one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
February 24 2008
I always try to take stairs instead of elevators and escalators when I can, although some places make it near impossible. It seems planners have noticed.
December 17 2007
The interface at Paris:Invisible City takes a bit of getting used to but it’s worth exploring.
September 14 2007
Wild Style
September 01 2007
Urban abandonments – deserted wonders of the modern world
June 23 2007
If you’re anywhere near the Tate Modern in London between now and the end of August, Global Cities looks like an interesting exhibition to explore.
Martha Cooper interview
June 21 2007
Someone bring these guys to Brussels.
June 19 2007
Ghost cities of the future.
May 08 2007
After this year, the majority of people in the world will live in cities.
May 03 2007
April 22 2007
Five innovations in urban transportation that you won’t find in America, yet (or Belgium, for the most part).
March 26 2007
January 30 2007
The bicycle messenger and the city.
November 29 2006
Wonderful and hypnotic: using recurring elements of French urban life as the focus for animated photo sequences.
November 04 2006
I love the idea behind the Urban Markup flickr pool.
October 23 2006
Couldn't have said it better“If you plan a city for cars and traffic you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places.”
October 19 2006
David Byrne talks about Enrique Penalosa, former mayor of Bogota, and the revolutionary work he did there for transportation and urban living.
October 18 2006
October 13 2006
October 06 2006
September 25 2006
A film about the last days of the government’s utopian “administrative city” in Brussels will be showing soon at the Arenberg cinema.
September 13 2006
well, that didn't take long.“He was plutoed like an old pair of shoes”
September 09 2006
Momus on urban auto culture“Cars are the closest thing we have in our society to predators, capable of picking off the weak; they're malevolent steel sharks or pumas, cruising our cities, hogging the head of the food chain.”
August 29 2006
Projecting animated wild animals from a moving car, their speed synchronised to the car wheels, brilliant!
August 17 2006
August 12 2006
July 26 2006
StreetWars, a crazy water gun assassination game played in the city streets.
July 11 2006
June 27 2006
June 23 2006
June 20 2006
The BBC asks leading experts for their forecasts on cities of the future. Recurring themes are polarisation between those who have and those who don’t, climate change and energy problems.
June 13 2006
June 04 2006
June 01 2006
Brussels Farmer plant sunflowers, guerilla gardening style, around the city. Nice.
May 29 2006
Detroitblog is a great companion to the classic fabulous ruins of Detroit site.
May 23 2006
May 21 2006
