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One thing's for sure: parks have become essential.

Our Education Solutions Collaborative provides administrators and facilitators with safe and proactive operational readiness solutions for the 2021-22 academic year. We’re providing academic resilience for the physical and virtual environment for now and the future. We’re ready to tackle new possibilities. Meet the team: Colliers Project Leaders, Infinite Consulting Corp., JFK&M Consulting Group, LLC, SITU, TEECOM, Via Collective & WXY Architecture + Urban Design Studio. Wa...nt to learn more? Connect with us. https://shor.by/EduXESC #education #schools #re-opening #highed #covid #remotelearning #elearning #zoom #classroom #backtoschool

The door to the outside world is opening. What will it look like out there? http://ow.ly/gpAb50CYVUj

Via Collective is hiring: seeking a Wayfinding / Signage Graphic Designer. Apply now on Indeed: http://ow.ly/rW5O50CX9v5 #jobs #designjobs #nycjobs

Moynihan Train Hall (which is part of the larger complex that is now being called Empire Station) will be opened by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday.

A sign of the times.

There are more women essential workers than men.

The maps were chosen by Bloomberg CityLab for their visual and storytelling qualities as well as their diversity in perspective and geography.

Activists and planners hope that the lessons learned during these challenging times will pave the way for long term change.

Overcoming structural issues will require a new approach in how policymakers, planners, and other leaders design, build, and pay for our transportation networks and the neighborhoods they serve.

Imagine How COVID-19 Could Reshape Mobility for People Who Rely on Transit http://ow.ly/o4hN50CPgoU via Mass Transit Magazine

Where do the kids go? http://ow.ly/lwZr50CMtjh

For this academic year or next, ESC is ready to support our educational institutions. Whether it’s a physical building or virtual classroom, we’re ready to be thought leaders for academia now and next year. Meet the team: Colliers Project Leaders, Infinite Consulting Corp., JFK&M Consulting Group, LLC, SITU, TEECOM, Via Collective & WXY Architecture + Urban Design. Want to learn more? Connect with us. https://shor.by/EduXESC #education #schools #re-opening #highed #covid #remotelearning #elearning #zoom #classroom #backtoschool

It's only the second time two colors have been chose for one year.

Placemaking is creating a shared identity that connects people and the public space they use together. #WouldYouRatherTO was the winner of a competition to create a series of attractive curb lane public spaces on Toronto's King Street for all to enjoy. #flashback

The redesign effort has been focused on ways to transform the guest experience, be it through technology or new amenities.

Will all the extra printed signage calling attention to service changes and station closures become a thing of the past?

Locally, the is threatening drastic service cuts. http://ow.ly/SQMG50CE9pF #transit #cities

Pentagram has designed a new type tool, which allows you to create typography inspired by mushrooms.

Delivery of an initial batch of test cars from a $1.4 billion purchase of 535 subway and Staten Island Railway cars had been targeted for 2020, but an Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA spokesperson confirmed the new trains are now not expected to begin arriving until the first quarter of next year.

When enterprise partners on city and transportation development, innovation has no limit!

Join the Center for Architecture (AIANY) Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wed 12/9 as they announce the 2020 winners of the AIANY + ASLANY Transportation + Infrastructure Design Excellence Awards! Register at calendar.aiany.org. Shown: 2019 Open Spaces winner Pier 35 by SHOP Architects and Ken Smith Workshop. Photo: David Sundberg/Esto.

ESC firmly believes that education, at all its levels, is vital to our communities. Focusing on flexibility and adaptability, we are advisors for the operational readiness challenges institutions are facing. Meet the team: Colliers Project Leaders, Infinite Consulting Corp., JFK&M Consulting Group, LLC, SITU, TEECOM, Via Collective & WXY Architecture + Urban Design. Want to learn more? Connect with us. https://shor.by/EduXESC... #education #schools #re-opening #highed #covid #remotelearning #elearning #zoom #classroom #backtoschool

Monotype and Pantone are hosting a webinar on December 2nd on 'how color and font make an iconic brand.'

An Australian architect has reimagined parking spaces into much-needed community space such as playgrounds, community gardens, and rooftop parks.

The Design Trust for Public Space is looking for a few good fellows!

Is this the most overused shape in #graphicdesign?

Experiential Graphic Design (EGD) helps create compelling experiences in workplace environments.

We're nearly eight months in now; has our outlook changed? #throwback

Parks in New York City and major urban centers across the world have been providing critically needed breathing room for their visitors all summer and fall, and have the potential to continue doing so this winter.

