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industry desigNYC Pilot Projects Nearing Completion New York—DesigNYC, a collective committed to improving life in New York City through the power of good design, celebrated its first 12 pilot projects in July with an exhibit at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery that shows the impact the collaborations are having in transforming the city. These pro bono design collaborations, realized with the help of desigNYC, are transforming New York into a greener and more socially responsible city. DesigNYC aims to improve the lives of New Yorkers by connecting nonprofits, community groups, and city agencies serving the public good with passionate, professional pro bono designers. Earlier this year, desigNYC connected 12 worthy local organizations with more than 20 design professionals who are leaders in the fields of architecture, landscape design, interior design, lighting, and communications design. The ultimate goal, explains desigNYC acting director Michelle Mullineaux, is to engage multidisciplinary design teams with organizations that advocate for sustainability and social justice within New York communities. “We act as a bridge for these organizations, but it results in networking and community-building beyond the work that they are doing together,” she says. Now nearing completion, the first desigNYC collaborations are creating solutions affecting a range of social and environmental issues impacting the city, including affordable housing, sustainable development, domestic violence, health, green space, urban farming, local food systems, youth leadership, and more. The desigNYC community is growing rapidly, and the organization plans to issue a call to nonprofits and design partners for the next round of projects in October 2010. Lower East Side Ecology Center Fireboat House Renovation by Andrew Berman Architect nor’s Island. TODA, a multidisciplinary design firm specializing in visual communication, is developing a communications system that will encourage the 275,000-plus visitors to the Island to learn about and engage with Added Value’s mission. • The Bed-Stuy Farm Share, a community-supported agriculture program, is teaming up with Darhil Crooks, art director of Esquire magazine, to create a new booklet that will engage and inform the Brooklyn community about how to prevent diabetes and heart disease through healthy, local foods. • Bronx River Alliance is collaborating with Felix Sockwell and Thomas Vasquez to create refreshed event iconography and templates for posters and other visual communications to better engage Bronxites in the restoration of the river and the development of the Bronx River Greenway. Serviam Gardens by Enterprise Community Partners and Robin Key Landscape Architecture Anna Gonzalez Apartments by Enterprise Community Partners and Sohbr Studio (lobby rendering by Proviz Inc.) Serviam Gardens by Enterprise Community Partners and Robin Key Landscape Architecture “In general I think we need to redesign all of our products, projects, and spaces to be more sustainable and more equitable, and that also goes for our cultural beliefs,” says Mullineaux. “We all need to be more connected with our communities and with each other. How do we rebuild some of the capital in our cities that has been evaporating? The design community has embraced this idea that we can be an upstream source for creating solutions that can make a tremendous impact on many different levels.” The first 12 desigNYC project collaborations include: • Added Value, a Red Hook-based organization that uses urban farming to strengthen its community, empower youth, and create sustainable economies and food systems, is opening a new farm on Gover- • The Broadway Mall Association is collaborating with Balmori Associates (landscape/urban design), Joel Sanders (architecture), and Domingo Gonzalez Associates (lighting design) to transform the entire 100-block length of the Broadway Malls into a stunning ecological corridor that will bring beauty, public safety, and commercial visibility to thousands of New Yorkers. • Enterprise Community Partners, New York City’s leading nonprofit provider of development capital and expertise for the creation of affordable housing, is working on three separate projects with desigNYC. Together with Robin Key Landscape Architecture, they are creating an intergenerational garden for Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation’s 18 contract july/august 2010 www.contractdesign.com http://www.contractdesign.com

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Contract - July/August 2010
Contents
Editor’s Note
Industry
Focus: Please Repeat That
Exhibition
Practice: The Manufacturers' Rep
Hot Shops
Taking Luxe to a New Level
Stock Art
Playful Persuit
True to Form
Sources
Trends: A Strategy Made Visible
Process: Revving Up With Revit
Ad Index
Perspectives

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Contract - July/August 2010 - Practice: The Manufacturers' Rep (Page 73)
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Contract - July/August 2010 - Stock Art (Page 88)
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Contract - July/August 2010 - True to Form (Page 94)
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Contract - July/August 2010 - Sources (Page 97)
Contract - July/August 2010 - Trends: A Strategy Made Visible (Page 98)
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Contract - July/August 2010 - Process: Revving Up With Revit (Page 100)
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Contract - July/August 2010 - Ad Index (Page 103)
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