Category: Public space
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The addictive curb-cut effect
I recently wrote about the rise of online ‘body doubling’ – websites where you meet other people on a video call for an hour or so, then get on with your own work, silently accompanied by someone else doing the same. These spaces seem to be particularly valued by people with ADHD, who often struggle…
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Chess, 3D printers -or doing nothing: public libraries as “shared living rooms”
“Hanging out at Oodi without a reason is welcomed and even recommended.” So says the brochure for Helsinki’s Central Library, named Oodi (meaning ‘ode’) – a vast ship-like, spruce-clad building that opened five years ago. It describes itself as “an open space for culture and creation”, and “everyone’s shared living room”. I don’t think that’s…
How can we help 