"From the past to the future: What is creation all about?"

Lidewij Edelkoort, Peaches, Gordon Wagener and Mario Lombardo challenged 32 artists to draw their picture of a futuristic city.

We’ve seen beautiful, stunning and well thought works in the categories of photography, design, textile and food. Each of these categories brought up two winning participants, that take part in the “Future of the City Award”.

During the voting process we would like to take the opportunity and introduce the finalists, their work and their motivation for being creative.

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The smart editorial team is developing the content on this website. We ask pioneers from metropolises around the world to question the urban status quo. The results are visions, ideas and solutions for sustainable lifestyles, modern social systems and forward-looking developments in the fields of architecture, design, technology and many more.

Guerilla
de Ganchillo

The crochet guerrilla was born in Barcelona, september 2010 to bring the warmth of the yarn to the streets. Our goal is to have fun, to colour the city and to suggest ideas for a better environment in a creative way. We’re an open group formed by people of all ages, gender, background and nationalities. We make a public call on the Internet and everybody is invited to join us!

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we sing really loud when we drive our cars

Why are you creating what you are creating?
Because we believe cities are too grey nowadays, because it is really fun to get out of our routines, because we believe crafts can make the world a better place: knitting and crocheting instead of fighting!

Where will you live in 5 years?
Wherever we live it will be full of yarn! But probably in a greener and happier place.

What will your city of the future look like?
It will look like a canvas where all the cities dreamed by its inhabitants take place. Cities will be soft, colourful, fun…

How do you like to move around in your city?
We like to feel the air on our cheeks and to enjoy the sunlight: we walk, we bike, we skate, we run, we jump, we use public transportation and we sing really loud when we drive our cars!

What would be your question for the city of the future?
Our question would be: “How can we bring nature into the city of the future?”