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Nø City Guide, a monumental work on Shanghai

February 25, 2012 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Our friend Matthieu Duperrex, editor of Urbain-trop Urbain, just released his long awaited monography on the city of Shanghai.

The Nø City Guide is a French-language, PDF and Epub (iPad ready) digital book “dedicated to the imaginary or real practice of the city”.

50 authors portray the megalopolis in a monumental book spreading over seven hundred pages, a 30x18cm format with countless links, videos and audio ressources.

“Mégalopole de vitesse et de changement permanent, Shanghai contredit la fixité et l’idéal de ce qu’on appelle encore ville. Au visiteur imaginaire ou réel, au nouveau flâneur urbain équipé de son outillage numérique, Shanghai Nø City Guide délivre une exploration loin du récit omniscient. La texture urbaine qui se tisse ainsi à propos de Shanghai devient une invitation à se constituer soi-même des approches parcellaires et éclatées, des pratiques urbaines…”

We are not sure if a version is at work for English readers, but for every further information, questions and contact, write to:

Matthieu Duperrex et Claire Dutrait
contact@urbain-trop-urbain.fr
contact@nocityguide.com
More infos here.
A pdf excerpt here.

The Nø City Guide is downloadble online at: nocityguide.com

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