‘Hacktivist’ Poses Dilemma for Strasbourg
The man who brought portable pedestrian crossings to France has created a delicate moment for Strasbourg council by publishing a map on how to pee in public in the city without being caught. Florian Rivière who calls himself an “urban hacktivist” first hit the headlines with a range of ideas for adapting everyday items of [...]
Outdoor Poster Boys or Visual Polluters?
Few who visit or live in France can ignore JCDecaux, the name that is synonymous with outdoors or, in the view of some, grossly polluting it. For from the moment one drives or flies into France – home-base of JCDecaux, these days a powerful multinational business — it becomes very evident who owns every bus [...]
