Updates about our work
Uni embarks on week-long deployment on Lower East Side
Today, we began a week-long residency on the Lower East Side, transforming a stretch of sidewalk into an outdoor reading room on a beautiful sunny day. Walking by the Uni, one teen was overhead to remark to his headphone-wearing friends, "Books!" The Uni quickly...
Uni at Hester St Fair with Municipal Art Society to celebrate Jane Jacobs
The Uni reading room landed at Hester St Fair to celebrate the conclusion of Jane’s Walk Weekend organized by the Municipal Art Society (MAS). Celebrated in over 100 cities around the world, Jane’s Walk pays tribute to the legacy of urban activist Jane Jacobs through...
Uni Project joins National Book Foundation’s BookUp kids in the park
To help celebrate the accomplishments of NYC middle-schoolers in the National Book Foundation’s BookUp program, we deployed the Uni reading room at Rockefeller Park today. The kids had a picnic and read their work aloud, in public space, and the reading room was...
Uni Reading Room season gets underway on Putnam Plaza, Brooklyn
On Friday, April 25, the Uni returned to the streets of New York. We landed on Putnam Triangle Plaza in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, partnering again with our friends at Fulton Area Business Alliance in support of their FAB Friday events. This summer, we'll make a...
MAS Curates a Shelf of Books in the Uni Reading Room
On May 4, the Uni reading room will deploy at Jane Jacobs' Birthday Party, the culminating celebration of Jane’s Walk weekend organized by the Municipal Art Society (MAS). Celebrated in over 100 cities around the world, Jane's Walk pays tribute to the legacy of urban...
A Uni Tower for Greater Taree, Australia
The Greater Taree City Council in New South Wales now uses uses a Uni Tower to create pop-up, open-air reading rooms in some stunning Australian countryside. In between outings, it serves patrons indoors as well...
A Uni reading room lands in California
In March 2014, The Uni Project fabricated, shipped, and installed a portable reading room for the San Mateo County Library. The inaugural deployment for this open-air reading room will be a county fair, and we'll keep you posted where this adventurous library goes...
Uni Tower for San Mateo County, CA
In March 2014, The Uni Project fabricated, shipped, and installed a portable reading room for the San Mateo County Library. The inaugural deployment for this open-air reading room will be a county fair, and we'll keep you posted where this adventurous library goes...
Leslie talks Uni with National Book Foundation
Catch an interview with Leslie featured on the National Book Foundation web site today. While you're there, consider who to nominate for the Foundation's 2014 Innovations in Reading Prize. Excerpt: "There are moments when we’re packing up the books when there’s a kid...