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Intrigued by @scottgeiger's architecture-fiction chapbook "Man-Made Lands" @ninthletter bit.ly/LOmLjo Related: bit.ly/oltJhV about 10 hours ago via TweetDeck
Welcome to twitter @faslanyc, who interviewed Adriaan Geuze bit.ly/ouF9DE and Matthew Urbanski bit.ly/LIYxaJ for Places. about 13 hours ago via TweetDeck
Why do we take pictures when we travel? "Tourist Snapshots," by @rolfpotts, from our friends at @commonmag. bit.ly/LOlJUx 8:07 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
From the archives: Martin Hogue's "A Short History of the Campsite." bit.ly/jB2Vat Happy #MemorialDay weekend. 5:55 PM May 25th via TweetDeck
Tonight @Van_Alen Books NYC: PennDesign's Dirt is launched: on.fb.me/KdH4H8. From the book: bit.ly/zYaqYF 9:22 AM May 24th via web
DIY librarians reclaim public space: @shannonmattern looks at tactical urbanism on the book front. bit.ly/LhEX4v 8:35 AM May 22nd via TweetDeck
A good one! RT @RobTonissen: Today, I had almost the same discussion with my MSc-thesis supervisor: places.designobserver.com/entry.html?ent… #architecture 3:33 PM May 21st via TweetDeck
Plato's Home Movies. Eric William Carroll takes beautiful, ephemeral portraits of trees with blueprint paper. bit.ly/KjZOSh 10:16 AM May 17th via TweetDeck
Tonight @Van_Alen Books NYC: Michael Maltzan & Geoff Manaugh discuss Maltzan's book No More Play: bit.ly/Jz2YGu 9:09 AM May 17th via web
Louis Curtiss, the Boley Building & the Invention of the Glass Curtain Wall. bit.ly/IUcRJ0 A follow-up to bit.ly/yoziUk #kc 10:59 AM May 14th via TweetDeck
Neat! US Pavilion by @IfUD at Venice Biennale bit.ly/ziv5rE will include Hypothetical Development Organization bit.ly/n6N51T 2:25 PM May 13th via TweetDeck
Going Viral discussion 5/21 at @CenterForArch on social media, tech, device culture and design practice. bit.ly/JqctEr 11:48 AM May 11th via TweetDeck
Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography at @KatonahMuseum thru 9/2 bit.ly/4vkCW has work by Zhang Xiao bit.ly/J3rhpJ 12:19 PM May 10th via TweetDeck
Photos of the last town submerged by Three Gorges Dam, by Zhang Xiao. bit.ly/J3rhpJ 10:13 AM May 10th via TweetDeck
@anxiaostudio on art, life, and the threat of demolition in the Beijing village of Caochangdi (home of @aiww) bit.ly/JrE9Yr 10:31 AM May 7th via TweetDeck
Biomimicry guru Janine Benyus receives Cooper-Hewitt Award: bit.ly/INAuoO. And influences design education: bit.ly/HR27dB. 10:21 AM May 4th via web
Chris Reed/Stoss Landscape Urbanism win Cooper-Hewitt Design Award: bit.ly/Kx59F8. Landscape Optimism, too: bit.ly/IF6rzC. 8:35 AM May 3rd via web
Partner News: Craig Barton tapped as new director of The Design School at Arizona State University @ASUHIDA @ASUnews bit.ly/JU0uBu 1:56 PM May 2nd via TweetDeck
The Trash Heap of History: Michael Ezban considers an ancient Roman landfill as precedent for reclamation projects bit.ly/In7OCQ 8:31 AM May 1st via TweetDeck
Mark Feldman on the environmental photography of @edwardburtynsky + @cj_artist. Inspired by @CenterForAandE conference. bit.ly/Jq7ODF 12:39 PM Apr 26th via TweetDeck

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Bio Forum of Design for the Public Realm. Edited by Nancy Levinson and Josh Wallaert. Places Journal is part of the Design Observer Group @DesignObserver.