Review of project work at Dec 09, presented to London Development Agency

1. We love things that are epic….

6. … .but our ideal lives are as much to do with social relationships as objects …

8. We love platforms of social interaction…

10. And what increasingly matters are our connections, woven networks and how civility is ‘mediated’

12. What we see out of the window is important…

14. We prefer this…

16. … to this…

18. But in an age of distrust of institutions, ‘analysis paralysis’, PR masquerading as community relations and decreased bank lending, how can we…

20. I am a former…

29. One of the essences of media narrative is to create epics…

31. But making that larger than life narrative demands clarity, humanity, entertainment, talent management, choreography and sequencing

33. I have been creating design projects since 1991…

53. The process started by creating a project office from a derelict, vacant retail unit….

57. Local people were invited to nominate the ‘top ten’ places that they wanted to see improve in the town to set the brief for a design ideas competition…

63. Local people chose the ideas and designers they wanted to see happen in their town…

67. The capital programme was supported by a dispersed, informal set of micro cultural, educational, social and economic projects…

74. Lol Coxhill in a skip Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew

76. We facilitate commissions of new work by international artists from Europe and Latin America…

77. Lol Coxhill in a skip Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew

78. Lol Coxhill in a skip Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew

82. 2003-08: a town revitalization programme valued at £14.5m was implemented, with finance sourced from over 20 different sources, supported by a partnership of over 11 public agencies, three new community groups formed and investment of £250m+ leveraged

145. This is our project slogan…

152. Connected urban systems

153. Connected real estate

156. David Barrie David Barrie & Associates http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Barrie Blog: http://davidbarrie.typepad.com Mail: [email_address]