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Thanks go to my old mate Rob for bringing this to my attention.
Throughout May, Londoners can participate in Cityread, a citywide celebration of literature.
Everyone is invited to read the same book and then join together at the many events hosted throughout the city.
I love the idea of everyone in a city reading a book based in their city all at once!
Check out the Cityread London website here.
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Image: Freeway Park in Seattle
Four articles captured our attention this month.
Two described the results of research into the benefits of nature in alleviating symptoms of depression.
Two more described ways in which huge publicly accessible data about US cities have been translated into informative and visually arresting formats.
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Read moreWe've all heard arty 'soundscapes' where someone's recorded their local garbage truck reversing and overlaid it over the screech of train brakes and pigeons cooing.
Design student Akko Goldenbeld wanted to test a different idea about the sounds of his city.
He make a giant pianola roll using a 3D plan of Eindhoven, connected it to a piano keyboard, and then proceeded to 'play' the sound of the city.
Click on the play button above or view the video here.
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Typographic design by Nicole Arnett Phillips
Let’s address the elephant in the room first, shall we?
Y is also for Yule, and in case you hadn’t noticed – perhaps, say, you have a hearing disorder which means you don’t register the sound of carols played loudly, and on heavy rotation, in every retail establishment, in which case I commend you on your evolutionary advantage – the festive season is bearing down upon us with the speed and scariness of a bullet train laden with plutonium.
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