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An Apple Store for Live Music
Apple just opened a 600-person live music venue in London.
For a company that has spent decades making more of our lives digital, Apple remains remarkably committed to physical space. The Apple Store proved that making a place less necessary doesn’t make it less valuable—it just raises the bar for what that place needs to be.
Apple Music Hall might be the Apple Store for live music.
And there may be a lesson in there for the work.place.
From Space to Place: Lessons from Urban Design
Great places rarely happen by accident.
From lantern parades and public art to urban beaches and illuminated underpasses, placemaking can take countless forms. But what do these seemingly unrelated projects have in common? And what might they teach us about creating great places at every scale?
micro.cosm
If you can stream the World Cup from your couch, why would you pay to watch it on a giant screen with a few hundred strangers?
This article isn't really about soccer. It's about why the best places—from sports venues to workplaces—are all starting to solve the same problem.