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Ruth Cuadra

The third space: the cafe's place in forming modern Japan | The Japan Times Online - 1 views

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    Cafes, then, are both a product of modernity and, through the space they provide for new ideas to develop, a driver of modernity.
Ileana Maestas

Vacaville Planning Commission to mull capital improvement projects - The Reporter - 0 views

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    Planning commissions are a place where museum's need to have a presence. These commissions look at the needs of the communities and plan up to ten years in advance. For museums to stay relevant to its community it needs to be involved in the log term plannin.
Gina Hall

Google Launches Field Trip App For Android | WebProNews - 0 views

  • your guide to the cool, hidden, and unique things in the world around you
  • Field Trip can help you learn about everything from local history to the latest and best places to shop, eat, and have fun. You select the local feeds you like and the information pops up on your phone automatically, as you walk next to those places.”
  • hyperlocal
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  • local lore
  • social sharing options with Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
Gina Hall

Zócalo Public Square :: Why On Earth Am I Looking At This? - 0 views

  • Most Museums Have Trouble Connecting To the Public. Maybe It's Time For Some New Ideas.
  • underprepared for their pending encounter with the visual arts
  • many audience members seem intuitively aware of what is missing: more access to the story explaining how and why a work has arrived at this place for their enjoyment.
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  • soldiering through the galleries and paying minimal attention to the exhibits prepared expressly for their viewing
  • reanimated by the opportunities to engage in eating, spending, and talking on the phone—activities compatible with a sidewalk stroll.
  • critical message about the socializing function of the city
  • There is scientific data, too, upon which to build an argument for ensuring that we do better by our museum guests.
  • participation in the arts, especially as audience, predicted civic engagement, tolerance, and altruism.”
  • “[T]he space of the art museum is an inherently public or civic space,” wrote Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, in a recent essay. “Art museums in this context need to be understood as quintessentially urban institutions that play a critical role in defining the intellectual and physical fabric of cities and towns.”
Ruth Cuadra

Data point: Consumers seek third-space experiences around food | JWT Intelligence - 0 views

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    millenials are eager for third space experiences at retail food outlets, e.g., grocery stories and restaurants gen-Xers also interested; baby boomers, less so Whole Foods comedy videos on YouTube showcase it as a spot for socializing and matchmaking
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    I sometimes wonder if museums might create a separate entrance for 'third place' side experiences... is there a way to take some less valuable square footage - and turn it into something unique... and build some buzz around the experience
Ruth Cuadra

Piper backs Loungers expansion | Private equity | Investment - 1 views

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    "Cafe and bar" as "third space" -- is "third space" becoming a buzz-word in the world of investments?
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    Part of major trend in all places-- that need top 'pull' people into their physical space!!!\ Retail stores are going through the same transformation...
Garry Golden

Makerspace | Creating a space for young makers and educators - 3 views

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    In March, our mobile outreach program is participating in the LA County Science Fair. In their exhibit area for hands-on participating, they've planned a "Mini-Maker Fair."
Ruth Cuadra

Lunch-goers by the hundreds bust a move in Sweden - Yahoo! News - 1 views

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    Crowdsourced group activity creates a place where people want to be on their lunch hour despite noise and sweat.
Karen Wade

As America grays, businesses help seniors age in place - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    New services and devices allowing older adults to stay in their homes.
Megan Conn

How Smart Phones Are Turning Our Public Places Into Private Ones - Technology - The Atl... - 1 views

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    The loss of "stranger communication"... Will museums need guest services staff if all the answers are attainable on smart phones?
Ruth Cuadra

Museum Audience Insight: Free Admission Days and Daily Deals - 1 views

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    about deals - "It also trains the consumer to wait for deals instead of supporting places outright, and with that mentality, we all lose." Food for thought.
Lisa Eriksen

Case in point: Using design thinking - The Washington Post - 0 views

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    Cool that they used design thinking to develop better meals for the elderly in Denmark. My friend runs the kitchen that serves Copenhagen and we toured it while there.  Amazing place and food! Could more museums us this method for delivering service to visitors/community?
Ruth Cuadra

The Future is Fiction: Playful Future-Thinking About Climate Change with FutureCoast - 2 views

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    The heart of the game design seeks to create a playful, inclusive common ground where information and idea sharing happens, where everyone's thoughts about the future have a place, and where a meaningful dialog and a common ground can be created to replace the animosity that these topics can evoke.  And this is done using an "old-time" technology: voicemails!
David Bloom

Why do we assume the future will be short? - John Schellenberg - Aeon - 0 views

  • Why has recognising the deep future been so difficult for humanity? Why, after discovering the place of the Earth in the solar system, the place of the solar system in the universe, the age of the Earth, the age of the universe, and evolution by natural selection over aeons of Earth’s history, do we still need to be prodded to perform the simple act of turning around, to position ourselves to see both forward and back in time?
Ruth Cuadra

Parasite Tent Pods: Vertical Urban Wall Homes for Homeless - 0 views

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    Each pod relies on another structure to provide them a place to sit and provides a private space for one person.
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