Our collaborative addresses all critical operational challenges for education institutions with a ready-to-go team of architects/engineers, project managers, construction experts, technologists, wayfinders, and cost estimating specialists ready to provide comprehensive solutions. Meet the team: Colliers Project Leaders, Infinite Consulting Corp., JFK&M Consulting Group, LLC, SITU, TEECOM Via Collective & WXY Architecture + Urban Design Studio Want to learn more? Connect with... us. https://shor.by/EduXESC #education #schools #re-opening #highed #covid #remotelearning #elearning #zoom #classroom #backtoschool

A benchmark to guide future interventions, the Model Street project is an incremental process for community-led neighborhood regeneration.

Really cool idea for an "active" placemaking project!

Graphic designer Sander Flink uses negative space within a word to illustrate its meaning.

How to navigate the new old world.

New elevators alert We're celebrating with MTA NYC Subway because one more station has become fully accessible. Sunset Park, check out the shiny new elevators at the 59 St N/R station.

We did it! In a year that has tested us all beyond belief, we took the first step in putting science, decency, and trust back into the highest office. Seeing a woman fill these shoes is a dream come true for many and we applaud all who have worked so hard to get us moving in the right direction

Examples of how creative placemaking strategies can be leveraged to achieve the goals of equitable development and why that is good business from which all stakeholdersdevelopers, the community, government entities, and othersbenefit.

Well here's something...

The Capital of Sprawl Gets a Radically Car-Free Neighborhood

A new London show celebrates the influential creator of familiar symbols, Margaret Calvert. http://ow.ly/YuKY50C8ex8

1989 seems a lifetime ago.

In Nov 2016, artist Matthew "Levee" Chavez provided sticky notes & pens to people in the 14th St. subway tunnel with a prompt to "express yourself." The result: Subway Therapy, 50k+ notes reflecting NYC's hopes & concerns - some of which are on view now at Museum of the City of New York (Photo: jmcdonaldnyc)

The MTA intends to honor the nearly 130 transit workers who have died from COVID-19 through a series of memorials including visual tributes on digital screens across the system.

From state pride to iconic landmarks, stickers say a lot about where you voted. #graphicdesign

Smart considerations for library design in the time of coronavirus.

Bogey and Hepburn help transform a public space on the Upper West Side.

The acting MTA NYC Transit President, Sarah E. Feinberg, reflects on the busiest transit system in the country on its 116th anniversary.

The people who are born, raised here, learn how to use SEPTA from their community, from their parents, for school. It can be hard to put yourself in the shoes of someone who is new and figuring it out for the first time."

Are you an architect or designer in NYC and want to support small businesses? NYCEDC has partnered with NYCxDESIGN and AIA New York State to look for volunteers to assist restaurants with their outdoor dining plans and ensure safe streets. Go to http://nycxdesign.com/design-corps to sign-up!

Accessibility matters.

We'll still always love the paper version...

Good news! And it's on a map...

Two experts weigh in on how pioneering acts of design can combat extinction and illuminate the environmental possibilities of habitats, cities and landscapes worldwide.

Community gardens or orchards should be filling our public parks, rooftops and town squares, landscape architect Joshua Zeunert says.

The toolkit features over 40 design-driven strategies, guidelines, prototypes, and other resources meant to support safe and community-focused recovery and business reopening efforts duringand in the wake ofthe coronavirus pandemic.

According to a few New York State lawmakers, art could infuse new sustainable public works projects and illuminate the efficient infrastructure that New York City needs

We’re here to solve for built environments and virtual classrooms. Our team can address all essential operational challenges with an expedited method of a ready-to-go team of architects/engineers, project managers, and construction experts, as well as technologists, wayfinders, and cost estimating specialists. ESC provides solutions for optimizing and adapting building systems to meet current needs for operational readiness. Meet the team: Colliers Project Leaders, Infinite ...Consulting Corp., JFK&M Consulting Group, LLC, SITU, TEECOM, WXY Architecture + Urban Design Studio and us, Via Collective. Want to learn more? Connect with us. https://shor.by/EduXESC #education #schools #re-opening #highed #covid #remotelearning #elearning #zoom #classroom #backtoschool

The studio, known for creating striking designs for big brands and names, launched their own installation in an effort to celebrate creativity and positivity in the city they call home. https://www.designboom.com//burn-and-broad-turn-nyc-stree/

First coined by Spanish architect Manuel de Solà, the concept of urban acupuncture circumscribes projects with a high degree of reversibility, allowing for corrective measures and improvements.

The concept is one of many from Neighborhoods Now, an initiative from the Urban Design Forum and the Van Alen Institute that explored ways design could help with reopening challenges across the city.

Time Out magazine's focus this year is on places where neighborliness is king, and communities and businesses have pulled together and prospered during this toughest of years.

How COVID-19 has demonstrated the importance of public space in cities.

A colorful history!

Worth a bookmark!

Some truly transformative projects happened this summer!

The toolkit is aimed at creating a universal design language that can be tailored to different locations, from entire cities to individual retail stores and offices.