This video captures a design project that I was involved in. It is a street furniture design collaboration between Pratt Institute’s Design Incubator, Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects and the community of Hunts Point, New York. One of the many things that inspired involvement in the project, was the emotionally charged talk by SSBx Founder, Majora Carter, on TED.com where she shows how minority neighborhoods suffer most from flawed urban policy.
Monthly Archive for January, 2010
Design Jazz
I love Map, Carl and Mikki and everything this place stands for. “Remember to Dream”. More than just dreaming, I challenge you to SHARE your dream, because that is the only way we get them. Stuck inside our heads they are no good to anyone.
I’m dedicating my life to making other peoples dreams happen. (because frankly it is so fun to do!)
In 2007/08, mine and Morgan’s dream was PARK(ing) Day and I said it here. PARK(ing) Day only works based on community. That you form community (globally, locally and in shared interest). You find and make community through connections - the fundamental connection - HUMAN connection. Communities exist at all scales - streeteditors is mine and your community, as is your family a community, your friends, your office, your suburb, your city. You need a community of people to make anything happen, any dream, at any scale.
I have a dream.
My dream: Some kind of Map forum
I want streeteditors to be that community. I think we need a forum where people can share their dreams and others can put up their hand and say “I can help”,”I know such and such”, “I have this you can borrow”. Just a place to share, and people to respond. Big or small dreams. Maybe your dream is a logo design? A helping hand in your garden? A new table? A free venue? A new place to open a cafe? The dream hardly even matters (though world changing ones would be way more fun!!). The real power is in community and we need to create more of them, connect more of them. This is how Obama won, he just connected to an untapped community. This is how we change the world - community.
Everyone has capacity to share. We all have a personal community of knowledge, skills, professional contacts and friends. I think Map supporters have socio-economic capacity higher than most. My image of a Map supporter is creative, hip, young, has money and has public influence. I think Map people are already “community” minded people and I think they are already craving inspiration. I think we need to channel that to influence something. Like TED fulfils dreams, a Map community can. So what can we influence? Continue reading ‘remember to dream. remember to share.’
no joke.
From Fast Company: Aside from the Internet, no single invention might be as important to globalization as the shipping container. No joke.
TEDxBrisbane has announced the theme of All you need is … for the 2010 TEDxBrisbane conference on at the State Library of Queensland March 6, 2010. The conference is shaping up to be an exciting day of inspirational speakers and a conference that is sure to leave you feeling inspired in the spirit of TED. There are only 260 seats available for TEDxBrisbane so if you would like to attend TEDxBrisbane, please register no later than January 31, 2010. The exciting lineup of inspirational speakers will be unveiled on February 14th, 2010.
Power of self
The Power of Self. A competition about the potential of self-portraiture. From Salvador Dali to Cindy Sherman the self has been the subject of all the art world’s greats. The self-portrait transcends medium, style and period, existing in the vast space between the personal and prophetic. This competition is about your story, your image and the power they hold. (PS It’s a worldwide competition and the prize is 6 months living in New York- go enter!)
