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Creative City – Sydney’s First-Ever Cultural Policy
Last night I was invited by the City of Sydney to join the panel on Sydney's first-ever cultural policy - Creative City! With a packed house and great line up of speakers, it was encouraging to see so many creative thinkers immersing themselves in the Policy’s leading...
Popup Market Garden at Sydney Living Museums
As part of Celestial City, a current exhibition at the Sydney Living Museums celebrating Sydney's Chinese story, the popup Chinese Market Garden was installed to activate the Museum of Sydney forecourt and re-create a typical Chinese market garden. I spoke with Kate...
Creative Warringah Inspiration Workshop
Last week I facilitated an Inspiration Workshop for Warringah Council aimed at building on the current interest in place making and inspiring a more collaborative and creative approach to Council process. The Workshop incorporated community input from the Creative...
Teaching DIY Urbanism
I was recently contacted by Archi Ninja to write an article on the DIY Urbanism course I co-lectured with Laura Crommelin earlier in the year. The course titled 'Contemporary Issues in Urbanism' explored the DIY concept by focusing on Sydney and Detroit. "The growing...
PIA Congress 2014
Last week I gave three presentations at the Planning Institute of Australia's National Congress. It was a great few days with some interesting insights and key takeaways focused on innovative planning practice. The diversity of delegates, and discussions that...
Download the JOC Cities App
Yesterday I presentated at the Planning Institute of Australia's National Congress in Sydney. I talked about Apps and their relevance to Urban Planning. I focused on 5 key areas to think about when developing an App and then launched one myself - the JOC Cities App in...
Idea Bombing Sydney Launches New Website!
The Idea Bombing Sydney website was launched today and features an about us page, details on past and upcoming events, news and something we're very excited about, a page dedicated to our Idea Bombing alumni! Visit the site here and keep up to date with the latest...
5 digital engagement trends to watch in 2014
My latest article for New Planner looks at 5 digital engagement trends happening in Australia and across the globe. The future of online engagement is mobile, appified and interactive. This aside, it’s also going to be something the clunky systems of the past have...
Idea Bombing in the Architecture Bulletin
I was recently asked to write a short article on Idea Bombing Sydney for the summer edition of the Architecture Bulletin, and here it is... Ideas in unexpected places New ideas are at the heart of a prosperous and dynamic city. When we think about our favourite places...
Planning to get on social media? Just do it!
My latest article in the New Planner magazine looking at social media use in the planning profession. "As facilitators of urban change we should also play a role in the digital sphere by navigating discussion, fostering ideas and advocating critical debate." See full...
DARCH Horse Awards 2013
On 22 November 2013 I was invited as Jury member for the 2013 DARCH Horse Awards. These awards, recognising outstanding contributions by non-architects in the pursuit of a high quality built environment, are only in their second year and are already making waves in...
JOC | 2013
What a year! Thanks to everyone who I’ve had the pleasure of working with and to those people that continue to inspire me. Looking forward to an ever bigger and better year in 2014! If you're interested in anything you see in the below graphic please get in touch....
Clovelly Road Better Block
On Sunday 27 October 2013 a group of passionate locals made Clovelly Road greener, safer and more human. The Road was temporarily changed by adding trees, tables, chairs, art, and music, encouraging the community to re-imagine the street the way they would want it....
Idea Bombing Sydney Round 2
Download all the ideas bombed at Round 2 here > Idea Bombing Infographic Round 2. And also download the infographic for Round 1 HERE. Read about Idea Bombing Sydney here and stay in touch via Facebook.
Bondi Junction Complete Streets Project
A short video on the Bondi Junction Complete Streets Project. More information at Trending City. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Onjm0o8DY
Blockbrief: zoning at your fingertips!
My latest article in New Planner magazine looking at the Blockbrief App. See article below and more information about New Planner here:
Interview with Urban Times: Next-Gen Cities
I was recently interviewed by Tom Payne from the Urban Times about ideas, action and urban planning in Sydney. Check out the full article here.
Sydney PARK(ing) Day
Live in Sydney and like parks but not the biggest fan of the car? Check out the Sydney Parking Day website and convert a parking space into a people park for one day only - Friday 20th September 2013. Parking Day was started in 2005 by Rebar, a design firm in San...
Top 5 Urban Apps (Revisited)
In March, I wrote an article for PIA New Planner magazine and looked at 6 urban apps to add to your digital library. These apps included Blockbrief, Monocle and the Sydney Foodtrucks app. As we move closer to an ever connected world, based on smarter cities and...
Trending City Urban Snapshot #1
Need inspiration? Trending City has it! An exciting platform for sharing ideas and great examples of architecture, design and culture. Download the first Trending City Urban Snapshot [PDF] here or see online at Issuu here. This is our first quarterly snapshot of new...