A strange obsession of mine of late is the fate of old suburban shopping arcades. I am, as far as i can tell, pretty much alone in believing they’re a rich vein of untapped urban and suburban gold. Or, to put it in language that hipsters, planners and local politicians can reflexively and instinctively respond to […]
Can arcades fire? (or are old arcades the new laneways?)
May 18th, 2013 55 Comments
Tags: Arcades · Creative small business · Etsy · Makers · Online marketing · Random thoughts · Renew Australia · retail · Shopping Centres · Suburban creativity · urbanism
Makers and Places: from creation to consumption (and back again)
December 3rd, 2012 11 Comments
This is the video of a recent talk i gave as part of TEDx Moreton Bay. It’s really a balloon floating exercise as part of a larger argument than i will be running a bit in the not too distant future: that we are witnessing something of a cyclical turn from places largely of consumption […]
Tags: cities · consumption · creative cities · main streets · MakerPlaces · Makers · Newcastle · Places · Renew Australia · Renew Newcastle · retail · TEDx · TEDx Moreton Bay