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A new book that may be of interest to those involved in cultural mapping. 

From Footprint Books (Australia): 

This looks really interesting – laser cultural mapping to offer people a 3D experience of heritage sites.

From National Parks Traveller: 

Ok, they’re already an established beauty brand business, but this is quite a cool idea for a pop up shop. 

From  Premae: 

A summary of the success of the food pop-up phenomenon in Detroit. This bit in particular is interesting (of course lots of people will always want to buy beer more than art, but I reckon the principles are still the same). 

From Model D by Noelle Lothamer: 

In the past three years, San Francisco has experienced pop-up fatigue. The pop-up Levi's workshop. Pop-up butchers.

Great set of videos compiled by Spaziale on how to set up a pop-up shop, including one by the Empty Shops Network’s Dan Thompson in the UK: 

Watch the videos…

From Belfast Telegraph by Heather McGarrigle: 

Article on the pop-up high street. This part is particularly interesting: an innovative collaboration: 

One of the most talked-about ventures has been Home, an innovative collaboration between chef Ben Haller and furniture upcycling collective ReFound, run by Jill O'Neill.

These two very different businesses came together in previously vacant premises on Belfast's Callendar Street. 

Renew Australia founder Marcus Westbury recently gave this talk at Newcastle’s inaugural TEDxNewy. In it he explains how Renew Newcastle evolved from a failed attempt to start a bar. 

Read more…

The Irish take pop-up to a new level – not just individual shops but a pop-up shopping centre! :) 

From Guide2Dublin.com: 

Arriving in the Deans Grange outlet in Deansgrange Stillorgan at the end of the month is Ireland’s first dedicated Pop Up Shops Shopping Centre.  Shopping World Retails and Trade Solutions are behind this new venture, where new businesses are expected to pop up over night and old businesses will rise from the near burning ashes to grow and survive in these recessionary times. 

Good article about the City of Sydney’s support of pop-up projects to revive Oxford Street.

From: Sydney Morning Herald:

Once the heart of Sydney's gay, alternative scene where locals mingled with drag queens and sculptors, Oxford Street in Darlinghurst has devolved over the past 20 years into a seedy mix of late-night pizza joints, darkened clubs and booze-fuelled bashings, writes Nicole Hasham.