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Curation and creative direction by Jean Lee of Ladies and Gentlemen Studio

Exhibit design by Dylan Davis of Ladies and Gentlemen Studio

ladiesandgentlemenstudio.com
@ladiesandgetlemenstudio


Graphic design by Lulu Wolf

luluwolf.com


Exhibition photos by Jonathan Hokklo

hokklo.com
@hawkclaw


Contributors & Partners:

Furnishing Utopia

Furnishing Utopia is a global collective of creatives exploring how design values are interconnected across cultures, places, and time. By understanding the past, and engaging with the present, we can reimagine a more utopian future. Furnishing Utopia's grassroots mission is to engage designers and creatives from all over the world  through interactive workshops, stewards design projects, and presents exhibitions to create a meaningful design discourse and community. 
furnishing-utopia.com
@furnishing_utopia


Ladies & Gentleman Studio

Jean Lee, co-founder of Ladies & Gentlemen Studio is one of the main organizers of Furnishing Utopia and curator of PUBLIC ACCESS.  Ladies & Gentlemen Studio is a multi-faceted, bi-coastal design studio focused on creating a diverse set of design products from lighting, to furniture, to collaborations, community-based exhibitions and beyond. At the core, they believe in exploring thoughtful and meaningful design practice as a form of sensemaking with the world at large. ladiesandgentlemenstudio.com
@ladiesandgentlemenstudio


Head Hi

Head Hi is an organization dedicated to art and design specializing in publications and cultural programming with an espresso bar located in Fort Greene, by the Brooklyn by the Navy Yard. Since 2018, they feature a curated selection of publications from around the globe. Working with local and international artists, designers, publishers, community members and organizations in various fields, Head Hi is a space for exploration and interaction that hosts talks, book launches, exhibitions, music and other events and was co-founded by Alvaro Alcocer and Alexandra Hodkowski. 
headhi.net
@headhi_ny


Brooklyn Greenway Initiative / Naval Cemetery Landscape

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative built the Naval Cemetery Landscape on the site of the former Naval Hospital Cemetery at the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a place for retreat and remembrance while honoring its rich layers of natural and cultural history. This site was designed as a native plant meadow and pollinator habitat, and provides visitors with an escape from urban life.
brooklyngreenway.org/naval-cemetery-landscape
@bkgreenway
@navalcemeterylandscape
#navalcemeterylandscape

Norwegian Consulate General New York

The oldest and largest of Norway’s consulates in the United States, the Consulate in New York works to promote Norwegian Culture (contemporary art, crafts, design, architecture, performing arts, literature, music and film) and Norwegian Businesses in New York. The Consulate supports the arts and culture arena in New York through visitor programs for press, curators and presenters within a wide range of cultural fields, in addition to facilitating for and providing financial support to projects taking place in the city.
norway.no/en/usa
@norwaynewyork


Vestre Habitats

Vestre is a Norwegian manufacturer of urban furniture. For more than 75 years, the forward-practice company has helped create social meeting places for millions of people. Vestre launched Vestre Habitats in 2019 with a series of furniture that contributes to both rapid, positive development and in the long-term creating a better urban environment for people and nature. They believe in operating beyond looking at the bottom line. Instead, Vestre has embedded sustainable practice in all parts of their operations by building a zero-carbon footprint manufacturing facility outside of Oslo, Norway built by the distinguished architecture firm Bjarke Ingels.
vestrehabitats.com
@vestre_furniture











 pub·lic ˈpə-blik. (1 of 2) adjective. 1. a: exposed to general view : OPEN. b: WELL-KNOWN, PROMINENT. c: PERCEPTIBLE, MATERIAL. 2. a: of, relating to, or affecting all the people or the whole area of a nation or state. b: of or relating to a government. c: of, relating to, or being in the service of the community or nation. 3. a: of or relating to people in general : UNIVERSAL. b: of, by, for, or directed to the public : POPULAR. 4. of or relating to business or community interests as opposed to private affairs : SOCIAL. 5. devoted to the general or national welfare : HUMANITARIAN. 6. accessible to or shared by all members of the community. 7. supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by income from commercials. Public (2 of 2) noun. plural ‘publics’. 1. a place accessible or visible to the public  — usually used in the phrase in public. 2. the people as a whole : POPULACE. 3. a group of people having common interests or characteristics. specifically: the group at which a particular activity or enterprise aims.

ac·cess ˈak-ˌses. (1 of 2) noun. 1. a: permission or ability to enter, approach, or pass to and from a place or to approach or communicate with a person or thing. b: freedom or ability to obtain or make use of something : LIBERTY. c: a way or means of entering or approaching : ONSET. 2. an access of illness. b: a fit of intense feeling : OUTBURST. 3. an increase by addition a sudden access of wealth. Access (2 of 2) verb. 1. to get at : to gain access to: such as, a: to be able to use, enter, or get near (something). b: to open or load (a computer file, an Internet site, etc.).




































pub·lic ˈpə-blik. (1 of 2) adjective. 1. a: exposed to general view : OPEN. b: WELL-KNOWN, PROMINENT. c: PERCEPTIBLE, MATERIAL. 2. a: of, relating to, or affecting all the people or the whole area of a nation or state. b: of or relating to a government. c: of, relating to, or being in the service of the community or nation. 3. a: of or relating to people in general : UNIVERSAL. b: of, by, for, or directed to the public : POPULAR. 4. of or relating to business or community interests as opposed to private affairs : SOCIAL. 5. devoted to the general or national welfare : HUMANITARIAN. 6. accessible to or shared by all members of the community. 7. supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by income from commercials. Public (2 of 2) noun. plural ‘publics’. 1. a place accessible or visible to the public  —usually used in the phrase in public. 2. the people as a whole : POPULACE. 3. a group of people having common interests or characteristics. specifically: the group at which a particular activity or enterprise aims.


ac·cess ˈak-ˌses. (1 of 2) noun. 1. a: permission or ability to enter, approach, or pass to and from a place or to approach or communicate with a person or thing. b: freedom or ability to obtain or make use of something : LIBERTY. c: a way or means of entering or approaching : ONSET. 2. an access of illness. b: a fit of intense feeling : OUTBURST. 3. an increase by addition a sudden access of wealth. Access (2 of 2) verb. 1. to get at : to gain access to: such as, a: to be able to use, enter, or get near (something). b: to open or load (a computer file, an Internet site, etc.).



FURNISHING UTOPIA 5.0:

PUBLIC ACCESS


Collective design explorations
of communal acts of sharing.

May 18th–June 3rd, 2023


HEAD HI 146 Flushing ave
Naval Cemetery Landscape 63 Williamsburg St W



c. 2023 Furnishing Utopia 5.0: Public Access