Andrew Boraine » Urban Innovations http://www.andrewboraine.com Cities for People Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:23:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Designing a fairer future – why Cape Town is bidding for World Design Capital 2014 http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/07/designing-a-fairer-future-why-cape-town-is-bidding-for-world-design-capital-2014/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/07/designing-a-fairer-future-why-cape-town-is-bidding-for-world-design-capital-2014/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:16:13 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=4023 I can now understand that Twitter was invented for people who start writing a blog and then run out of time to keep them going. I have just spent a whirlwind three days with the World Design Capital 2014 evaluation team. At the same time, the Western Cape Economic Development Agency (EDA)…

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Here is a great article on The Fringe – Cape Town’s Innovation District in Cape Town’s East City by Richard Holmes in the latest edition of Indwe Magazine, just in time for the announcement on Tuesday about the World Design Capital 2014 shortlist:

Mother City looks East

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]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/look-east-for-innovation-thats-cape-towns-east-city/feed/ 2 Western Cape regional economic development – how are we doing? http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/western-cape-regional-economic-development-how-are-we-doing/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/western-cape-regional-economic-development-how-are-we-doing/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:47:50 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3979 The Western Cape Provincial Government (WCPG) is currently considering the establishment of an Economic Development Agency (EDA) in an attempt to increase the rate of economic growth, deepen levels of economic development and broaden economic participation in the region. The WCPG has commissioned the Cape Town Partnership to engage with…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/western-cape-regional-economic-development-how-are-we-doing/feed/ 0 World Design Capital 2014 deadline for shortlisted cities draws near http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/world-design-capital-2014-deadline-for-shortlisted-cities-draws-near/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/world-design-capital-2014-deadline-for-shortlisted-cities-draws-near/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:32:58 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3957 The Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, and the Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia de Lille, joined together yesterday to lend their support to Cape Town’s bid for World Design Capital 2014. On 21 June, Icsid will announce the names of the three cities (out of 56 bidding cities)…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/06/world-design-capital-2014-deadline-for-shortlisted-cities-draws-near/feed/ 0 Cape Town World Design Capital 2014 Bid – decision next week! http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/cape-town-world-design-capital-2014-bid-decision-next-week/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/cape-town-world-design-capital-2014-bid-decision-next-week/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 19:25:09 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3902 Update from Icsid: WDC Selection Committee Members will convene on Thursday 09 June 2011 to determine the cities that will be shortlisted for the WDC 2014 designation. Applicant cities will be informed shortly after this date to confirm if they have made the shortlist. 
  
The exact dates…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/cape-town-world-design-capital-2014-bid-decision-next-week/feed/ 0 Next Cape Town Design Network event on 19 May to focus on World Design Capital 2014 Bid – all welcome http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/next-cape-town-design-network-event-on-19-may-to-focus-on-world-design-capital-2014-bid-all-welcome/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/next-cape-town-design-network-event-on-19-may-to-focus-on-world-design-capital-2014-bid-all-welcome/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 02:42:35 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3846 Details of venue and speakers here

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/next-cape-town-design-network-event-on-19-may-to-focus-on-world-design-capital-2014-bid-all-welcome/feed/ 0 People-centred design and innovation – new research in Cape Town shows ways in which the urban poor can get better access to the internet through mobile phones http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/people-centred-design-and-innovation-new-research-in-cape-town-shows-ways-in-which-the-urban-poor-can-get-better-access-to-the-internet-through-mobile-phones/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/people-centred-design-and-innovation-new-research-in-cape-town-shows-ways-in-which-the-urban-poor-can-get-better-access-to-the-internet-through-mobile-phones/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 20:18:26 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3830 One of the objectives of the Cape Town World Design Capital 2014 Bid is to find ways to improve the lives of citizens through people-centred design and innovation. Now, new research by Shikoh Gitau and Gary Marsden of the University of Cape Town, together with Jonathan Donner of…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/people-centred-design-and-innovation-new-research-in-cape-town-shows-ways-in-which-the-urban-poor-can-get-better-access-to-the-internet-through-mobile-phones/feed/ 0 The Fringe is a space to watch http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/the-fringe-is-a-space-to-watch/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/the-fringe-is-a-space-to-watch/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 19:26:56 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3765 Read an update of Cape Town’s The Fringe Innovation District by project coordinator Yehuda Raff (Cape Argus, 09 May 2011)

In 2007, a group of forward-thinking people got together and talked about the need to establish an environment that would support innovation and development in the design, media…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/the-fringe-is-a-space-to-watch/feed/ 1 Dramatic contrast between old and new as Seville completes world’s largest wooden structure to enhance public space http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/dramatic-contrast-between-old-and-new-as-seville-completes-worlds-largest-wooden-structure-to-enhance-public-space/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/dramatic-contrast-between-old-and-new-as-seville-completes-worlds-largest-wooden-structure-to-enhance-public-space/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 20:33:21 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3746 Check out the amazing recently completed Metrosol Parasol in Seville, Spain, apparently the largest wooden structure in the world. The Parasol, a series of  canopies over a public space, is an ultrmodern structure in the middle of medieval Seville. It houses an archaeological museum, a farmers market, an elevated plaza, and a restaurant,…

]]> http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/dramatic-contrast-between-old-and-new-as-seville-completes-worlds-largest-wooden-structure-to-enhance-public-space/feed/ 1 Making involvement in city strategy interesting (and fun) http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/making-involvement-in-city-strategy-interesting-and-fun/ http://www.andrewboraine.com/2011/05/making-involvement-in-city-strategy-interesting-and-fun/#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 10:29:22 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewboraine.com/?p=3693 So often, attempts at involving citizens in discussing the future of their city and what needs to change are boring and unproductive. They don’t have to be! Have a look at 50 Ideas for the New City by Urban Omnibus, a project of the Architectural League of New York.

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