Tag: commons

Can We Design Cities for Happiness?

By Jay Walljasper

03.03.10, 7:27am Comments (6)

Happiness itself is a commons to which everyone should have equal access.

Raise My Taxes!

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.26.10, 11:59am Comments (0)

This morning I attended part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board meeting, where they considered a proposal to increase fares and cut service--again.

Imagining Streets Without Cars

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.22.10, 8:03am Comments (2)

"I thought you might get a kick out of a photo side project I've been working on called Narrow Streets: Los Angeles, where I head out to locations in LA (some requested by readers), snap pix of streets, and then narrow them down in Photoshop,

Bill and Ted's Excellent Time Travel Infographic

By Jeremy Adam Smith

02.16.10, 12:25pm Comments (0)

We're told by physicists that travel back in time is probably impossible. But that hasn't stopped people from imagining time travel scenarios.

Happy Together?

By Danielle Davis

02.15.10, 7:23am Comments (0)

Los Angeles is known for sprawl and the attending ills of traffic, pollution, and disconnect. Our horizontal growth shows on the horizon.

Rodeo Families

By Mike Sinclair

02.02.10, 10:20am Comments (0)

Shareable.net invited Kansas City photographer Mike Sinclair to meditate on the public spaces he has documented over the course of two decades. This is pa

"Why Are You Taking a Picture Here?"

By Mike Sinclair

01.31.10, 9:32pm Comments (0)

I stumbled across the photography of Mike Sinclair while researching images for a Shareable.net article on public spaces.

Cameron Sinclair: No Ownership in Rebuilding Lives

By Jeremy Adam Smith

01.29.10, 4:56pm Comments (0)

Cameron Sinclair published the following piece on the Architecture for Humanity website, presenting a plan for rebuilding Haiti

New Study: Can Media Change Minds?

By Jeremy Adam Smith

01.28.10, 1:14pm Comments (4)

Earlier today, I discussed research about how designing cities without walls between racial groups can help breed tolerance. But what about the media?