DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR PARTICIPATION

FIND INDIVIDUALISM WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE

We find forms that express a larger shared meaning while allowing for nuance and encouraging individual expression.

A WORKSHOP RETREAT FOR DESIGN STUDENTS TO EXPLORE COLLABORATIVE VISUAL THINKING.

BOWER

BOWER was a participatory installation by seven Brooklyn artists/designers at The Wassaic Project Summer Exhibition.

The Design Studio for Social Intervention needed a mobile ideation kit and branding for their project Public Kitchen.

We invent flexible models that people can adopt and adapt to their own objectives.

BIKE WRITE

PDA designer Sarah Sandman created a typographic bike route in Providence, RI to encourage voter participation.

FEAST

A recurring dinner event that used community-driven financial support to fund new and emerging artists in Brooklyn, NY.

The WILDER workshop series at Syracuse University taught university and high school students self-reliance skills.

We adopt and adapt classic and open source ideas to a collaborative process.

Maybe the world's best ice breaker? Skip the small talk and start making words and friends.

New York's first "CSA for art", where shareholders discover, collect and support local artists on a seasonal basis.

GIFT CYCLE

The Gift Cycle was a circulatory gift economy project connecting artists nationwide by bicycle.