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  • Article Robert Fulford

    Radical Dreamer

    Jane Jacobs on the streets of Toronto

    There are only a few true originals living among us at any given moment, and in 1997 Jane Jacobs is one of them. Observe her walking the streets of the Annex, near the Albany Avenue house where she's...
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  • The Mediamatic Sluisdeurenloods

    A cultural landmark

    The Sluisdeurenloods or 'Canal Lock Gate Warehouse' was originally built at the end of the 19th century, before being dismantled, moved, and reconstructed at Dijkspark in 1957. The building is now...

  • An interview with Engy Aly

    "There are much, much more Arabs and Muslims than I have ever seen in my life outside of an Arabic country."

    July 2010. Engy has been living and working in Amsterdam-Noord for a few weeks. She was kind enough to share her first impressions, and tell us a little bit about her background.

  • Do not Plan

    Play the City Workshops

    This proposal did not evolve into a project We are working happily in our little office in Amsterdam Noord. However we need a large space to be able to run our city games with public. The city game...

  • Alper Çugun legt uit

    "Uitleg hoe je als casual gebruiker tegenwoordig aan gegevens kunt komen en hoe je deze kunt visualiseren met simpele gereedschappen."

    Alper Çugun is a writer, interaction designer, web developer, and part of data visualization agency Monster Swell.
  • 1 Jan 2003

    Joep van Lieshout

    artist and designer

    Joep van Lieshout was born in Ravenstein, The Netherlands in 1963. He studied at the Academy of Modern Art in Rotterdam, Ateliers '63 in Haarlem and Villa Arson in Nice. In 1995 he founded Atelier...

  • Mapping for Tourists

    MFT resulted in Noord, an exhibition and travel guide

    Noord is the result of a project initiated by Nat Muller and Mediamatic: Mapping for Tourists. 22 artists were invited to map Amsterdam-Noord, pars pro toto for The Netherlands. The artists lived and...

  • The Big Blue

    Sustainable and financially profitable sanitation

    Three years ago, an off-grid closed-system toilet known as the Blue Diversion won an award in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's "Reinventing the Toilet"-challenge. It has also won the title of...

  • Swap Up Shop

    A platform to exchange objects and question the notion of value in relation to design

    The Swap-Up shop started sometime ago as a collective of Kali Nikitas, Florian Pfeffer and Rick Vermeulen

  • Disruptive nightlights

    A fluorescent stand against public urination

    Putting a rather lustrous spotlight on a seemingly unnoticed problem in Madrid, Luzinterruptus took it upon themselves to draw attention to some people's use of the public spaces as personal...

  • Mediamatic presents Ignite Amsterdam

    Mediamatic has teamed up with Ignite to host the Ignite Amsterdam events. First one takes place on July 9th.

    Ignite was founded in the cold winter of 2006. On December 7th two hundred Seattle geeks settled into a small bar for a night of networking, cool ideas and, of course, a few beers. Ignite was a fact.
  • Daniel Bouw 20 Jan 2010

    Appels en peren

    uiteindelijk past alles bij elkaar, als het maar inspirerend is

    Een programma samenstellen voor Kom je ook? is een zoektocht in verschillende netwerken en langs vele wegen. De mogelijkheden blijken eindeloos, maar een focus op innovatieve en participatieve...

  • Dutch Design Awards

    Infographics campaign against the culture cuts nominated

    Our 2011 campaign against the culture cuts has made it to the Dutch Design Awards finals. Other nominees are amongst others Lernert & Sander and Metahaven. The winners will be announced on October...

  • Pop-up Urinals

    Public convenience by the push of a button

    This public urinal hides in plain sight during the day, and rises for the occasion at night. With room for three, the urinal provides ample opportunity and encouragement for male citizens to do their...

  • Infographics: Are the budget cuts necessary or…

    The Dutch budget for arts & culture institutions is relatively small. The above average cuts will produce below average results.

    In 2011 the budget is € 490 million to support the cultural infrastructure. That sounds like a lot, but it is only a third of what we spend on holidays. It's 1,5% of the annual costs of the State...

  • Nuit Blanche Amsterdam

    Een nachtelijke ontdekkingsreis

    Stichting Vuig is een jaar geleden in het leven geroepen door Josine Neyman en Kristel Mutsters "om grote en mooie dingen te kunnen creëren". Ze wilden een groter publiek in contact brengen met...
  • Article Jeroen den Uyl

    IJburg is "Jane Jacobs-proof"!

    De wenselijkheid om kleine doorgangen en steegjes

  • Ganzeer

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Noordelijke Character(istics): A neighborhood is defined by its inhabitants. Ganzeer puts a face to the 'hood.

  • First names Map Fest confirmed

    Joining us on July 6 are Annelys de Vet, Malkit Shoshan and Wietske Maas.

  • WatSpinoza? op het Damrak

    Wat is er mis met gevangenisstraf voor het gooien van kauwgom op straat?

    Op 7 mei 2009 werd de eerste WatSpinoza? vraag aan het Amsterdamse publiek gesteld. Aan het Damrak, vlak voor het Centraal Station, worden voorbijgangers gevraagd: 'Wat is er mis met gevangenisstraf...

  • A web native with a sense for the audience

    Frankie Roberto opens ‘Kom je ook?’ 2

    We are proud to present our first keynote speaker at the second edition of Kom je ook? on the 8th of September 2009! Frankie Roberto will present his insights on how museums can interact with their...

  • Garden furniture or a garden in your furniture?

    8 Extraordinary Greens and FurniBloom

    An artist and an architect are combining gardening and furniture design in very unexpected ways.

  • Report Talk of the Town #22

    30 maart 2010

    Francine Houben en haar Bijlmerpark.
  • 1 Jan 2004

    Dan Graham

    Investigative Artist

    Architecture, popular music, video and television are among the focuses of his provocative investigations, which are articulated in essays, performances, installations, videotapes and architectural...

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