Sliding Friction: The Harmonious Jungle of Contemporary Cities

Posted: February 12th, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It has finally arrived! After months of fun labor, Nicolas and I released Sliding Friction: The Harmonious Jungle of Contemporary Cities (pdf). This pamphlet assembles photos and annotations we took here and there along our dérive through the many cities we lived in and visited. Sliding Friction is an attempt to showcase the curious aspects of contemporary urban spaces. Through 15 topics and 4 themes we focus our lenses on the sparkles generated by the many frictions between ideas, practices and infrastructures that populate cities. We hope to provide some raw food for thoughts to consider the city of the future. Do we want to mitigate, or even eliminate these frictions?

Sliding Friction: The Harmonious Jungle of Contemporary Cities (pdf)
Nicolas Nova and Fabien Girardin
in Walabab editions, Designed by Bread and Butter, Preface by Bruce Sterling, Postface by Julian Bleecker.

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One Comment on “Sliding Friction: The Harmonious Jungle of Contemporary Cities”

  1. 1 eduard said at 12:04 pm on April 4th, 2008:

    Bonjour Fabien,

    je trouve tes recherches très intéressantes (notamment la granularité et les heatmaps). Après lecture du sliding friction, que j’ai trouvé très marrant, le post-face m’a uplifted.
    Il y a une expo au CCCB en ce moment “Post-it” que je trouve qui pourrait t’intèresser.

    Moltes gràcies i endavant.

    Eduard.