Go public. From the successful spaces designed to be enjoyed by the community to the tools citizens have to influence those areas, common or not. From new design methods that create extraordinary opportunities to decisions that challenge our basic public structures. And all this through documentation, investigation and idealization of what can be done; because we believe in the power of PUBLIC. Yes, that is you.

The eighth issue of the quarterly design journal MAS Context, PUBLIC, is already out.  All the content is available for free at www.mascontext.com, where you can order a printed copy of the journal from Lulu and download the electronic version.

Contributors include Luis Chillida, Andrew Clark, Lick Fai Eric Ho, Matthew Hoffman, Iker Gil, KARO* with Architektur+Netzwerk, labRAD, Edward Emile Richardson, Rob Smith, Snøhetta, Francine Stock, and David Yoon.

MAS Context is a quarterly journal created by MAS Studio that addresses issues that affect the urban context.  Its aim is to provide a comprenhensive view of a topic by the active participation of people from different fields and different perspectives. It instigates the debate.

Web: www.mascontext.com

text by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context