The City as Canvas: Designing Creative Places- cities@manchester – Tuesday, 28 October 2014, 6.30pm

Contemporary cities serve as sites for a wide range of interventions by designers, ranging from informal graffiti and temporary installations to community murals and rearrangement of public spaces. Artists and designers have a critical role to play in making cities distinctive, attractive, liveable, and dynamic. In this urban forum – part of cities@manchester’s established series and the Design Manchester 2014 Festival – we will discuss the meaning of design interventions in Manchester and other cities.

Chaired by Andrew Karvonen, Lecturer in Architecture & Urbanism (University of Manchester)

Introduced by Malcolm Garrett RDI (Ambassador of DM14)

Panellists:

• Garry Hunter – Curator, Writer
• Michael Mayhew – Artist Curator, City Arcadia Coventry
• David Rudlin – Urbanist, Urbed – Urbanism, Environment & Design
• Jack Thompson – Technical Director, Manchester International Festival

Followed by drinks.

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