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GOOD Ideas for Cities
We’re happy to say we submitted our team qualifications for the upcoming event in Portland for GOOD Ideas for Cities. They are preparing events by looking for innovative creative teams “…designers,...
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Ikea Urbanism
Say what you want about the furniture giant Ikea, but I appreciate their ability to transfer Scandinavian sensibility into modern American urban living (if you’re into that kind of thing). Overstuffed...
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Very GOOD news!
The results are in, and the THINK.urban team of Jason King, Allison Duncan and Katrina Johnston is one of the groups that will be presenting as part of the GOOD Ideas for Cities event in Portland,...
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GOOD Bicycle Transportation
“What we’re missing is a a truly game-changing bikeway that connects a Portland neighborhood to the city center“ Our challenge is set. As one of the creative teams working on the GOOD Ideas for...
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GOOD Ideas for Cities event a blast!
We’ve been busy at work on the submittal for the GOOD Ideas for cities proposal for bike infrastructure. Scout Books created custom notebooks for the event The event was a great success – and the...
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GOOD Ideas for Portland: Cycling Infrastructure
[Originally written by Jason King, Allison Duncan and Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman] THINK.urban, recently completed the presentation of our various concepts for GOOD Ideas for Cities Portland. The team...
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GOOD Video: Building a Bike Highway
Check it out! The video is now live at GOOD Ideas for Cities, with a nice intro from Alissa Walker: “Portland is famous for its vibrant biking culture, but the city’s infrastructure hasn’t caught up...
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25 Ways to Cross a Major Road by Bike
[Originally written by Allison Duncan] Cool video from the Netherlands showing a range of separated solutions for bike infrastructure.
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Square Pegs & Round Holes
[Originally written by Allison Duncan] A conversation that permeates any discipline involved in the social sciences is how to evaluate the rigor of research as ‘science’. There’s a ton of baggage...
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The Game of Urban Renewal
[Originally written by Jason King] On Architizer, a post caught my attention – the The Game of Urban Renewal was developed by Toronto artist Flavio Trevisan created what I assume is an earnest social...
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Four Lessons from the 50th International Making Cities Livable Conference
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the 50th International Making Cities Livable Conference here in Portland, Oregon. This year’s theme was, “reshaping suburbia into healthy communities”, a...
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Everyday Urbanism: Why We are All Urbanists
I call myself an urbanist, but what does that really mean? Being an urbanist is not something that requires a rigidly defined body of knowledge. There is no degree for urbanism, no certificate or...
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The Normalization of Livable Cities
This article was originally published on International Making Cities Livable. The suburban history of the last century in the United States can actually be said to be relatively short. It wasn’t until...
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Public Space and PARK(ing) Day
I’ll sing it until I’m blue in the face, but public space is one of the most crucial components of an urban environment. Not only is it a huge percentage of any city, but more importantly it’s public....
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After the Park: The Future of Portland’s Public Space
This post was originally published in part on BikePortland.org This year’s PARK(ing) Day has come and gone, but to those who had a hand in the event or just took advantage of the day-long parklet on SW...
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