Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

Technical Assistance

Dick & Rick: A Visual Primer for Social Impact Design

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

Let's Hang Out

Urban Investigations

Let's Hang Out

Block Party

City Studies

Block Party

Making Policy Public

‘Poster Aims to Demystify Multifaceted Process Faced by Arrested Teens’

New York Law Journal

August, 4, 2010

It may never rival the popularity of “Batman” or “Teen Titans,” but its creators hope that a new comic book-style poster will grab the attention of thousands of New York City kids caught up in the juvenile justice system.

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‘Promoting Social Justice One Poster at a Time’

FastCo Design

July, 13, 2010

The Center For Urban Pedagogy teaches those in need how they can bend the city’s bureaucracy.

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‘The Center for Urban Pedagogy clarifies the juvenile justice system’

Core77

June, 24, 2010

The latest poster from the Center for Urban Pedagogy’s Making Policy Public series elucidates the juvenile justice system in one easy-to-read graphic novel 

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‘Why Design Now?’

Cooper Hewitt

May, 13, 2010

Designed in an engaging, accessible style, Vendor Power! aims to help these urban entrepreneurs avoid tickets, understand their rights, and collectively advocate for policy reforms.

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‘A User’s Guide to the City Pt. 2: Street Vendor Guide’

BLDG BLOG

December, 18, 2009

[The poster uses] design skills to assemble legible, economically accessible, and legally useful guides to the urban environment. 

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‘Three Artists on the Economy’

Tenants Together

October, 18, 2009

“…beautifully useful…”

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‘Vendor Power’

Gourmet

September, 21, 2009

A very good way to help keep vendors on the streets and increase their ability to actually make a living at it. 

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‘Making Policy Public: Predatory Equity’

Urban Omnibus

May, 27, 2009

Advocates handed out The Predatory Equity Survival Guide as part of a crucial tenant association meeting in East Harlem where new plans to combat predatory equity were announced.

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‘Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Street Vending (But Were Too Busy Scarfing Dirty-Water Dogs to Ask)’

New York Magazine

May, 7, 2009

An awesome pamphlet for street vendors meant to demystify the city’s jargon-filled regulations.

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‘Making Policy Public: Vendor Power!’

Urban Omnibus

May, 6, 2009

In order to put this information directly in the hands of people who need it the most, CUP organized a citywide distribution event where volunteers handed out free copies to vendors across the city. 

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‘Visual Aids for the Pushcart World’

The New York Times

April, 3, 2009

The guide looks something like an Ikea manual, with hot dog stands and handbag tables replacing Aspvik cabinets and Ektorp sofas. 

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‘Common Sense’

GOOD Magazine

March, 19, 2008

In a primer on cargo supply chains, a color-coded chart graphically links your made-in-China iPod with the tugboat captains and dockworkers who brought it to you.

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Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Bodega Down Bronx

Urban Investigations

Bodega Down Bronx

The Water Underground

Urban Investigations

The Water Underground

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

City Studies

Hello, My Name is Minimum Wage

We're Watching

Public Access Design

We're Watching

How Can I Improve My Park?

Making Policy Public

How Can I Improve My Park?

Power Trip

Urban Investigations

Power Trip