Tag: urban cultures

• Teranga – the migrant-run Afrobeat nightclub uniting Naples – video

  March 7, 2020

  https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2020/feb/07/teranga-the-migrant-run-afrobeat-nightclub-uniting-naples-video more ›

• Louis Vuitton AW20: Virgil Abloh strikes the final nail into streetwear’s coffin

  February 17, 2020

  In the somewhat loquacious notes for Virgil Abloh’s AW20 Louis Vuitton show (the Illinois-born designer’s first since his return from a three-month-long health-related sabbatical and his fourth for the LVMH-owned… more ›

• The murals brightening a Delhi slum – in pictures

  January 1, 2020

  Raghubir Nagar has been given a colourful makeover by the Delhi Street Art group, drawing art lovers and selfie-snappers to a rundown area that they would never normally visit https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/jan/01/murals-delhi-slum-raghubir-nagar-in-pictures more ›

• Archiving Britain’s Black Communities There’s no limit to our culture

  October 9, 2019

  Before the internet, family photo albums brought out on special occasions would hold the memories of Britain’s Black communities. https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/black-in-the-day/ more ›

• The Ringification of Suburban Life

  September 29, 2019

  Across the US, consumers are canvassing their communities with a new type of device that’s changing civic life. Camera-equipped doorbells and other home surveillance devices, made by companies like Ring,… more ›

• The Future of Cities

  September 6, 2019

  From developments in skyscraper architecture, green energy and driverless transport to social divides within cities and with nations, manufacturers clinging on in the margins and China starting a new metropolis… more ›

• Essay: The street as platform

  September 3, 2019

  I was recently asked to comment on ‘the street of the future’; a response for a quango responsible for the built environment and a government department responsible for transport, roads… more ›

• Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?

  August 4, 2019

  The summer I was eighteen, I visited a parking lot forty-five minutes north of town and got behind the wheel for what I hoped would be the first real rite… more ›

• Zombiescapes: Africa’s Megacity Addiction

  July 14, 2019

  The popularity of these sorts of projects is not just a curious coincidence. Their language, the examples they refer to, and the process of their development all show an obvious… more ›

• Meet the Sapeuses of Brazzaville

  March 5, 2019

  Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo – Wearing a white linen Jean Courcel suit, a Chanel bow-tie and Versace sunglasses, Ntsimba Marie Jenne wouldn’t look out of place in the front row of… more ›