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Prof Devi Sridhar: “For the world the pandemic is going to go on for several years’
Professor Devi Sridhar is the Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh and sits on the Scottish Government Covid-19 Advisory Group (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) She has become one of the most familiar faces on our screens during the … Continue reading
How Has Public Space Changed in 2020?
How did the pressure of rethinking streets, activities, and transportation systems transform public space in 2020? Written by Andreea Cutieru The pandemic provided a unique circumstance for city-scale experiments regarding mobility, while immediate responses showed the transformative power of tactical … Continue reading
A Pair of Vibrant, Color-Blocked Murals by Lakwena Transform Two Basketball Courts in Arkansas
Tucked into the verdant landscape of Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, are two dramatically altered basketball courts primed for play. Commissioned by the women-led curators of Justkids (previously) and OZ Art, the public project was conceived by … Continue reading
Fossil free steel. Another giant step towards net carbon zero?
Steel has become an essential material in our modern world. But the steel making industry is responsible for 7% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. That has to be reduced by at least 60% by 2050 if we are to … Continue reading
“Spready Mercury” and Other Scottish Snow Plow Names | Kottke
This is a map showing the real-time location of Scotland’s fleet of snow plows (which they call “road gritters”). As Jackie Sojico discovered, Scotland names their plows and some of them are hilarious. Some of the plows are named things … Continue reading
George Monbiot on Brexit: Capitalism’s Civil War
“Farage and his ilk are just tools of something much bigger & much deeper than they are” Full 16min George Monbiot Interview ► https://www.patreon.com/posts/44881489
Google — Year In Search 2020
In times of uncertainty, people seek understanding and meaning. This year, the world searched “why” more than ever. This film features the questions we asked this year, with words and narration by Kofi Lost. Explore more trends from the year … Continue reading
Aachoo!! A Sneezing Pensioner Knocks Down a Row of Houses in New Banksy Work in Bristol
In what could be interpreted as a tongue-in-cheek warning about not wearing a mask during the times of COVID-19, residents of Totterdown, Bristol, awoke to a new mural by the elusive artist Banksy. The work depicts an older pensioner sneezing … Continue reading
Hiroki Matsuura on Prioritizing People in the Shared Landscape
Hiroki Matsuura talks about the importance of designing with the goal of maintaining as much green space as possible, rather than asking where green space can be added after other steps of the design process. Through three projects, Matsuura addresses … Continue reading
An Abandoned Indonesian Church Shaped Like a Massive Clucking Chicken | Colossal
JULY 21, 2015 KATE SIERZPUTOWSKI Towering above the trees in a densely forested area of Indonesia lies a giant chicken. The gigantic structure has the body, tail, and head of the bird, even holding open its beak in what appears … Continue reading
