I was just hanging around in a library close to my office and I bought George Perec’s Species of Spaces and Other Pieces. While my friend was driving us back home I started to read it out, and that book became our map of a different city, a bright inspiration for the debate about space and urban planning. Try the experiment:
Christian Nold thinks we should pay more attention to how… more
crime spotting, originally uploaded by densitydesign.
The ads I wrote to rent the flat near mine said “looking for open couple, freak single, student only if amazing, young people with particular night life…”. I thought it would help me to find a special and funny neighbour, someone you feel free to ask an egg for your midnight pasta.
londons kerning, originally uploaded by densitydesign.
Paris – Carte Intégrale, originally uploaded by densitydesign.
Global cities, originally uploaded by densitydesign.
An infographically-inspired exhibition at the Tate Modern addressing the major issues facing today’s cities, such as size, speed, form, density & diversity. The exhibition draws on data originally assembled for the 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2006 Venice Biennale. The show presents films, videos &
Christian Nold, originally uploaded by densitydesign. Artist, lecturer, designer, cultural activist … etc.
His website unifies all the strands of his work, from participatory art projects, critical writing as well as new media and physical computing teaching.
Each person constructs his/her image of the city. This image is made out of facts, memories, experiences, stories, news – mostly invisible data, and not only of architecture, buildings and streets.
“SEARCHSCAPES: MANHATTAN” is an attempt to create a tridimensional map of Manhattan, using existing data from the web.
The objective is to compare the city’s “physical spaces” and “information spaces” (search results). This is an attempt to materialize information: to give it dimension and physicality.
“SEARCHSCAPES: MANHATTAN” was developed as a thesis project at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University.
