional spaces.
http://www.londonwordfestival.com/index.php/about-2/A neutral place where people from many different backgrounds - universities, large corporates, SMEs, freelancers - can work together on new things in the belief that real innovation happens at the edge and in the gaps between disciplines.
www.creativecollaboration.org.ukA virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. You can see all the paintings up close without straining your neck.
www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/index_sistina_en.htmThis site is dedicated to the exploration of thought-in-action, or creative, critical and reflexive practice, as realised in the contexts of learning, teaching and research and of information service provision.
https://sites.google.com/site/praxisandtechne/Home/architecture/place/narrative-environment/encyclopaedia-of-narrative-environmentsThe book is made up of six chapters, of which the second and fifth take the form of dialogue between Mamet and unnamed students, reflecting that the book was based on classes in film directing held by Mamet at Columbia University's film school.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Directing_FilmPsychoanalysis: The unconscious in everyday life
www.calameo.com/read/0004299737b2af4401bf8?authid=4NuwbZXMn2poA vast new exhibition space opened in New York City this summer, with a show 18 months in the making. On view are works by 103 street artists from around the world, mostly big murals painted directly onto the gallery’s walls.
www.nytimes.com/2010/11/01/arts/design/01underbelly.html?_r=2The government's advisor on architecture, urban design and public space
www.cabe.org.ukThe Information Design Association is a group of Information Designers and other professionals in the UK with an interest in Information Design
www.infodesign.org.ukSpacepilots is a collaborative, design and research-led practice of architecture and art run by Stephanie Brandt.
www.spacepilots.netHis "Re-assembling the Social - and introduction to ANT" is an essential and surprisingly easy read. He has curated two exhibitions which i think might be to your interest: "Iconoclash", and "Making things Public - atmospheres of democracy" both of which have massive accompanying catalogues/books edited by Latour and Peter Weibel; especially the latter might be of interest. All of the mentioned books are available at the CSM library
Ellio Caccavale's research investigates design, life sciences and bioethics partnerships, with particular emphasis upon collaborative research methods.
www.eliocaccavale.comMaterial Beliefs takes emerging biomedical and cybernetic technology out of labs and into public spaces.
www.materialbeliefs.comTuur Van Balen uses design to explore the political implications of emerging technologies.
www.tuurvanbalen.comRevital Cohen is a designer who develops critical objects and provocative scenarios exploring the juxtaposition of the natural with the artificial. Her work spans across various mediums and includes collaborations with scientists, bioethicists and animal breeders.
www.revitalcohen.comLondon’s resource for art in the public realm.
www.artintheopen.org.uk"We are opening up our events programme to external organisations and individuals who want to run events but need a venue."
www.danacentre.org.uk/aboutus/holdyourowneventA portfolio of work by the artist Bahbak Hashemi-Nezhad
www.bh-n.comThe global community of people working at the intersection of communication design and the built environment.
www.segd.org/news/index.htmlKelsey Snook and Melissa Mongiat (graduates) have launched a new website http://www.goodparticipation.com , a growing library of examples of participatory practice – designed and found.
www.goodparticipation.comIt's a tall feat for an advertiser to stand out in Times Square, which is swathed in giant plasma-screen billboards. But today, a taste of what billboards might become is being unveiled--and the billboard reaches out and grabs the crowd, thanks to technology borrowed from high-tech spy cameras.
www.fastcompany.com/1663846/times-square-billboards-use-spy-tech-to-reach-out-and-grab-you
