App Insights Digital Placemaking News
Alumni: Louise Hobson,
On Tuesday (19th Sept) we hosted the very first Ideascape in Porth Teigr, Cardiff Bay – a showcase of how digital placemaking can influence and enhance major urban regeneration projects. In collaboration with sustainable developers Igloo, we presented a range of ideas that inspired people to think about new ways…
App Insights Digital Placemaking Regeneration
Jo Morrison,
People who are used to smartphones will have a natural affinity with the tech. For that reason, they are the perfect platform for building and engaging a community of citizens who want to find things out, share information, or engage with one another. It sounds counter-intuitive. How can an app…
App Insights Digital Placemaking Mobile Technology Research
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
If you’re near Cardiff next month (or simply fancy a trip to Wales), come and join us at Porth Teigr in Cardiff Bay on Tuesday, September 19th where we’ll be hosting Ideascape. This free, outdoor promenade event comes following a 6 month research project exploring ways of addressing local need and…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
It’s no secret that we believe in the transformative effect placemaking can have on a space. While we predominantly work with digital, we are fascinated by how technology can be fused with architecture and the built environment to create character in spaces. You may like: A guide to 21st century…
Alumni: Louise Hobson,
We’re excited to be embarking on a new R&D Digital Placemaking project in Porth Teigr, Cardiff Bay – one of Europe’s most significant waterfront development projects led by igloo and the Welsh Government. Physical spaces can no longer be separated from their digital dimensions – cities have become hybrid spaces…
Jo Morrison,
Art in its purely physical sense, be it octopus murals or favela painting, has been a feature of successful placemaking even before the term was coined. And art has been blurring the lines between the physical landscape and the technological one for decades, in the same way that digital technology…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
“Beauty is truth, truth beauty – that is all.” Ode on a Grecian Urn, by John Keats, 1819 Don’t worry, we’re not going to hit you with a treatise on Romantic poetry, it’s just that at Calvium we find as much beauty in the ‘truths’ behind our heritage apps…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
Contrary to its name, placemaking is not concerned with the making of a place. Rather, it’s about the expression and enhancement of places that are already rich in cultural, historical or personal significance – be it a world heritage site, community space, city underpass or national park. Whether the ‘place’…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
The Oxford English Dictionaries both declared ‘post-truth’ as their Word of the Year for 2016. This term doesn’t mean that truth has ceased to exist – more that it has ceased to be relevant. In the ‘post-truth’ society where ‘alternative facts’ run rampant, what sounds true is more important than…
Alumni: Charlie Harman,
Almost half of the global population – that’s about 3.5 billion of us – live in cities. These cityscapes have grown organically, over hundreds of years. with little consideration for the wellbeing of those living in them. They’ve been designed for the quantity of dwellers, rather than the quality of…
App Insights Digital Placemaking Heritage Mobile Technology
Jo Reid,
If you’ve been inspired by the enthusiasm for Pokémon Go and its popularity, this ebook should be a first port of call; for inspiration, food for thought and a sense check to make sure it’s right for your heritage site.
Jo Reid,
What constitutes the past – and how we imagine the future – is continually changing. Heritage no longer just refers to castles and dungeons; instead, the term now includes anywhere that has meaning for inhabitants and visitors, from city parks to the streets of Soho. This change brings with it…