This podcast was recorded during our fourth DAYLIGHT event of Season two, Justice, held on June 27, 2019.  This conversation was between Maurice Cox, Director of Planning and Development for the of the City of Detroit, and Vop Osili, President of the Indianapolis City-County Council.

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This podcast was recorded during our third DAYLIGHT event of Season two, Dignity, held on May 9, 2019.  This conversation was between Justin Garrett Moore, AICP, Executive Director of New York City Public Design Commission and Co-founder of Indianapolis-based social enterprise, Urban Patch and Starla Hart, MPA, Director of Community Initiatives for 16 Tech.

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What if our built environment was always designed to enhance our lives and aspirations? What if development was done with the community, instead of to the community?

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Hear from one of our recent partners, IndyHumane, on why they chose to upcycle their event banners into this purrrty line of products. Indy folks, you can purchase these bags at the Mutt Strut tomorrow!

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This week we join brands and citizens around the world for Fashion Revolution week, a week that marks the 6th anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed 1,138 people and injured many more in 2013. This global movement calls for greater transparency, sustainability, and ethics in the fashion industry. They started by asking “Who made my clothes?”

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When we include inclusive design practices, we create a space for innovation. We open ourselves up to creating spaces and places that consider the emotional and psychological impact design can have on the people who inhabit those spaces. We can use design practices that not only reduce barriers, but also invite participation.

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The Central State campus offers Indianapolis an opportunity to think big picture, in 2019, about how we want our city to be built. Building the connective threads that both weave across the campus and weave into the neighborhood, creating connections that reach beyond the Campus’ borders and benefit all of the surrounding residents, is an opportunity to take seriously. 

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PUP has reached a milestone, 10 years of remaking, dreaming, doing. What started as a simple idea to save a huge resource became a rallying point for change. It’s truly amazing what we’ve accomplished together so far and what comes up for me time and again is the fact that PUP seems to always be doing ‘the next right thing’ in a city that is constantly evolving. In this next chapter for PUP, you’ll be seeing more ‘next right things’ and we’re inviting you to come help us achieve our vision.

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“The Washington Street Civic Projects will provide a unique lens with which we hope to highlight the idea of exhibition as civic action,” said Anne Surak, Exhibit Columbus Director of Exhibitions.“These leading organizations use architecture and design as tools of collaboration to effect positive change in their own cities, and we are excited to have them develop temporary projects in our community’s downtown corridor.”

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For all of these projects, our work has been about how a salvaged resource intersects with people - the makers, fabricators, users, and citizens. Everyone working together to giving something new life, a new use, and hopefully in the long run, demonstrate how we can be more proactive when thinking about the future resources of our city.

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