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24 alternatives to Imaginary Cities

Mapping cities of sound, melancholia and the afterlife

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Imaginary Cities launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Dream Cities: Seven Urban Ideas That Shape the World▲56

   Investigation of key ideas that have shaped our urban spaces

   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
   Inventology▲72

   How we dream up things that change the world

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Happy City▲65

   Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Utopia Experiment▲103

   An attempt to live life as if global society collapsed

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Presence▲81

   Science fiction novel about the future of Virtual Reality

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars▲65

   An urban transformation is underway

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Dark Matter of the Mind▲67

   The Culturally Articulated Unconscious

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9AM
   Artistic Maps of Over 4,000 U.S. Cities▲69

   2014 · projectjefferson.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Wanderlust▲61

    A history of walking

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Microadventures▲91

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

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Man V. Nature▲148

    Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Maps of the Mind▲62

    Charts and concepts of the mind and its labyrinths

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Incognito▲70

    The secret lives of the brain

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Competing for the Future▲54

    The art of planning for the future

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Light▲58

    A Radiant History from Creation to the Quantum Age

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Mapping Experiences▲69

    A complete guide to creating value through journeys

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World▲61

    How wonder drives tech innovation

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Landmarks▲53

    On the importance of language and landscape

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    The True Believer▲60

    Thoughts on the nature of mass movements

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Fantastic Structures▲61

    A coloring book of amazing buildings real and imagined

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Iconoclast▲60

    A neuroscientist reveals how to think differently

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Art of Possibility▲58

    Transforming Professional and Personal Life

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Profiling the Unseen - A journey across Taipei, Delhi and San Francisco▲65

    A photobook depicting lives & dreams of people around us

    2017 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →