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No more bad first dates. 5 radical ideas for modern online dating
On finding agency in dating.
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Coco Liu
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What is a parklet — history, design principles, and implications in our world today
A beautiful urban initiative that transforms pavement to pockets of green spaces
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Coco Liu
Slow spaces for conversation
My story for building spaces where conversations are not just good, but great.
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Coco Liu
17
An eleven year journal, on crossing thresholds in life
A non-linear journey in the making
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Coco Liu
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China’s past and future, a celadon cup from the Song dynasty
On unearthing the past to find who we are
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Coco Liu
8
Community is less about the who, and more about the where and how
The times we feel full from a conversation meal
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Coco Liu
9
Design thinking in interior design
Learnings from diving into a few interior design projects
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Coco Liu
The ring roads of Moscow and Beijing
How urban road patterns inevitably affect our worldview
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Coco Liu
Helsinki, the Midnight Sky
Nordic impressions, embracing the impermanence of experiences
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Coco Liu
7
A space dedicated to the meeting of strangers
On refinding my why
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Coco Liu
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How railroads have created urban parks from around the world
Reusing infrastructure, a look into railways that have been converted to green belts and urban linear parks
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Coco Liu
Approaching shared living through design
How architecture plays a role in cultivating community in the long run
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Coco Liu
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