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• 04.20.10
  Surfing the Subway New Yawk, The Softness of Things | (0)

  Sometimes when I ride the subway, I stand in the middle of the aisle with my knees bent and ride the train as if it were a less predictable ski-slope.  It's rather easy but it's exciting when you catch an empty express train.  The  express trains reach higher speeds, so the feeling is much closer to riding downhill. [flickr-gallery mode="tag" tags="mk1" tag_mode="all" sort="date-taken-asc"] [flickr-gallery mode="tag" tags="mk2" tag_mode="all" sort="date-taken-asc"] After a week or so of building and testing these boards indoors, Marko and I finally took 'em for a ride on the N train to Astoria at about 2 or 3 am.  Here are ...
• 01.27.10
  Designing a Simple Object Design, New Yawk, The Softness of Things | (0)

  During our first class, we were asked to criticize ourselves in the realm of a designer.  My answer was reduction.  I have a tendency to complicate my design process by interjecting new ideas.    Instead of working on perfecting the one feature, I move on to develop new features. My challenge was to design something simple. I designed a cup holder for the subway.  Not as a permanent addition.  As a small, carried item. I left them attached to poles for the duration of my commute to school. No one utilized one. It was 2 PM, so the number of ...
• 10.20.09
  [BKPK] a parking community New Yawk, Social Activism & Mobile Tech | (0)

  BKPK is a parking space swapping service.  Using text messaging, social networking or our website, users will be able to offer and take. BKPK as a cause on facebook. @BKLNPK Background Brooklyn Heights is one of the highest ticketed districts in New York and therefor in the nation.  I've had a car in the neighborhood for a little more than three months and have already accrued over $300 in parking tickets.  In most cases my car was ticketed within 15 minutes of the parking law going into effect.  Scarcity of parking space  means drivers are forced to park in zones designated for daily street ...
• 10.13.09
  #freeparkBK New Yawk, Social Activism & Mobile Tech | (0)

  Summary: Tired of parking tickets? Dreading that half hour drive around the neighborhood for a spot only good 'til morning? Let me introduce BKPK.  Free parking in Brooklyn.  I am proposing a parking-space swapping community. How will this work? There are a few systems we plan to enact. 1. Public Message Board - Users opt in to receive updates via Twitter or SMS for parking spaces in their zip code. 2. Karma System - This is an iteration of the message board with a points system. Points awarded if user posts free space [1 pt] or when he takes a posted space ...
• 06.08.09
  Highline – The Champagne of Parks Happenings, New Yawk | (0)

  Highline Park opens to the public tomorrow - June 9th! [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="450" caption="The tracks now. Photo by Iwan Baan"][/caption] [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="512" caption="The tracks abandoned. Photo by Joel Sternfeld"][/caption] Check out this sweet 3D rendering of the plans for sections one and two. Note that only section one is opening this month. The second section is supposedly opening next year.

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