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Taxi! 2005–2010
Our groundbreaking work reimagined the NYC taxi vehicle and system for the twenty-first century by facilitating innovative new designs for our city's "moveable public space" and creating a 10-year strategic plan for improving the taxi system.
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Designing the Taxi 2005–2006
Remarkable ideas for NYC's moveable public space
The Project Team
Although there were no Fellows for this project, the Design Trust staff worked very closely with the advisors, stakeholders, and designers to produce the workshops, exhibit, and final publication.
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Project Partner
Advisory Committee
Paul Goldberger
former Dean, Parsons School of Design
Paul Herzan
President, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Michael Levine
Owner, Ronart Leasing Corporation
Deborah Marton
(former) Executive Director, Design Trust for Public Space
Christopher Mount
Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs, Parsons The New School for Design
Phil Patton
Author and Design Journalist
Andrew Salkin
(former) First Deputy Commissioner, NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission
Bruce Schaller
Principal, Schaller Consulting
Special Thanks
Jason Abbey
Fox + Fowle Architects
Rachel Abrams
Imagination, Inc.
Kurt Andersen
Studio 360
James Biber
Pentagram
Michael Bierut
Pentagram
Ayse Birsel
Birsel+Seck
Jennifer Carpenter
TRUCK Product Architecture
Matthew Daus
Commissioner, NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission
Fred Dust
IDEO
Chelsea Mauldin
Design Trust for Public Space
Alex Mergold
Pentagram
Sigi Moeslinger
Antenna Design New York
Yerina Mugica
Natural Resources Defense Council
Jena Sher
Pentagram
Ken Smith
Ken Smith Landscape Architect
Ernest Tollerson
Partnership for New York City
Erhan Tuncel
Taxi Driver
Masamichi Udagawa
Antenna Design New York
Tucker Viemaster
Springtime
Claire Weisz
Weisz + Yoes
Mark Yoes
Weisz + Yoes
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