With this rapidly evolving technology, with this future that some say is exciting and terrifying, we as humans need to be flexible and ready to embrace change and to embrace it quickly. The video “Connecting”, see link below, shows how being connected has impacts on the design of everything around us. Everything is becoming technology driven; the way we communicate, the way we buy to the way we sleep and wake up. Products, activities, services and cities are all impacted in one way or another, whether it be good or bad.[...]

Lighting regions near the Polar Circle, which are subject to atypical sunshine periods – either very long or very short – represents quite a challenge. For this reason, the CLU Foundation has chosen the lighting of polar communities for this year’s contest, entitled L I G H T I T U D E – Lighting urban areas above the polar circle. We have received well over one hundred different projects, from which 22 finalists were chosen and submitted to the CLU Foundation jury on September 18th, 2012.[...]

We go through life trying to find our way. On the streets we have signs that guide us to where we want to go, as well as ensuring the safety of all the users of those streets.
When you stop to think at all that comes into play when designing these guidance systems, you realize that there is actually a lot to think about [...]