On a warm and sunny Sunday, Small Works Hackney celebrated the Global Sharing Day by hosting a Big Lunch with the community of Regent Estate. The legendary Caribbean food of local chef Rosa and the inviting sandwiches brought by other residents nourished informal chats as well as passionate discussions about […] more »
Ermacora lectures China Academy of Art (CAA) students to curate urban installations redefining the perception of Grand Canal
CLEAR VILLAGE founder, artist and strategy director Thomas Ermacora has been invited as a guest lecturer to the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou to guide and curate the development of a series of novel installations to change public perceptions of the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal, which is the […] more »
Big Dig in the Walled Garden
With the growing season upon us, the garden team needed to get the walled garden ready to plant. The polytunnel walls were recently refurbished by Havering Parks and made a perfect, protected space for garden seedlings to grow. Unfortunately, the area within the tunnels had been overrun with chest-high weeds […] more »
Tottenham residents show their creativity at Our Alleys Labs
We’re thrilled to report that CLEAR VILLAGE has just come off an incredibly successful series of Labs at the old Lloyds Pharmacy space on Tottenham High Rd. Now we’re sitting back and reflecting – along with our local community partners the Friends of Down Lane Park – on all the […] more »
SMALL is WORKING in Victoria
The many spaces available on Peabody housing estates all over London, made available with the closure of estate offices, now left abandoned and unused, served as inspiration for the project. The acknowledgement that these places could gain great social value by turning them into places where communities could come together […] more »
CLEAR VILLAGE to redesign alleys with Tottenham community
We are very excited to announce that Design Council/CABE and the Friends of Down Lane Park have selected CLEAR VILLAGE as the design partner for the Alley Links project in Tottenham, northeast London. Alley Links is part of the Design Your Neighbourhood programme that matches community groups with local design […] more »
Dynamic Dialogues is back in Helsingborg!
Dynamic Dialogues is back in Helsingborg! The time is Monday the 26 November 2012 and the place Helsingborg City Theatre. We’ll be staging the third of Dynamic Dialogues Labs series and will again be thinking big. We will link up to the Helsingborg Vision 2035, who are creating and consulting […] more »
Exploring Pop-up Urbanism Frontiers in Helsinki
POP-UP URBANISM FRONTIERS will take place at the Old Customs Warehouse (Tulli-ja pakkahuone), the hub of Helsinki Design Week, from 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm on Friday 14th September 2012. “In the World Design Capital year, Finland is buzzing with projects that reflect a new mega trend in urban regeneration that […] more »