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24 alternatives to Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World

Investigation of key ideas that have shaped our urban spaces

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Happy City▲65

   Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming▲69

   How can design inspire us to think about our future?

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars▲65

   An urban transformation is underway

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Invisible City▲6

   Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Dreamer Map▲67

   See the dreams people are having around the world

   2023 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Microadventures▲91

   Ideas for local adventures for busy folk. 5 to 9 Adventures.

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Human Cities▲263

   Real-time activity in 900 cities around the world

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Startup Communities▲241

   How to build communities of entrepreneurs

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Envisioning Information▲87

   A remarkable range of examples of visual thinkinking

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The New Urban Crisis▲8

    An assessment of the varied challenges facing our cities

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Maps of the Mind▲62

    Charts and concepts of the mind and its labyrinths

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Digital Nomads▲68

    How to live, work and play around the world

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Idea Makers▲58

    Insights into some of our greatest thinkers + makers

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Shapes of Cities▲66

    Improve your visual memory while learning about cities.

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Paul Rand: Conversations with Students▲69

    Paul Rand's words and thoughts on varied topics

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Envisioning Cities▲78

    Track innovation shaping the future of cities.

    2020 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Destination Reads▲95

    Going Somewhere Read a book set there

    2018 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Motion Design for iOS▲188

    A book about designing animations for iOS

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Artistic Maps of Over 4,000 U.S. Cities▲69

    2014 · projectjefferson.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Profiling the Unseen - A journey across Taipei, Delhi and San Francisco▲65

    A photobook depicting lives & dreams of people around us

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Idea Makers▲53

    Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Notable People

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Pretty Streets▲110

    Discover cities through customized walking itineraries

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    What the Street▲61

    Visualize the distribution of mobility spaces in cities

    2017 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter▲96

    How today's smartest businesses grow themselves

    2015 · its alternatives →

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