Projects

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

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

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

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

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

Resident-led design projects in our home of Gowanus, Brooklyn.

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

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

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.