Designers
Designers are individuals and professionals who have a command of design principles - be it urban design, or other forms of designs - and who find in the process of sketching urban form a means to elicit an emotional response to carry an intellectual message about urban design, as well as finding in the blog a vehicle to address issues in a form that is not supported in the stricter requirements of their professions, and who do not wish to engage in strict academics either.
Artists
Artists find in the subject of urban design a never ending opportunity to create in the urban space. Subject matter is usually the stumbling block for artists (the dreaded blank page). Artists and designers both use composition, media and meaning to elicit an intellectual and an emotional response. The difference between them is that the artists' aim is the emotional response.
Writers
Writers put into words an understanding of urban form and an experience of urban space. Like designers and artists, writers can write primarily either as an art form or as journalistic report.
Community Representatives
Community representatives find in the subject of urban design a means to address "in the flesh" the multitude of issues that affect a city. Representatives can be elected representatives, municipal representatives, or volunteers.
Community members
Community members find in this blog and the subject of urban design a means to participate, investigate and communicate. They contribute by giving a sounding board to the material that is presented in the blog, by raising questions and issues that can become the basis for further posts, and by providing feedback on the subjects that are addressed in the blog.
Teams
All these participants would ideally participate as teams - either as online, or in the field where together each brings a piece of the puzzle. For example, a community representative may raise a current issue, which a designer and an artist proceed to illustrate, for which a writer provides a write-up and to which community members give feedback and personal experiences. Also, an individual may wear different hats: artist, writer and community member, for example.
