Ecologies of Addiction is a research competition initiated by the Van Alen Institute (NYC). The competition inviting multidisciplinary teams to generate flexible design and policy strategies to better understand the effects of city life on the psyche and health of each citizen to use this knowledge to create more resilient communities. The brand reflects the maze of the urban landscape into a legible and recognisable brand-system that can be filled with different aspects of city life. Ecologies of addiction Micro Site.