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PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS



In this 2023 debut collection, we invited  36 designers with 35 projects, from 19 cities and 12 countries, to observe, respond, and create a PUBLIC ACCESS installation as a form of offering for their surrounding communities and environment.



Additional photographs, as well as drawings and interviews are available by clicking on designer names or project thumbnails below. You can also access participant and project files all together, here.



Participating Designers:

ALLAN WEXLER STUDIO Southold, NY
ALTIMETER DESIGN GROUP Brooklyn, NY
BOYM PARTNERS, INC. Brooklyn, NY
BRAVO ESTUDIO Santiago, Chile
CHIAOZZA Brooklyn, NY
DANIEL MICHALIK x BBSC x NINA CINELLI Brooklyn, NY
EARNEST STUDIO Rotterdam, Netherlands
ERIK EJE ALMQVIST STUDIO Gothenburg, Sweden
FIN Seattle, WA
GRAIN Bainbridge Island, WA
JONAH TAKAGI x PETE OYLER Brownsville, VT
JONATHAN NESCI Columbus, IN
JORGE DIEGO ETIENNE San Pedro Garza García, NL, Mexico
KAAREM Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
KAJA DAHL Oslo, Norway
KAZUKI GUZMÁN Chicago, IL
KIM THOMÉ Margate, United Kingdom
KUO DUO Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
LADIES & GENTLEMEN STUDIO Queens, NY
LIKEMINDEDOBJECTS x FRANNY CAPONE Hudson, NY
LOOSE PARTS Catskill, NY
MINUS FURNITURE Oslo, Norway
MOBILE MAKERS Chicago, IL
MOLD MAGAZINE x LADIES & GENTLEMEN STUDIO Edgemere, NY
ONE LOVE COMMUNITY FRIDGE x VARIOUS PROJECTS Brooklyn, NY
RIO CHEN Taichung, Taiwan
SINA SOHRAB Madrid, Spain
SPACE10 København, Denmark
STUDIO GORM Eugene, OR
STUDIO SLØYD Oslo, Norway
VERA & KYTE Bergen, Norway
VESTRE Hjellestad, Norway


Projects:














 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