Colouring Loughborough

Data visualisation for digital planning is the driver in this collaborative project with The Alan Turing Institute’s Colouring Cities Research Programme (CCRP).  The Impact Hub has assembled an interdisciplinary team from urban planning, architecture, spatial data science, urban design, and graphic design to create a sub-regional town observatory based on the Colouring London platform created […]

Sustaining São Paulo through waste collection

What role do graphic images play in the livelihood of waste collectors? Collaboration between Loughborough University and University of São Paulo explored the central role graphic images play in the work of waste collectors in São Paulo. Research examined the idea of waste as a symbolic resource. The project culminated in a photo-documentation of the […]

Memorialising Mandela in the Metropolis

What might we expect to learn about a famous person from visiting a place named after them? Is naming an urban place simply an act of commemoration, or should such locations be enhanced through educational resources tell us more? Inspired by initial discussions with the Nelson Mandela Foundation in South Africa, the Memorialising Mandela in […]