Daniel Phillips is an American urban landscape ecologist and designer currently conducting research in Bangalore with support from the U.S. Fulbright Program and the United States India Educational Foundation (USIEF). He is the co-director of a collaborative design practice called Commonstudio (http://www.thecommonstudio.com), which explores a range of urban landscape topics through design and applied research initiatives.
The Global Urbarium project, an evolving, multi-city celebration of spontaneous urban vegetation, seeks to awaken all to the magic of weeds that we have always ignored or even rejected.