After the factory – On the Road
Last February of this year Philip Lauri, Steve Oliver and Andrew Jenson of Detroit Lives visited Heerlen as part of their After the Factory documentary European promotion tour. Now their On the Road video of their tour is online. Heerlen is one of the featured cities. Philip Lauri is founder…
After the factory
What happens when the factories leave, crumble or even die? How does a post-industrial city look like? What is it’s soul? The people? What if they live to? Questions concerning the post-industrial city are relevant as ever with the threat of closing the NedCar factory in Born. In Liege the…
zachte g TV special on Detroit #1
Six creative entrepreneurs from Limburg travelled to Detroit and the Rustbelt to explore good practices in creative entrepreneurship in the context of demographic decline. Asking themselves in what way Limburg needs to reinvent itself in order to face the challenges that lie ahead. In addition to the previous video’s on…
Beta City Detroit #8 Leaving Detroit
On Detroit Metro Airport minutes before taking the plane to Paris Egid, Joost, Marcel & Maurice share the inspiring impressions from their 8-day journey through Rustbelt USA. This is the final episode of the Beta City Detroit videoblog. But watch out for the documentary which will be online before november…
Big D(etroit) and Big L(imburg)
De laatste dag, back in de big D. Het regent en miezelt, prachtig weer voor reflectie. Via internet heb ik ook voor het bezoek aan de VS de Amerikaanse politiek gevolgd. Juist de totale deregulering van de financiële markt in de VS heeft voor de recessie gezorgd waarin de VS…
Beta City Detroit Video #6 Ingenuity Fest Cleveland
Ons bezoek aan Cleveland was er vooral een van reflectie en contemplatie. Ideeën spiegelden we tijdens de lunch met Terry Schwarz van het CUDC. Op het Ingenuity festival discussieerden we verder in een geweldige atmosfeer en dit is wat er uit kwam… Our visit of Cleveland was mostly a day…
