The diversity in the city is noteworthy. Many communities live side by side, each having fibres and fragrances. For public governance, it is essential to respect them and take care of a wide range of policy-making and implementation.
Kruf, J. (2023) Diversity in the City [digital art print]. Breda: Private collection.
The painter John Atkinson Grimshaw is best known for his moody urban landscapes. This impressionistic painting of Liverpool in 1875* is an inspiration in how tones, spheres, moods, perspectives and contexts can be found and fixed.
This scene is impressionistic and direct at the same time. It is easy to imagine you actually are there, transcended with your personal time-machine 149 years backwards to one of the most developed cities of Europe, Liverpool. Talking of ‘finding to tone’, this painting is an accurate example. No words are needed to describe what the tone of the city was.
*Grimshaw, J.A. (1875) Liverpool Docks From Wapping Wharf [oil on canvas]. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.
The citizen and the city. Many novels, philosophies, songs and poems have been written about this relation. From the daily perspective of city governance, many stories about life in the city can be told. The idea came up to express the city’s canvas as the 64 fields of the chess board. An eagle view from above. There, the living and the system world meet and form the fibre of society. The citizen can be lost and get disconnected from the system of society.
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® Bright White (living world), Pantone® Black 6c (system world), and Pantone® Terra Cotta (citizen) is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is an urgent reminder on the wall that getting lost in the city is not to be wished for as it is highly uncomfortable and lonely.
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The citizen and the city. Many novels, philosophies, songs and poems have been written about this relation. From the daily perspective of city governance a myriad of stories about life in the city can to be told. The idea came up to express the canvas of the city as the 64 fields of the chess board. An eagle view, from above. There the living and the system world meet and form the fibre of society. The connected citizen finds its way.
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® Bright White (living world) Pantone® Black 6c (system world) and Pantone® Terra Cotta (citizen) is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is a reminder on the wall, that being and staying connected is crucial.
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Philosopher Jürgen Habermas distinguishes the living world and the system world. In the living world people and teams live and communicate between equals, based on arguments and without power. It is the world where love and friendship are leading and daily life dominates. It is the white canvas on which we are born, walk, live and die.
In the system world the instrumental rationality is used and says or dictates what and who is necessary to achieve a goal or to carry out a task. It is the world of rules, regulations, procedures and guidelines. It is the black canvas, in fact the chess board, on which most decisions of public governance are made. In the background though we find the living world, not dominant but present.
This rectangle archival pigment print of the city canvas with Pantone® Bright White and Pantone® Black 6c is perfect for a modern, classic and reflective look in home and office interiors. It is a reminder on the wall, that the governance of our society is strongly dominated by this palette of black.
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