Projects

Here’s what we’ve been up to lately. To explore our history, visit our archive.

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Albany Hive

A community-led redesign of a public alley in Albany, NY.
Albany

Design Sprints

Leaders serving marginalized communities and design teams co-create short-term solutions for pressing neighborhood needs.
BrooklynManhattanQueens

Points of Promise

Public art and design tools to support civic engagement in Gowanus amidst the neighborhood's redevelopment.
Brooklyn

Common Build

Surfacing the work of emerging designers and testing new strategies to bring people together in public space.

Urban Room

Using our HQ as a flexible community space for friends and neighbors.
Brooklyn

Neighborhoods Now

Long-term, community-led pandemic recovery across four boroughs in NYC.

Gowanus Action

Bond Street Bash, May 12, 2022. Photo: Cameron Blaylock
Resident-led design projects in our home of Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Brooklyn

Van Alen Council Trips

The Van Alen Council is a invitation-only community of leading systems-thinkers spanning the design professions.

Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge

An international design competition that sparked a new public conversation about New York City’s infrastructure.
Brooklyn

BetterBin Litter Basket Design Competition

Together with the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY), the Industrial Designers Society of America (ISDA), and the American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY), we invited interdisciplinary industrial design teams to reimagine the iconic New York City litter basket.