This past Saturday, SUPERFRONT celebrated the opening of PUBLIC SUMMER, the hula hoop canopy installation designed by KIT for New York City Explorers’ Carnival. And by the look of the photos below, good times were had by all.
The design for this canopy was selected at a Sketch120 charrette hosted… 
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Mitch McEwen founded SUPERFRONT as a gallery and project space for architectural experimentation. Listen to her share its backstory and check out glimpses of the space in action. |
Remember how much fun we had when we got together and made a difference in two days? Well, a team of North Carolinians felt like taking matters into their own hands, without warning and without ceremony. Design…
Bryan Bell’s approach to expanding design’s role in addressing public needs, highlighted last week on the Omnibus, is a powerful step towards redefining the popular conception of what design can do. He is not alone in this effort, joined by design/build curricula like Auburn University’s Rural
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Bryan Bell, founder of Design Corps, invites young designers to design and build a project in the public interest, from found materials, in two days. |
Next week on the Omnibus we’ll be sharing documentation of our first live event: last November, we worked with Bryan Bell, Founder of Design Corps, to convene six teams of young designers to design and build something in the public interest, constructed from found materials, in 48 hours. Bryan kicked the project off…
