Magical Urbanism, a website about urbanization, design and social change, is maintained by Mike Ernst. I'm an urban planner and designer based in New York City. I graduated from the Links
- Treehugger – Is there a modern aesthetic that is environmentally responsible?
- InfraNet Lab – Infrastructures / networks / environments
- DeliriousLA – Investigations in landscape and urbanism
- Design You Trust – New design trends, news and events
- Pruned – On landscape architecture and related fields
- Planetizen – The planning and development network
- The Map Room – A weblog about maps
- A Daily Dose of Architecture – (Almost) daily architectural musings from the Midwest
- WorldChanging – Blog about the tools, models and ideas for building a better future
- Life Without Buildings – Ramblings on all things architectural
- City of Sound – What designers have to learn from the way cities and buildings work
- Bikescape – Bikes and space
- Squatter City – Squatters and squatter cities around the world
- Tropolism – Urban life is a glorious mess, as are the buildings and spaces that enable it
- Cyburbia – The Planning Portal
- Subtopia – A field guide to military urbanism
- Cyborg Landscapes – Landscapes of infrastructure; natural systems / machinic systems
- Space and Culture – Journal of cultural studies on a wide range of socio-spatial arenas
- Architectures of Control in Design – How Design Restricts Use
- FFunction – Data Visualization
- Crib Candy – Visual news gallery of household and interior design
- Design Under Sky – Landscape architecture + Environmental Design
- BLDGBLOG – Architectural conjecture, urban speculation, landscape futures
- Design Observer – Writings about design and culture
- Gravestmor – Architectural ephemera
- Spacing Magazine – Understanding Toronto’s urban landscape and public spaces
- Gridskipper – The urban travel guide
- Brand Avenue – Place, Space and Identity
- Core77 – Industrial design magazine and resource
- Square Glasses – Cities, Economics, Culture
- notcot – ideas + aesthetics + amusement
- Triple Canopy – Online magazine and platform for editorial and curatorial activities.
- New Urban Designer – How the built environment affects society
- People and Place – A tumblr collection
- We and the Color – a showcase about creative inspiration in design
- Landezine – Presenting contemporary landscape architecture works
- Urbanautica – An online magazine dedicated to Contemporary Landscape Photography
- Mammoth – architectural research, design, and development cartel
- Urban Omnibus – Creating a new kind of conversation about design and New York City
- SpaceInvading – Collecting the best of architecture and design
- deconcrete – Everyday urbanisms without architects’ architectures
- Contemporist – Daily source for architects and interior designers
- MoCo Loco – Modern contemporary design and architecture
- Wooster Collective – Showcasing and celebrating street art in cities around the world
- Vandalog – The place for people to keep up to date on what’s going on with street art
- The Dirt – The latest news on the built and natural environment from the ASLA
- Preservation Research Office – Specialists in the Preservation of St. Louis Architecture
- The Fox is Black – Eat. Drink. Design.
- but does it float – Curated by Folkert & Atley
- Designinspiration – diverse selection of high quality, user-submitted images
- Encountering Urbanization – Confronting the experiment of rapid urbanization
- Design;Defined – A Design Inspiration Blog