https://blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2009/08/10/an-apparatus-for-capturing-other-points-of-view/ Clarify Today, Design Tomorrow Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:01:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.1 https://blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2009/08/10/an-apparatus-for-capturing-other-points-of-view/#comment-527 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:53:00 +0000 http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/?p=3741#comment-527 His writings and videos are great! I used them as readings for my classes in online social design – and my dissertation opens with: "William Whyte, describing what makes for a successful urban environment, said:“What attracts people most, in sum, is other people. If I labor the point, it is becausemany urban spaces are designed as though the opposite were true and as though whatpeople liked best are the places they stay away from"which certainly held true then for a lot of "social" media.

]]> https://blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com/2009/08/10/an-apparatus-for-capturing-other-points-of-view/#comment-526 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.nearfuturelaboratory.com/?p=3741#comment-526 Holly Whyte was a hero in so many ways. In addition to his urbanist work, "The Organization Man" basically defined the American 1950s, and he was in large measure responsible for bringing the Project for Public Spaces into being.Superdelighted to see him get his propers.

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