Oct 9, 2014 | Urban Planning
“In 1990 the first issue of New Planner, a magazine of the NSW Division of the Planning Institute of Australia, was published. It reviewed a recent seminar on infrastructure spending with the opening headline, ‘How to pay for roads, pipes, wires’. In the same...
Oct 7, 2014 | Architecture, Creative Cities, Festivals, Urban Planning, Urban Trends
There’s so much happening in Sydney at the moment. Across the city we have new developments on the urban fringe that are more inner city than suburban, new cultural policies that will shape creativity for years to come, and talent that is either attracted to...
Sep 19, 2014 | Creative Cities
I was recently appointed to the Board of Brand X, a not for profit arts organisation based in Sydney. If you haven’t heard of Brand X before – they’re doing some really exciting work providing affordable rent space for artists and creatives. In one...
Jul 16, 2014 | Photography, Urban Planning
It’s been a crazy few weeks. A dozen cities, 8 countries and too-many-to-count espressos later, I’m returning back to Sydney next week and ready to hit the ground running, amongst other things, for Idea Bombing Part 1 at Object Gallery. I’ll be...
Jul 9, 2014 | Creative Cities
Since May 2013, Idea Bombing has been popping up in underground carparks, breweries, train carriages and platforms, museums and even rooftops across Sydney (see photos of past events here). And now it’s getting even bigger! For the next seven weeks we’re...