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Making Policy Public
‘The Center for Urban Pedagogy clarifies the juvenile justice system’
Core77
June, 24, 2010
The latest poster from the Center for Urban Pedagogy’s Making Policy Public series elucidates the juvenile justice system in one easy-to-read graphic novel
‘The Omnibus Roundup’
Urban Omnibus
May, 21, 2010
How often do you see an educational video about water supply that cuts together interviews with representatives from the DEP, claymation cavemen and Chamillionaire’s “Ridin’ Dirty?”
‘The Water Underground’
Design Observer
May, 20, 2010
The CUP staff and student researchers and videographers criss-crossed the five boroughs and assembled a multi-vocal primer on some essential urban infrastructure.
‘Why Design Now?’
Cooper Hewitt
May, 13, 2010
Designed in an engaging, accessible style, Vendor Power! aims to help these urban entrepreneurs avoid tickets, understand their rights, and collectively advocate for policy reforms.
‘Whoosh! The Trash Can as a Pneumatic Tube’
The New York Times
April, 9, 2010
Underneath the 40-block strip of land between Queens and Manhattan known as Roosevelt Island is a complex system of pneumatic tubes that connects the island’s 12,000 or so residents. But it’s not mail that’s hurtling through them at at 30 miles an hour. It’s garbage.
‘CUP Tools Up’
Architect’s Newspaper
March, 2, 2010
“CUP helps us deconstruct our environment in order to advocate for social justice”
‘2010 Winners – Show Your Impact Contest’
Show Your Impact Contest
January, 14, 2010
I Heart East New York is both a teaching tool and a teaching method.
‘Feeding the Bronx’
Edible Geography
January, 12, 2010
CUP has created an awesome video that explores some of the economic and consumer forces that create the South Bronx foodscape.
‘Unraveling the Mystery of Affordable Housing’
The New York Times
January, 8, 2010
“It really helped people break past the jargon and the acronyms and help people understand what affordable housing is.”
‘Bodega Down Bronx’
Design Observer
January, 7, 2010
Like all CUP projects Bodega Down Bronx is inspired by the conviction that cities and their complex systems and politics can be made legible and transparent.
‘A User’s Guide to the City Pt. 2: Street Vendor Guide’
BLDG BLOG
December, 18, 2009
[The poster uses] design skills to assemble legible, economically accessible, and legally useful guides to the urban environment.
‘There’s an App for That’
Colorlines
December, 7, 2009
The Toolkit translates abstract concepts and language into straightforward activities and physical objects that will hopefully engage folks who otherwise wouldn’t participate.
