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Dan Hill

@cityofsound

Director, Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne. Prev: UCL IIPP, AHO, Vinnova, Arup, Fabrica, SITRA, BBC &c. Mainly at Threads and Bluesky now

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Impassioned advocacy for the public space of the street by Dan Hill. Streets predate & will post date the car - they are the connective social space of all cities, full of possibilities #publicsydney architectureau.com/articles/stree…

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Cities are on the frontlines of pressing social and environmental challenges while being sandboxes for innovation. As the @CouncilOnUrban comes to an end, our final report highlights our contributions: profiling case studies on care and housing from Barcelona to Bogotá,

Cities are on the frontlines of pressing social and environmental challenges while being sandboxes for innovation.

As the @CouncilOnUrban comes to an end, our final report highlights our contributions: profiling case studies on care and housing from Barcelona to Bogotá,
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"The 2025 Gold Medal is awarded to Timothy Hill, director of Partners Hill since 2013, and an architect responsible for numerous exemplars of Australian architecture" (I was luck to work with Tim on the State Library of Queensland; he's truly a genius) architectureau.com/articles/2025-…

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We have Fatou Kiné Dieye with us at Melbourne School of Design this week + she's our Deans Lecture Series speaker next Tuesday 13th May: if you're in Melbourne, come along. I'll be introducing + it's free! Background architectureau.com/articles/Fatou… + sign up here eventbrite.com.au/e/deans-lectur…

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The fabulous Fatou Kiné Dieye gave a wonderful talk to us at Melbourne School of Design last week — 'Building the Engine: Industry and the African Urban Agenda' — and it's online here: youtu.be/ieJRYfOwwPg?si…

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There's a well-known stat that only cycling is only 1% of head injuries, akin to walking (cars are 48%, motorbike is 13% etc). But it's from 2004, by ZNS Hannelore Kohl Stiftung, as quoted pdeleuw.de/fahrrad/helm.h… + then in 'Copenhagenize'. Do we know of any more recent research?

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Dan Hill James Anderson Mariana Mazzucato Ruth Puttick Bloomberg Philanthropies 🤝The importance of #citizenengagement The panel reflects on the key role of recognizing citizen voices and engaging the public in designing solutions and developing new approaches to unique local challenges.

<a href="/cityofsound/">Dan Hill</a> <a href="/JamesAnderson/">James Anderson</a> <a href="/MazzucatoM/">Mariana Mazzucato</a> <a href="/RPuttick/">Ruth Puttick</a> <a href="/BloombergDotOrg/">Bloomberg Philanthropies</a> 🤝The importance of #citizenengagement 

The panel reflects on the key role of recognizing citizen voices and engaging the public in designing solutions and developing new approaches to unique local challenges.
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Am in the UK currently but as I type our end-of-semester show MSDx is kicking off at @msdsocial. Thanks all the staff, academics and students who have made it all happen 👏 I wrote some brief notes on our evolving approach to design, and presenting it: msd.unimelb.edu.au/news/the-evolu…

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I helped co-author 'DesignS' manifesto, w/ Yongqi Lou, Don Norman, John Thackara, Yrjö Sotamaa, Rosanne Somerson, Lorenzo Imbesi, Ezio Manzini, Patrick Whitney & Jin Ma (human-nature engagement, AI as co-creator, cities as dynamic design universities &c) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Chunky chapter exploring and unpacking strategic design practice, and in particular conveying 'place layers' thinking and practice. Enjoy! (Written 18 months ago but just out this year) link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…