Tag Archives: New York

Fracturing the Narrative

Posted on November 21, 2019 by julianstodd

I’m not totally happy with this piece yet: it’s a bit clumsy, but sharing it as part of #WorkingOutLoud. It concerns a view of change that is centred not on a focus on future state, but on fracturing an existing … Continue reading →

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The New York Dereliction Walk: Failure, Innovation, and Social Movements for Change

Posted on November 7, 2018 by julianstodd

Things change: the cities, towns, and rural landscapes that we live within do not form a passive backdrop to our actions, but rather cast a sharp shadow from them. Today i am sharing my full notes and research for ‘The … Continue reading →

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Fallout: The Failure of Dominant Narratives

Posted on October 31, 2018 by julianstodd

A dominant narrative is a story that takes on a life of it’s own: it becomes the accepted norm. Throughout the 1950’s and 60’s, all across the United States, tens of thousands of nuclear fallout shelters were built, nearly twenty … Continue reading →

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New York: Divided

Posted on October 31, 2018 by julianstodd

Our view into a community is inherently divided: we see just one layer, one context. One city. The last few days, walking through New York, i find myself moving not just up and down, across the grid, but also through … Continue reading →

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New York: Looking Up

Posted on October 29, 2018 by julianstodd

My head is caught up in perspectives: as i plan the Dereliction Walk, i’m walking around the city, choosing locations, sitting writing in cafes. Head down. Focussed. When we are focussed, it’s hard to look up. And not ‘looking up’ … Continue reading →

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Illustrating the New York ‘Dereliction Walk’

Posted on October 22, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m creating the map for the New York ‘Dereliction Walk’, which i shared a short post on last week. Today i have completed four illustrations, three of them for locations on the map, and one for the cover of a … Continue reading →

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The Dereliction Walk: early stage #WorkingOutLoud

Posted on October 18, 2018 by julianstodd

I’m working on the design of a ‘Dereliction Walk’ in New York: it’s a group activity that explores ideas of innovation, failure, and the mechanisms of community driven change. You may have seen that much of my more recent work … Continue reading →

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Evolving the City

Posted on August 22, 2018 by julianstodd

As many of us do, i think i know a place, when all i know is what surrounds me: a walk through New York takes in my favourite routes, cafes, bars, and vistas. I think i know the city, when … Continue reading →

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The Comedy of Equality

Posted on September 21, 2017 by julianstodd

“We don’t have equality!”, she said, turning to her friend and laughing. “You cannot be taken seriously if you are not a man”, was the qualifier, shared by one of the mentees, almost doubled up with laughter, as we stood … Continue reading →

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New York: Spaces

Posted on July 22, 2017 by julianstodd

New York is one of my favourite cities: disjointed, divided, crowded and perpetually changing. The architecture is massive: not brutalist, but simply prevalent. There is more architecture than air in Manhattan. Layers of it, from the monumental to the prosaic, … Continue reading →

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