Artist and urban designer collaborations: What value do they bring?

Join the debate into artist and urban designer collaborations

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share your examples of good and bad public art.

Some of views aired at the Fairytale or Horror Story... conference included:

• The profession has overdone planning for all - we have lost the ability to say no, do little, allow people to make places work. Should urban designers say no to briefs they don’t think will work?

• Artists get selected too often for the way their work looks rather than the way they think – this can lead to clashes of ideology and aspirations. Too often the creative input of artists is not taken seriously by others – there is a ‘throw away mentality’ - how do we rectify this?

• The debate surrounding objects being placed in our cities and towns is obscuring the need for thoughtful places, which encourage real interaction. How can the two professions unite to encourage more creative clients?

.........what do you think?