Watershed is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2014 international Playable City Award is Shadowing, created by designers Jonathan Chomko and Matthew Rosier, based in… [Read More]
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Workshop: Taylor’s University and the Playable City
Today we were joined today by eight brilliant students from Taylor’s University in Malaysia in which we introduced some of our work on Playable Cities and got… [Read More]
Most of what we need for smart cities already exists
Culture, play, and an emphasis on fair use will help smart cities take root. Excerpt from an interview with Hello Lamp Post co-creator Tom Armitage… [Read More]
Future ripples from Recife
After a cultural exchange spanning Bristol and Recife, and a fantastic weekend Showcase with interventions, inspiring talks, an exhibition preview, workshops and a playable street… [Read More]
Introducing the 2014 Shortlist – tell us what you think
We are excited to announce the eight shortlisted ideas for this year’s Playable City Award. In February this year we invited artists, designers, architects, technologists and… [Read More]
Applications received from around the world
Application for entries to the Playable City Award 2014 closed on 11 April. We are very excited to have received applications from 29 countries and… [Read More]
Recife: The Playable City, Part Two, GO GO GO
The second part of Recife: The Playable City has begun and our UK and Brazilian participants are safely set up in our temporary home – Portomídia… [Read More]
Memes for cities
Written for Huffington Post: Amongst all the Fitbits and Jawbones, the Glass and the things, this year’s SXSW featured a small, but perfectly formed cluster… [Read More]
Tom Uglow: Play and the city
The following is an extract from an interview in Imperica.com, 26 February 2014. Read the full article here. Playable City is a competition run by… [Read More]