Great day in Copenhagen starting with the biggest latte I've ever seen in my life.
Then I strolled up and down the Stroget, which claims to be the longest pedestrianised shopping street in the world. They were just installing an, er, installation. A hugely long red carpet, the length of the Stroget. I liked it. It's the work of an artist Marco Evaristti - and supported by cities for people, a conference on urbanism and transport in stuff. Which I could have stayed for that. I especially liked that they were going to "focus on research, case studies and experiences in the integration of walking policies into a wider context." Made me wonder about my own walking policies.
I immediately thought this would be a good name for a brand consultancy or something, but someone's beaten me to the punch.
Then off to the conference. Really nice people, really well organised. I've no idea if they thought what Mark and I did had any relevance at all. I think I'm going over people's heads a lot of the time. Being too abstract and high-flown. Making it sound impractical. I dunno. It's easy to dismiss because it's Nike and Honda and that. They gave me a nice Georg Jensen bowl as a thankyou. Great people.
Mark Earls was very good as useful. Never seen him presenting his book before. Great stuff.
Very excited by this. A piece of promotional literature featuring my name.
Here they all are watching the Honda Cog ad.
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