Monday 21 April 2014

DESIGN ROUNDUP / MAY

DESIGN ROUNDUP is your weekly guide to the NYC design community. Be sure to check back every Monday for a fresh list of events. Want to suggest an event? email hidden; JavaScript is required April 27–May 3, 2014 1/ Information Everywhere: Flexible Content with Responsive Design Responsive design ʺfrees our contentʺ to work anywhere, anytime,…

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Recording Rockaway Oral Histories

One extra session added this coming Friday April 18, from 12-2PM, at The Wave, B90th Street: Last chance to get your Rockaway story recorded! As part of the “Dear Rockaway” project, our team has been setting up open interview times over the past months inviting local residents to share their impressions of the peninsula, memories, happy and sad,…

Saturday 29 March 2014

“The Wave” Letters

Every week, our Rockaway team storyteller, Carolyn Louth, addresses the locals with her “Dear Rockaway” letter, which provides at once transparency, updates and news about the progress of our project in the Rockaway, in her inimitable, light, friendly yet convincing tone. The team has opted to leverage the strategic media channel of the Wave to…

Sunday 23 March 2014

Seaport, A Place in the Making, Charrette+Talk

Despite the uncertain future of the South Street Seaport, one thing is sure: it’s a place of rooted culture, rich histories and meaning. The question is how can we move forward, and use design to make these cultural gems, such as the Seaport’s federal-style brick buildings and historical boats, its rich culinary and market culture, the arts…

Saturday 15 March 2014

Seaport, Repairing the Rift

Photo: Brendan Crain, Yeju Choi center in front of the Catch&Release installation Our Seaport team closed phase 1 of Catch& Release on Saturday March 15 with a well-attended site visit co-produced with OHNY (Open House New York, the leader in urban tours). WXY Architecture + Urban Design’s Adam Lubinsky and Design/Relief designer Yeju Choi led…

Wednesday 26 February 2014

Red Hook Sites for HUB

Looking at various outdoor places in Red Hook, such as Coffee Park, a central meeting point, in the  summer, more than the winter

Red Hook Community Engagement Strategy

The Red Hook team has mapped out, in an ever-growing diagram, the intertwined network of local community organizations, key-players, activists and institutions

Red Hook Neighborhood Exploration

Red Hook Team discovery phase, November-December 2013 Our Red Hook team has been busy on the ground conducting research, mapping out the front and back of Red Hook, interviewing stakeholders and residents, represented by a diverse palette of organizations such as tenant associations, social and health services providers, and recovery efforts entities, to name a…

Wednesday 12 February 2014

Community Workshop in Redhook @ Miccio Center

Tuesday 4 February 2014

Catch&Release – the statement