Frederick RickmannBring back the street!We are constantly campaigning to bring back the "street" as an element of urban design. Cities and towns in times past have arranged...
70MEDiANot an exceptional streetThere is nothing exceptional about the architecture, yet there is something about the soul of this street in Nuremberg that is just...
Frederick RickmannStreet Signs from East BerlinWhen Germany was reunited, many of signs of the East were removed - literally. Yet here is the graphic design of East Berlin. With its...
Frederick RickmannCorona and the new shape of citiesQuite suddenly, under the corona crisis, our city streets have been rediscovered. Traffic has vanished in the lock-downs and people have...
Frederick RickmannCorona and the ClimateThrough the thick fog of today's politics and the blurry picture of fake and real news there is a golden thread emerging. You could...
Frederick RickmannAfter the pandemicIn the aftermath of the global virus, the old "normal" just does not exist anymore. So we cannot simply "go back to normal". The streets...
Frederick RickmannColour in Washington DCGrand avenues of imposing marble and stone buildings form the normal international image of Washington DC. Yet within the fabric of the...
Frederick RickmannLille in France is Blessed with Streets on a Human ScaleTourists flock to Lille in the north of France, not because of any grandiose masterpiece of architecture or theme park. They come because...
Frederick RickmannSTREET ART AT A CROSSROADLong gone are the days when street art was synonymous with graffiti and condemned as vandalism. A new group of people who identify...