First Street Green with ExpoTENtial & desigNYC present:
Workshop | Event
DIY FURNITURE & THE NYCHAIR CHARRETTE
Do it yourself soft seating, talks and best outdoor chair design competition
Location: First Park @ 33 East 1st Street
Date: Saturday July 14
Admission is free. Open to all.
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM DIY Furniture
Come and learn to weave soft seating in with FSG members Silva Ajemian and Jorge Prado. All materials and tools will be provided.
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM The NYChair Charrette
The NYChair lab is a charrette that aims to propose design ideas for an iconic outdoor chair conceived just for NYC’s First Park. Forget about the ubiquitous Paris bistro foldable chair, come and draw revolutionary ideas for your NY parks.
Introduction by Laetitia Wolff, founder of expoTENtial and executive director of desigNYC and Silva Ajemian, principal at TODO DA and co-founder of First Street Green who will present prototypes for First Park, followed by presentations of innovative, place-making street furniture solutions by desigNYC’s DUB-studios, VAMOS Architects, Marco A. Castro, Emily Weidenhof Project Manager from NYC DOT Division of Traffic & Planning, Gail Wittwer – Laird Senior Designer from New York City Parks & Recreation Capital projects division, and Celia Petersen from New York City Parks & Recreation Capital projects division.
Jury to be announced soon…
