Jun 1, 2014 | Creative Cities, Economic Development, Social Media, Tactical Urbanism, Urban Planning, Urban Trends
I recently facilitated two workshops for the Newtown Precinct Business Association (NPBA) asking the question – ‘How can we make the Newtown Precinct more vibrant?’ Newtown is one of Sydney’s most vibrant neighbourhoods but in recent years...
May 20, 2014 | Creative Cities, Sustainability, Urban Planning
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...
May 14, 2014 | Events, Urban Agriculture
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...
Apr 2, 2014 | Architecture, Sustainability, Urban Planning, Urban Trends
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....
Mar 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
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...