The age of experience: how is the events economy shaping city life?
Events are handy formats: they bring together the city’s different players, make empty spaces visible, change the story of neighbourhoods and generate economic activity, and on top of all that turn all of this into something measurable and programmable. But designing a city as an “events stage” does not always give the right answer. What is left once the event is over? Does the value created contribute not only to the cultural ecosystem but also to access to public space, to local businesses and to the daily life of neighbourhoods?
Istanbul from 6 to 6 | Tanrı Misafiri on Istanbul’s pop-up food scene
Istanbul from 6 to 6 | Beyond Hi-Fi and craft drinks: what a listening bar is, and isn’t
Born in Japan and now spreading across the big cities of Europe and the US, audiophile bars represent the spread of an analogue culture that puts experience, process and quality ahead of uniformity and fast consumption. One of the current versions of this approach, which brings food, drink and music together, is taproomx in Asmalı Mescit. In this instalment of the “Istanbul from 6 to 6” series, Can Çakmakçı, one of taproomx’s partners, tells us how the feel of vinyl and craft beer took the shape of a place.
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