Not on Our Watch!

Making Policy Public

Not on Our Watch!

The Internet is Serious Business

Urban Investigations

The Internet is Serious Business

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip

Participatory Budgeting

Technical Assistance

Participatory Budgeting

Happy Meals?

City Studies

Happy Meals?

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

Public Access Design

Trouble With Your Water Bill?

About CUP

The Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP) is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to increase meaningful civic engagement particularly among underrepresented communities. CUP projects demystify the urban policy and planning issues that impact our communities, so that more individuals can better participate in shaping them.

We believe that increasing understanding of how these systems work is the first step to better and more diverse community participation.

CUP projects are collaborations of art and design professionals, community-based advocates and policymakers, and our staff. Together we take on complex issues—from the juvenile justice system to zoning law to food access—and break them down into simple, accessible, visual explanations.

The tools we create are used by organizers and educators all over New York City and beyond to help their constituents better advocate for their own community needs.

Website design: Linked by Air

Find out more about CUP through this short video from the Curry Stone Design Prize.


Making the Grade

Urban Investigations

Making the Grade

Show Me the Money!

City Studies

Show Me the Money!

Space Jam

Urban Investigations

Space Jam

Shifty Business

Public Access Design

Shifty Business

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

I Heart East New York

Urban Investigations

I Heart East New York

Show Up

Public Access Design

Show Up

A Bet on Debt

City Studies

A Bet on Debt