Walking through the streets of Lucca, we saw this piece of renewed insight. Change of perspective, change of window. This wall tells its story.
Land of Care
For our care related to health and well-being every citizen will experience the different fields and offices for finding and contracting. In fact the landscape is segmented, divided by roads (white) and system borders (black). The fields of pink are that of care and blue as the color of (the collection of) governments where citizens have to deal with.
Verona palette
The walls of some houses in the inner city of Verona – Citta’ Antica – are true pieces of art. This is one. The yellows and the light blue creates a soft palette. It is a place where nature meets architecture.
Simpler
Book by Cass R. Sunstein
How can government be more “user-friendly”, simple and efficient by streamlining and reforming government regulation and rule-making?
This book is about making things simpler, how governments can be much better, and do much better, if they make people’s lives easier and get rid of unnecessary complexity. “…simpler government can be found in new initiatives that save money and time, improve health, and lengthen lives” (Simon & Schuster).
In this book the author Cass R. Sunstein shares his experiences from 2009 to 2012 when he was Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama Administration. His theories shaped the Obama administration and the American nation. In this interview (Brookings) Sunstein lines out his main findings and focus.
Published in 2013 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Oxman project: AGUAHOJA
Neri Oxman: “Derived from the sea and returned to the soil, we utilize decay as a design feature. Image from website Oxman.com.
According to the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), over 300 million tons of plastic are produced globally each year, leaving harmful imprints on the environment. Less than 10% of this material is recycled, while the rest becomes waste, dumped into landfills and oceans; all the while, plastic-based materials utilize raw ingredients that are extracted from the earth faster than they can be replenished, and are processed through environmentally destructive means. There is another way.”
Kruf Huyssons 