Design Trust for Public Space

EVENTS

Design Trust events include public programs, tours, and exhibits attended by New Yorkers interested in the design of the city's public spaces.

Our Annual Benefit

The Design Trust's annual benefit brings together New York's leading urban innovators and thinkers for a dynamic evening of conversation, cocktails and community. All proceeds from this event go directly to support the work of the Design Trust, providing roughly 25% of our annual operating budget.

2010 Annual Benefit (Oct. 21)
2009 Annual Benefit (Nov. 5)
Seventh Annual Auction (Nov. 2008)
Sixth Annual Auction (Oct. 2007)
Considered Space 5 (Oct. 2006)
Considered Space 4 (Oct. 2005)
Considered Space 3 (Oct. 2004)

Design Trust Council Events

The Design Trust Council is the intellectual and financial leadership group of the Design Trust for Public Space. Specially designed social and educational events showcase cutting-edge projects with insight provided by visionaries whose work impacts our public built environment.

"Urban Fabric: Creation in the City"
March 18, 2010

"Public Space / Private Money"
March 12, 2009

"Intersection of Design & Technology: Roundtable with Adam Greenfield"
June 4, 2008

Private Tour of "Design and the Elastic Mind" with Paola Antonelli
April 30, 2008

"Quasi-Public: Paul Goldberger and Danny Meyer in Conversation"
February 26, 2008

"Gothamitis: Malcolm Gladwell and Adam Gopnik in Conversation"
May 2, 2007

Upcoming: Public Space Potluck August 14th

Our next Public Space Potluck will be Saturday, August 14th from 1-3:00 pm on Governors Island. We're partnering with AIA's Emerging New York Architects group to celebrate "Living Pavilion," a new, temporary gathering spot on the island that uses milk crates to make an inverted green roof.
Plan to join us? Please let us know at: rsvp(at)designtrust.org.

Recent: Made in Midtown Panel Discussions June 8 & 15

The Garment District conversation continued with two dynamic panel discussions presented in partnerhip with the MAS. Listen to the podcasts for June 8 or 15.

Public Presentations

Park Design for the 21st Century
April 2008

The Green Apple: New Designs for the Sustainable City
January 2006

Designing the Taxi:
How Do We Get There
June 2005 Presentation

Playing in the City:
Creating Public Play Space for Children in New York City
October 2002 Panel Discussion

Shaping a Public Agenda
March 2003 Presentation

Designing for Security
April 2002 Panel Discussion

Designing the High Line
February 2002 Panel Discussion

The Future of the High Line
June 2001 Panel Discussion

Marked Landscapes:
Eib's Pond Park
June 2001 Conversation

The Future of the Physical City: Q&A with Candidates for Mayor of New York
Summer 2001 Conversation Series

The New Guggenheim and the Changing Shape of the City
November 2000 Conversation

Exhibits, Tours & Celebrations

Photo Urbanism 4:
Out My Window
Photographs by Gail Albert Halaban
February 2009 Exhibition

Photo Urbanism 3:
Portrait of Jamaica Bay
Photographs by Travis Roozée
April 2007 Exhibition

Taxi 07 Exhibit
April 2007 Exhibition

Long Island City: Connecting the Arts Book Release Party
May 2006 Book Celebration

Designing the Taxi:
Rethinking New York City's Moveable Public Space
November 2005 Exhibition

Photo Urbanism 2:
The Bridge Project
March 2005 Exhibition

Long Island City:
Arts & Industry Tours
June 2004 Factory Tours

Photo Urbanism 1:
The Edge of New York
June 2003 Exhibition

Richard Meier at the Perry Street Apartments
December 2002 Tour by the Architect

Raimund Abraham at the Austrian Cultural Forum
May 2002 Tour by the Architect

Lynden Miller at the Central Park Conservatory Garden
October 2001 Tour by the Designer

Frank Gehry at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
August 2001 Tour by the Architect

Idlewild: An Atlas of the Periphery of Kennedy Airport
October 2000 Exhibition

Workshops & Forums

Designing the Taxi:
What Do We Want
May 2005 Workshop

Times Square Workshop
June 2003 Workshop

Hell's Kitchen South:
Developing Strategies
June 1999 Conference

Public Space Potlucks

Moving Platform | Atlantic/Pacific. Subway Station, Brooklyn
March 22, 2010

Holiday Ping-Pong Potluck | Design Trust offices, Manhattan
December 2, 2009

Conflux Festival | Manhattan
September 17, 2009

Gantry Plaza State Park | Queens
August 18, 2009

Roosevelt Island
July 9, 2009

Grand Concourse | Bronx
June 16, 2009

Wintergarden | Manhattan
March 18, 2009

Staten Island Ferry | Manhattan and Staten Island
December 3, 2008

Grand Army Plaza | Brooklyn
September 24, 2008