Dérive in Wreck Walk sound experience
The ‘Wreckthismess’ ‘cast’ has put together a dérive/psychogeography inspired sound mix. We are #43 & 44 on the tracklist.
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Dérive Walk: Cairo, Egypt
Dalia Said recently organised a group Dérive walk in Cairo, Egypt. Here are some photos from the walk, to see all the photos, check our Flickr group.
Dérive of Abu Dhabi – Rose Martinez
In TimeOut Abu Dhabi’s January 23-29 edition, Yas Waterworld is featured on the front page, and Al Bahar Towers, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the Corniche and other resorts and hotels are pictured in the article “Instagram Abu Dhabi”.
BBC Travel – Apps for Smart Detours
In the incredible run of press that we have been getting, another posting, this time on BBC Travel. “these free apps are encouraging tourists to get off the beaten track, stumble upon unique experiences and see the world with new eyes.” Read the article here
CNN – Apps that lead you off the beaten path
CNN has just released an article about applications that use unconventional ways for people to explore their surroundings. Dérive app was happy to add its two cents about how random urban exploration can increase peoples understanding of urban space and contribute to getter usage and leverage of that space as a result. Read more
AppMyCity Shortlist Selection
We are happy to announce that Dérive app has been selected for the AppMyCity shortlist. This makes us one of the 10 “mobile apps can make good cities great” according to the Google and Atlantic Cities.
Johannesburg Dérive app Workshop
Date: 13-14 April 2013 | Time: 10am-4pm | Venue: Maboneng Precinct We are very excited to be carrying out the second Dérive app workshop, this time in Johannesburg, South Africa. This, in collaboration with the Maboneng Precinct situated on the eastern edge of Africa’s richest and 4th largest city.
The Common – Doing a Dérive; or, Walking 2.0
Jennifer Acker has written an intriguing piece about the Abu Dhabi workshop held at NYU Abu Dhabi. Do hop over the The Common to read her in-depth tale of dériving in an “oil-rich, start-up city“
Ithaca and FLEFF Workshops
Over the last week we have been conducting our first all-digital workshop with Ithaca College and the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF), around creating a dérive deck for Ithaca and more specifically for some of the themes connected to the film festival this year.
Dérive Day 2013 – Tales from Madrid, Luxembourg, Stockholm.
The following three reportages of Dérive Day 2013 were kindly compiled by Veronica Yow, who also headed up the organisation of the one-day-marathon urban exploration event, that had 60 users in 23 locations worldwide using Dérive app to explore their urban surroundings in new ways.
Dérive Day 2013 – Tales from Kampala, Toronto and Cairo
The following three reportages of Dérive Day 2013 were kindly compiled by Veronica Yow, who also headed up the organisation of the one-day-marathon urban exploration event, that had 60 users in 23 locations worldwide using Dérive app to explore their urban surroundings in new ways.
Dérive Day – What happened
We are ecstatic with the response to the call to have a world wide Dérive Day. 23 dérives totalling 43km were recorded in Brussels, Paris, New York, Kampala, Singapore, Toronto, among others.