Manufactured Landscapes
Remaking the world for our needs
Humans hack the landscape to be more productive and predictable. Though we have intentionally transformed the landscape since the first farmer put a seed in the ground, in the last century our efforts have become planet-scale. While we manipulate old nature through dams, planned forests and irrigation, we create a next natural landscape of highways, vast cities, and garbage dumps. How do we control these? And is control even possible?
Staff Picks

Pimp My Planet
We live in a time where everything or everyone can be upgraded or ‘pimped’. After the worldwide acceptance of plastic surgery and pimped homes, will eventually everything be pimp-able? Even our own planet.
Interview: Liam Young on Speculative Architecture and Engineering the Future
Liam Young is a speculative architect who in his own words "operates in the spaces between design fiction and futures". ...
Yes, Naturally
The following essay is from Yes Naturally: How Art Saves the World available in the Next Nature store. You can visit ...
Re-introducing Extinct Species
Rewilding Europe is een Nederlandse organisatie die tot doel heeft de herintroductie van lang verloren soorten in de Europese wildernis. ...









