A City Eating Itself (in less than 10 minutes)

A City Eating Itself (in less than 10 minutes) offers a unique creative perspective on convenience culture and gig workers in Amsterdam. The book reveals a mischievous artistic intervention by studio affect lab in their hometown during COVID. It unpacks how art and design can raise urgent questions about social cohesion and the future of urban living in the context of pandemic capitalism and big tech.

A City Eating Itself blends together…
Fascinating first-person stories from neighbours and delivery riders in Amsterdam
Speculative fiction
Hand drawn-illustrations
Riso graphics
Street photography
Essays from leading urban thinkers
A compact history of food delivery in the Dutch capital.

For readers curious about cities, design, architecture, the platform economy and food culture. LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies. SHIPS WORLDWIDE.


Publisher// affect lab, an impact-driven creative studio and research practice based in Amsterdam.
Editor// Dr. Natalie Dixon
Essays// Klasien van de Zandschulp, René Boer, Letizia Chiappini, Minnie Bates
Design// Lyanne Tonk
Illustrations// Koos Groenewald
Pages// 164
Size// 14 x 20 cm
Binding// Softcover
Language// English
Support // Creative Industries Fund NL & Amsterdam Fund for the Arts
ISBN// 9789083370507
Published // 2024

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