update
We are very pleased that our proposal to set up Cities of Things Lab010 as part of the CityLab010 project has been selected by the committee, together with partners Creating010 (research group at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences) and the Afrikaanderwijk Cooperative. From the CityLab010 website: After an exciting wait
reflections
There were a couple of impulses for the reflection this month. One was an exploration of trends I did for a workshop that discussed amongst others the relationship between sport, data, and intelligent systems. Apart from the very functional use of data, the role of the coach is super interesting
field lab MUC-AMS
At different locations in Munich, 11 October 2021 On October 11, after a year of preparations and sessions, online a Dutch delegation traveled to Munich to officially kick off the second phase of the ‘Creative Embassy MUC-AMS’. Alderman and deputy-mayor of the city of Amsterdam Victor Everhardt, and Head of
reflections
Thanks for tuning in for this new monthly update on Cities of Things. I am at the moment on my way to Munich to officially kick off the field lab Cities of Things MUC-AMS (Munich-Amsterdam) that have been in the planning and shaping for the last year. I will definitely
field lab MUC-AMS
This press release is sent out by Creative Holland, October 8. Successful collaboration between Munich and Amsterdam enters next phase with Cities of Things field lab On 11 October 2011, at the EXPO REAL event in Munich, City of Amsterdam alderperson Victor Everhardt and Clemens Baumgärtner, Head of the Department
research
Yeonju Jeon finished her graduation 31st of August 2021. I invited to describe her findings. Life is a series of choices from a small decision such as choosing what to have for dinner to a major decision that will change the course of life ahead. And we are handing over
reflections
Due to my holidays, I write this post a bit later than usual. Welcome to the new subscribers! Every month I take one article in the domain of Cities of Things that trigger thinking about one aspect that is part of the Cities of Things elements of living together with
research
Last 2nd of August Peicheng Guo graduated with his master research project "Towards an active predictive relation by reconceptualizing a vacuum robot". Peicheng not only used the proposed method for designing things that predict, but he also added a couple of valuable models both on the level of
reflections
Thanks for subscribing. In this monthly newsletter I dive deeper in one of the articles that relate to Cities of Things that I collected in my weekly updates of last month. This month I explore the relations of DAOs and Cities of things. Check also the website Cities of Things
media
At the Media Architecture Biennale, this year Cities of Things was invited to organize an embedded symposium. We introduced Cities of Things and the field lab Amsterdam-Munich that we are setting up in collaboration with Creative Holland (internationalization program for the creative industries). Part of the symposium was a panel
reflections
Looking back into the future; the last year I had to think more than once on a project we did back in 2013 on the future of e-commerce; Shopping 2020. It would be nice to have a look into the trends we projected back then to see what became true
media
A couple of months ago Iskander was invited to participate in a podcast of iBestuur (part of Automatiseringsgids) discussing Mobility in Digital Future. We discussed the future of mobile technologies and the societal consequences. The podcast is in Dutch and can be listened to here: https://ibestuur.nl/video/podcastserie-digitalisering-op-drift-deel-1-mobiliteit