by Sam | Dec 22, 2012
This week, a New England librarian and friend of the Uni sent me a children’s picture book about a broken down bus that gets turned into a community center. We happily read it around the office, and it struck me that she gave the picture book just like others...
by Sam | Dec 17, 2012
Almaty Uni WHERE: Almaty, Kazakhstan WHEN: 2012-present In 2012, The Uni Project fabricated and shipped a full scale, 120-cube Uni structure with a custom cover system and 40 benches to Almaty, Kazakhstan. That Uni was used to create an outdoor reading room in...
by Sam | Dec 7, 2012
The Uni is part library, part classroom, and entirely portable. We use it to transform public space and to open a new front in the effort to educate, support, and inspire urban kids. The walk home from school is cluttered with opportunities to consume—let’s put...