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Cities are made from more than buildings and roads. They are also made by ambiences – how a city makes you feel

Image: Ryoji Iwata/Unsplash How does a city feel? Energetic, unnerving, invigorating, relaxing? This is a key question often asked by designers who consider the ambience of...

Smart street furniture in Australia: a public service or surveillance and advertising tool?

      A smart light pole in the UK can also recognise faces and numberplates and detect speeding. Nazlika/Wikimedia Common Smart street furniture – powered and digitally...

What next for parklets? It doesn’t have to be a permanent switch back to parking

  Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Author provided Outdoor dining on former parking spaces – generally known as parklets – has proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reduced demand for...

A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick

Picture: Shuttlestock As we emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, it is timely to reflect on how the design of our neighbourhoods and the ways we interact...
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.