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Beez in the trap?

From beekeeping to beewatching to sampling local honey, there are many ways to support urban agriculture and the worldwide bee population.

Exhibit: Design for the Real World Redux

“Design for the Real World Redux” features submissions to the international design competition for the Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award. Papanek famously argued that “design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical”.

The elevator myth?

The first thought which may come to mind is that using the stairs rather than the elevator is better for one’s health and can reduce the electricity consumption within the building. Are both of these facts valid?

Reimagining the city, beginning with sidewalk sheds

The everyday sidewalk shed — what can be done with it? A team in the MFA Transdisciplinary Design program at Parsons/The New School saw potential: the result, Softwalks, is a design intervention, a kit that can give sheds features of public furniture or other uses to serve the community.

City Zoning Turns Green

The City Council just approved a far reaching set of zoning changes to smooth the path for building owners to adopt new, green technologies. How could this transform the city in the next ten years?

Rising Currents

  Rising Currents was a 2010 exhibit at MoMA featuring re-designs of New York City’s waterfront, as a way to showcase ideas for resilient, adaptive…