Updates about our work
To the boroughs
The Uni is on the move in New York. In the weeks ahead, we're bringing the reading room to new locations in East New York, Brooklyn, and Corona Plaza, Queens, and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Read more at our Find the Uni page. We'll be working with East New York Farms!,...
Uni 2.0 wheels up, headed abroad.
A new Uni is en route to Almaty, Kazakhstan via air cargo. This Uni will be used to create a roving, outdoor reading room in Almaty's parks and plazas through a collaboration between the U.S. Embassy in Almaty and a local children's library. Thank you Bill...
Uni 2.0 new photos
Here are a few photos from the recent test deployment of Uni 2.0. (Credit: Thena Tak, HY Architecture.) Learn more about our second Uni here. Thanks again to everyone involved, including our waterfront host, Boston's Children's Museum. [ngg_images...
Uni 2.0 came out tonight
Today, our newly-fabricated, second Uni was tested in public space. It's ready to go, and we'll be sending this Uni abroad next week. Thank you to Boston Children's Museum for hosting us. Thanks to Bill Bancroft, Diana Lempel, and everyone at Howeler + Yoon...
See Uni 2.0 in Boston tomorrow
Tomorrow, Boston will get an advance look at a newly fabricated, second Uni structure which will soon be deployed in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This second-ever Uni will be used in parks and plazas around Almaty to create a roving, outdoor reading room. The Almaty project is...
Uni at Venice Architecture Biennale, Fall 2012
The Uni will be included in Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good, the official U.S. presentation at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale in Fall 2012. The exhibit will include photos of the Uni, information about the project,...
The Uni featured in Places
The Uni has just been covered in this very thorough article in Places Journal surveying the recent wave of "little libraries" and tactical urbanism. Quoted in the article, Sam cites Project for Public Spaces' "lighter, quicker, cheaper" principle as part of our...
Bring it home
After nearly three months, I’m due to come off the road next week, and this will be my last post on tour. I’m grateful to everyone back home, especially Leslie and our partners who have been hard at work on the fabrication of the second Uni structure. Thanks also to...
Norwegian resistance
Nearly a year ago on July 22, we temporarily suspended our Uni Kickstarter campaign when we learned what had happened in Oslo. Later that week, I wrote: [We] suspended our fundraising outreach for a time while our thoughts were with Norwegian friends. We’re returning...