One of the world's biggest annual design events, Milan Design Week, took place in April along Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone. Here are six installations that especially caught our attention – mainly because of the questions and reflections they triggered. Alcova installation in Viale Molise by Sagittarius A. 1. Alcova This independent design platform (Valentina Ciuffi, Studio Vedèt, and Joseph Grima, Space Caviar) took over a former slaughterhouse in Via Molise. The instal

Exactly one week ago, I was setting up my computer on a high table at Laatbloeien, our office in Rotterdam. I needed everything to be ready for the Zoom call we were about to have with transport entrepreneur Robin Chase, who was connecting with us from Boston, United States. She was about to speak to the 15 participants of Beyond Flying Cars, our first Masterclass on the future of urban mobility. Lunch break ended, everyone came back into the room, Robin spoke for thirty minu

We all know we need to rethink and redesign the way we build our streets. But the real challenge is – how? How to make them accessible, livable and safe for all? How can we transition to a more human approach when we create our cities? What are the drivers of change and the accelerators of transformation? During two weeks, and together with the Technical University of Munich and EIT Urban Mobility, we had 35 enthusiastic urban planners from around the world taking part in a

I arrived at Ghent University in Belgium in 2019 planning to begin research investigating the relationships between commuting and human well-being. Then, just as it disrupted normal life in nearly every way, the COVID-19 pandemic occurred, putting an end to many commuting trips, completely transforming travel behavior for those still traveling to work, and presenting huge obstacles for undertaking this type of research. In Flanders, we found ourselves in an incredibly strict