Posted on November 3, 2008 by isjah
When it comes to the construction of the new Olympic zone in the Stratford area of London, there are two main issues concerning the committee’s decision of how, where and what to build I want to highlight. These two issues are on the one hand the global community and the statement the city of London [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2008 by josie
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A lone tower or shaft in the background, waiting for the bodies, traffic, goods – footfall
What is this traveler thinking? Building site as environment of daily life
The glamour shot of Stratford – the dreams of planners and architects made flesh
Power lines crossing
Postcards decorate the walls of a postcard in [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on January 18, 2008 by lisa
Research Lab Discussion 11 Jan 2008: Risk and Responsibility
We had a wide ranging group discussion on the twin issues of Risk and Responsibility, drawing on everybody’s experiences. Some notes…
Summary
“Risk” is an important concept creatively, but also (increasingly) a practical issue for organisers and administrators.
However, as we have noted, in the culture industries we more [...]
Posted on November 3, 2007 by syue-ping
I am doing Anthropology Human-Animal Relations for my option this term, which is very fun. Animals and nature things are always appealing objects for image promotion. Any image of “non-human creatures” is addressed to human for their distinct difference to artificial world. But what if one day they become merely artificial images and commodities [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2007 by lisa
Last week I was talking to Marianna and sophie about the principle of “iterative design”.
It encourages the development of a project by making lots of small prototypes and learning from how these are used or received as a way of advancing to a more ambitious goal. There are many versions of “the diagram” to [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on October 18, 2007 by lisa
I have done a diagram, in the hope that it might help understand the research lab.
There could be a lot more interlinks, but this is just for a start…
