city brand

Urban Villages™. On the Commodification of Heterogeneity in the Branded Cityscape

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

A MODEST PROPOSAL

Urban branding is based on a fundamental paradox: it seeks uniqueness—yet increasingly draws on what has traditionally resisted representation. It is the unruly, unofficial, socially unregulated spaces […]

Frankfurt D.C.

Prof. em. Dr. Klaus Klemp

The station district had already had its fair share of the 2024 European Football Championships: "NO GO ZONE". England fans in 'Zombieland' Frankfurt have to run the […]

City or brand?

Dr. Eric Häusler Prof. Dr. Jürgen Häusler

City branding as a new form of urban governance. The city has never been merely a space of coexistence, but always also an object of observation, classification, […]

Dortmund: On the way to becoming Germany's strongest city brand

Johannes Christensen

Dortmund - a city with history, character and a future. But how can all these facets be united in a clear message? A comprehensive branding process was […]