The Playable City® Award returns for a fourth year, inviting creatives from across the world to respond to the theme ‘Journeys’. Watershed invites artists, designers, architects, technologists and creative practitioners to propose distinctive ideas to make our cities more livable, hopeful and collaborative.
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Bristol leads the UK in smart city digital innovation
The UK’s first Smart Cities Index has named Bristol as the leading smart city outside London and leader in the UK for digital innovation, with Playable City recognised as a strong element of Bristol’s future city approach.
Playable City Award 2016 – coming soon
People have been asking why the Playable City Award 2016 hasn’t launched yet. And the answer is, we have been a little bit busy!
Dispatches from Lagos
Tweets, images and updates from The Playable City Lagos lab, now under way.
What can an abstract idea like ‘playability’ do for a city like Lagos?
We have arrived in Lagos, Nigeria for our Playable City Lab, which you can read more about here. In the meantime, read Hilary O’Shaugnessy’s blog… [Read More]
Shadowing in Tokyo
“I am writing a piece on Bansky” says the Japanese journalist interviewing me. “What is it about Bristol that makes it home to all these… [Read More]
11 talented creatives selected from over 100 applicants for Playable City Lagos
After assessing over one hundred applications for our Open Call in December, we are delighted to reveal the participants in the Playable City Lagos Lab… [Read More]
Urbanimals are in hibernation after a busy season in Bristol
The winner of this year’s Playable City Award, Urbanimals were hunted down by Bristolians, who discovered the eight animals in all corners of the city…. [Read More]
Playable City Lagos Open for Applications
In July this year, Watershed and British Council travelled to Lagos in Nigeria to explore the Playable City concept in one of the fastest growing… [Read More]