Street Life
Why Festival Streets Feel Different at Walking Speed
Why festival streets feel different at walking speed: follow changing route cues, choose where to pause, and see how…
The full notebook
All stories
Explore writing on festival design, city streets, shared spaces and the traces gatherings leave behind.
Public Space
Choosing a Festival Gathering Place in a Square or Park
Choose a festival gathering place with a clear arrival cue, a usable route, and enough room to pause, so visitors can…
Festival Design
How to Design Temporary Festival Signs for Clear Routes and a Cohesive Event
Temporary festival signs can make a scattered event easier to follow. Plan names, arrows, placement, and removal so…
Gatherings
The Queue Is Not the Whole Gathering
Festival queue design can make waiting easier to understand and the surrounding event easier to notice, while keeping…
City Memory
A City Walk After the Festival Has Left
A city walk after the festival reveals what the gathering left behind and how streets and squares are returning to…
Our point of view
A festival is also a way of seeing the city
Urban Festival Review looks at the temporary city made by festivals: who gathers, how shared places are used, and what the event leaves in view.