Predatory Equity
Making Policy Public
Carbon City
City Studies
Stand Up to Clean Up!
Public Access Design
Power Trip
Urban Investigations
Keep Your Family's Home
Public Access Design
Figuring Out Health Insurance
Making Policy Public
2012
‘2012 Curry Stone Design Prize’
Domus
November, 24, 2012
CUP provides practical information to groups who need it most: immigrants, public-housing residents, and at-risk youth, to name a few.
‘Public Access Design unites artists and advocates on urgent social issues’
Art Threat
November, 19, 2012
[CUP] has brought the principle of public-access television to the world of design with a project intended to provide impactful design to community advocates.
‘Guest Lesson | Thinking Critically About Food in a Season of Plenty’
New York Times Learning Network
November, 13, 2012
[Students] interviewed experts from fields ranging from real estate to food distribution to urban planning. They summarized their findings in a booklet about food justice…
‘Are You Ready? An Illustrated Guide to Preparing for Disaster’
GOOD
October, 29, 2012
[The booklet] is a tool for individuals and community organizations who’d like to start thinking about community preparedness, what that might look like, and why it matters.
‘Funky Fresh Means Access to Healthy Food in the Bronx’
WBAI
October, 19, 2012
The visuals were so breathtaking… the kids [who took part in the project] learned a lot of new skill sets.
‘New York Art Book Fair: Books of Note’
Domus
October, 5, 2012
[Power Trip] explores the infrastructure and apparatus that keeps the lights on, and in so doing boils down a very complex topic in clear terms… affording the people involved an opportunity to (figuratively or literally) peer down some manholes and look at the city.
‘Don’t Drink and Drill!’
WCNY
October, 1, 2012
A short segement on the subway posters CUP created with the advocacy group Damascus Citizens for Sustainability and designers Papercut. The posters explore the the controversial gas-drilling technique known as ‘fracking.’
‘Making Policy Public’
MAS Context
July, 1, 2012
A multi-page feature from MAS Context’s special issue on “Communication.”
‘Direct Democracy Comes to Harlem’
Bill Moyers
April, 16, 2012
Ordinary citizens young and old were given the unusual power to decide how millions of their city districts’ budgets were spent.
‘Bronx Bodegas for Beginners’
Curbed
March, 14, 2012
This documentary is a good primer on the bodega industry.
