LOCAL LEGENDS An interview series and research project that explores the field of narrative placemaking

PlacesNikki van GrimbergenNovember 01, 2018

“These small business owners — it’s these people that are the currency.”

A walk along Ridley Road Market with Kollier to find out about keeping the faith and what African entrepreneurs can teach the world about value.

PlacesNikki van GrimbergenNovember 01, 2018

“These small business owners — it’s these people that are the currency.”

PlacesNikki van GrimbergenOctober 15, 2018community, Southampton, migration, arrivalsComment

The Writing Room

Exploring Southampton’s identity through on-the-ground stories of the city with graphic artist and educator Susanna Edwards and writer dr Nazneen Ahmed

PlacesNikki van GrimbergenOctober 15, 2018community, Southampton, migration, arrivalsComment

PlacesNikki van GrimbergenFebruary 21, 2018Southampton, Community, Regeneration, Retial, Retail, Sea, Port, City, Medieval, Ocean1 Comment

'Southampton has sabotaged itself, but it also has a need for reconnection and celebration.'

A place portrait of this collage-city with illustrator Susanna Edwards, writer Owen Hatherley and community champion Rob Kurn

PlacesNikki van GrimbergenFebruary 21, 2018Southampton, Community, Regeneration, Retial, Retail, Sea, Port, City, Medieval, Ocean1 Comment

'Southampton has sabotaged itself, but it also has a need for reconnection and celebration.'

PlacesNikki van GrimbergenDecember 30, 2017music, radio, sound, placemaking, NYC, Manhattan, New York, disco, scenebuilding

'The reason you’re dancing today? That’s because of this place.'

Radio host Frank Ramos on why the clandestine dance clubs of seventies SoHo revolutionised how we shape scenes and tell stories

PlacesNikki van GrimbergenDecember 30, 2017music, radio, sound, placemaking, NYC, Manhattan, New York, disco, scenebuilding

'The reason you’re dancing today? That’s because of this place.'

PlacesRosanna VitielloFebruary 03, 2017landscape, nature, experience, Fontainebleau, Placeportrait, photostoryComment

La Forêt de Fontainebleau

Under the spell of the magic forest

PlacesRosanna VitielloFebruary 03, 2017landscape, nature, experience, Fontainebleau, Placeportrait, photostoryComment

PlacesRosanna VitielloDecember 18, 2016Placemaking, Stories

Something's changing in placemaking — and it's not just creative, it's narrative

Can stories make places with meaning?

PlacesRosanna VitielloDecember 18, 2016Placemaking, Stories

Something's changing in placemaking — and it's not just creative, it's narrative

PlacesRosanna VitielloDecember 01, 2016

Listening to places

How places talk and what they tell us

PlacesRosanna VitielloDecember 01, 2016