Books & Writing

45 ідей для украінських міст. Та будь­-якого іншого міста світу

45 Urban Ideas for Ukraine

- and every other city in the world

CANactions (Ukraine) 2023

Available to order online here

It is important in so many ways that the first book about post-war reconstruction in Europe in the 21st century is not a corporate business model to make money but rather a collection of important, passionate urban ideas for promoting a healthy, sustainable future for the proud, resilient citizens of Ukrainian cities and towns.

Collaboration is the spirit of this book. A long list of great urban ideas for Ukrainian cities and towns, written by a group of thirty-two international experts. This is not a “we know better” book — this is a team effort. Good ideas know no borders and urban citizens everywhere deserve the same quality of life and influence on the development of their cities. A list of the contributing authors and topics is at the end of this article.

There are choices to be made as Ukraine rebuilds and we hope that those choices are modern and progressive. Let this book serve as a life-sized counterweight to the massive corporate plans for rebuilding that are forming in closed meeting rooms filled with men in suits as we speak.

We hope to inspire the current generation of urban Ukrainians — and future generations — about what is possible regarding the urban change that they expect and deserve. These ideas are universal — fit for implementation in every city in the world — but this is Ukraine’s opportunity to emerge from the destruction of war and become a guiding light in urban thinking — for their citizens first and the rest of us afterwards. It is our sincere hope that Ukrainian cities and towns become the urban leaders the world needs.

45 ідей для украінських міст. Та будь­-якого іншого міста світу

Copenhagenize

- the definitive guide to global bicycle urbanism

Island Press (USA) 2018

Mikael did his best to sum up over a decade of his thinking, philosophizing, pondering and his direct work with cities around the world in one book, published in spring 2017 by Island Press. He covers everything you need to know about re-establishing the bicycle as transport in cities. History, communication, bad examples of bicycle planning, Best Practice infrastructure designs. Available in bookstores or online in North America and here is the European Union.

German: Bookstores and online: Copenhagenize: Der ultimative Weg zur urbanen Fahrradkultur.

Polish: Bookstores and online: Być jak Kopenhaga. Duński przepis na miasto szczęśliwe.

Ukrainian: Coming in 2022.

German Edition:

Thiemo Graf Verlag 2020

Copenhagenize: Der ultimative Weg zur urbanen Fahrradkultur.

 

A Short Introduction to Bicycle Urbanism - for people who don’t give a fuck.

Coolville Design 2019

People who do care about bicycle urbanism and city life will have read - or plan to read - Copenhagenize - the definitive guide to global bicycle urbanism. But let's face it: there are many people out there who haven't and never will. This book is for them. The sceptics, the nimbys, the whiners, the uninformed. Bicycles belong in cities and this book is a quick, effective guide to understanding the whys and the hows of bicycles as transport.

Available for purchase as paperback or pdf download over at Blurb.com

Also available in the following languages:

German // Italian // Spanish // Portuguese // Turkish // Dutch // Arabic // Thai

Cycle Chic

Thames & Hudson 2012

Cycle Chic is the condensed sum of 15,000 street photographs of cyclists around the world that Mikael had shot over six years. It was labelled as “streetstyle“ and came out as a photography book

Cycle Chic Global

Various publishers

The Cycle Chic book was published in various international editions over the years, in Italian, Korean, Japanese and German.

Cargo Bike Nation

Coolville Design 2013

The rise of the cargo bike in our cities continues. Mikael published 725 photographs of cargo bikes around the world in order to show the diversity of uses. Not only in the cargo bike capital of Copenhagen, but in the most unlikely places.

Stripey Streetness

Coolville Design 2009

What might be the first book focusing solely on zebra crossings (crosswalks), Stripey Streetness was Mikael’s first photo book. “This photo series shows city life and city people framed within the zebra crossing. People coming and going and waiting. All of them telling us stories with their body language. Wide strides or short steps. Hunched shoulders or head held high. The zebra crossing becomes a stage on which people around the world are brought together."

The Cork Papers

Cork City Council 2018

In this anthology, Mikael joins 19 other authors from around the world in a collection of essays with advice on how to make Cork, Ireland (or any city) a Leading Sustainable City. You can download the complete book for free from this website.

Cyclists & Cycling Around the World

Pontecicia Universidad Catoloca del Peru

Mikael contributed to this anthology by a long line of urban thinkers by penning the chapter about Branding Cycling – Mainstreaming A Good thing. Published in English and Spanish and available online: Buy the e-version or hardcopy from this website.

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