Taking a look on our cities it seems a bit as if nothing serious had changed since the days Haussmann designed the modern Paris on the drawing table. Public Design still consists of the same elements: park benches, tram stops, trash cans, trees and city greens, playgrounds, water dispensers and many more. Ok… maybe telephone boxes had come later – but these are about to disappear as mobile phones will soon make it obsolete. Anyhow, nothing striking innovative here.

What has increased is the noise of traffic and the bang of blow-ups and citylights (or other forms of advertising). Moreover Continue Reading »