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PLAY Pilots is live

By Kars | Published: 05-08-2010
We’ve launched a first version of PLAY Pilots; a web site we’ve been working on the past few months. It is the next phase of our engagement with the city of Utrecht on cultural innovation through play, which I alluded to in this post.1 At this point, the site allows you to see what custom-made [...]
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Making cultural events more playful

By Kars | Published: 18-05-2010
These are sketches from a presentation that I delivered a while back to a room full of organizers of cultural events and creative agencies from Utrecht. This was the culmination of a study commissioned by the city of Utrecht, in which we looked at ways of adding playful elements to the programs of some of [...]
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A few predictions for the future of urban games

By Kars | Published: 29-04-2010
On Wednesday 14 April I co-hosted the first Best Scene in Town workshop on invitation of Waag Society’s Ronald Lenz. The other co-host was The Mobile City‘s Martijn de Waal. Best Scene in Town is a design contest wherein participants are asked to create an urban game, narrative experience or tour using 7scenes; Waag Society’s [...]
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Shaping the city with urban games at Visible Cities #03

By Kars | Published: 16-04-2010
Last week I had the pleasure of being able to speak at Visible Cities, which is a series of events on emerging technologies and the city. The third edition looked at urban gaming and brought together architects, designers and technologists to explore how these games can be used to shape cities. Michiel de Lange kicked [...]
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Architects vs. Game Designers – Fight!

By Kars | Published: 31-03-2010
If you’re like me and consider the city to be a playground, then I’d love to have you join me in two weeks at the Waag for the first Best Scene in Town workshop. The aim of this event is to explore the potential of location-based media in the city. We’re looking for participants with [...]
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Slides and notes for Transmutation at Raum Schiff Erde 2010

By Kars | Published: 23-02-2010
So I’ve returned from a short but wonderful trip to Hamburg (too short, really). Below you’ll find slides plus notes for the talk I gave at Raum Schiff Erde, a conference put together by a group of Reboot adepts. I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed the laid-back atmosphere, the curious venue and the nice [...]
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Kars Alfrink speaking at RaumschiffEr.de in Hamburg

By Kars | Published: 04-02-2010
On February 21 I’ll be speaking at RaumschiffEr.de in Hamburg.1 It’s is a little brother of Reboot, a conference in Copenhagen I love for its relaxed atmosphere, eclectic mix of people and slightly countercultural leanings. RaumschiffEr.de aims to help designers and technologists become more aware of the many networks they rely on — people, technologies, [...]
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