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Private vs Public: Space, Sharing, Trust and Design – A Talk at Social Cities...

Private-Public Space conditions in San Francisco; image by Rebar Tension between the private and public realm was a recurring component of last autumn’s news, as the users of public space and the...

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New Writings in The Guardian and others on Repurposing Urban Infrastructure

It’s been a tremendously busy  autumn, but I’ve finally found some time to collect the links from recent articles I’ve written on repurposing existing urban infrastructure and how design approaches...

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The Potential of Platforms

“Find other rooms which exist in the space.” – Yoko Ono, Serpentine Gallery, London 2012 I’m often asked for my opinion or direct assistance to increase engagement in cities and their spaces or...

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Adopt a Creative Strategy from Baseball: “Make the adjustment before the...

Yesterday I was thinking about a line I read in the book Chipper Jones, BallPlayer: “Make the adjustment before the pitcher does.” It’s powerful advice that applies far beyond baseball. Making an...

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Reprogramming the City Book Now Available

The culmination of years of research, exhibition, and projects, the Reprogramming the City book is now available! “Anyone reading Scott Burnham’s essential book will emerge reassured by the...

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DON’T REPAIR INFRASTRUCTURE, REPROGRAM IT FOR NEW USE!

In conjunction with the arrival of the Reprogramming the City book, Metropolis asked me to write an Op-Ed / Opinion piece for them: “By Simply Repairing Infrastructure, We’re Missing Huge...

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Plumbers Made the Terracotta Army Possible – The Power of Repurposing Skills

There is tremendous power in the cross-pollination of skills and their application. Mastering a skill or craft is a great achievement, but the full potential of a skill is often unrealized when it is...

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Using a Bread Scanner for Cancer Research: The BakeryScan

The unlikeliest of moments and sources can lead to remarkable moments of resourceful innovation for those who view the world through the lens of “This could…” Japanese consumers love variety. There...

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Learn to Unlearn to Discover New Opportunities

For new ideas and opportunities to reveal themselves, you have to move beyond learnings from the past. You have to learn to unlearn. “Unlearning is not about forgetting,” Mark Bonchek writes in the...

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Note of Appreciation: Knippelsbro Bridge, Copenhagen

Seventeen years ago, I stood in the same place on the Knippelsbro bridge in Copenhagen, taking a photo of the same scene below. But no scene is the same 17 years later. Neither is the person taking...

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