In 2004 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched a creative cities networks “designed to provide a global platform for local endeavor”. Or, to put it simply, a platform for exchanging knowledge and experiences related to urban development.
The network is now also granting official creative city status. Santa Fe, USA, is one […]

“This is a city that you can be yourself as long as you don’t harm anyone else. You can live your life as you chose to do rather than as somebody else tells you to do. It is a city in which you can achieve your potential. It is our strength and that is […]

According to the Financial Times the principal benificiary of London’s successful bid for the 2012 Olympics will be East London. Now that Britain’s capital has officially been chosen to host the Olympic Games huge redevelopment schemes will be launched in the eastern part of the city. Culture, creativity and creative industries are key themes in […]

Italy’s national builder’s association (ANCE) and management consultancy agency Ambrosetti have published a report on the creative class in Italy. The researchers carried out a survey among mayors, sociologists, city planners and analysts. The report’s main focus is on Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin and Palermo. Of those five cities Rome is found to host the […]

Hey! I have been waiting for this, and now, finally it’s here: a licence through which you can declare your work to realm of the gods.
The Libre Society - the radical artistic and cultural movement that is committed to releasing free/libre/open-source art, music and literature - has launched a new project: Libre Commons. The LC […]

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science are together preparing a memorandum on culture and economy in The Netherlands. In order to acquire input for that memorandum the Ministries formulated a research programme, outlining four research projects. On 28 June the results of those projects were presented at […]