Here’s what the world could look like if the global average temperature rises by 4° C, above the pre-industrial climate average. The 4° World Map, is an interactive map that makes it possible to visualize some of the impacts that may occur due to global warming. The map was launched on October 22 2009 by [...]

L’Arca, international Magazine of Architecture, Design, and Visual Communication has opened up to ‘guest editors’. The publication will be dedicating 32 pages per month to a professional architect of their choice, offering them the freedom to write and illustrate their reflections and opinions on architecture, design and the built environment. By offering the guest editors [...]

images: http://www.greens-efa.org/index.htm | http://www.organicworldfoundation.org/ A detailed account on the French ecological revolution reveals the complex relationship between democracy and ecological politics. In this article Alessandro Mengozzi argues that in order to save its somewhat thwarted future ecological politics should dilute its message, open to a strong mediation and engage in participatory democracy. This article is [...]

The 5th edition of the international design, architecture and culture biennale ExperimentaDesign (EXD’09), will kick off in Lisbon on September 9 with a weeklong calendar of events on a very apt and demanding theme: Time. The Opening week of EXD’09 will provide participants with the rare opportunity to ponder over time with international experts and [...]

The non-profit Danish organization INDEX: Design To Improve Life is hosting its third edition of the INDEX: Exhibition in Kongens Nytorv Square, Copenhagen; a large-scale open air exhibition showcasing the finalists of over 700 designs nominated for the 2009 INDEX:Award. Selected by an international jury the nominated designs – products, services and systems – are [...]