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UDD’s “PLATED, SERVED + SAVED” at NYCxDESIGN / Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

urbandatadesign — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:06:14 +0000

UDD has been selected to exhibit its ongoing work for the redesign of the NYC Public School lunch trays at NYCxDESIGN, May 10-21 2013. The brainchild of City Council Speaker and Mayoral Candidate Christine C. Quinn’s office

UDD accepted into the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program

urbandatadesign — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:08:24 +0000

To begin 2013 we’re excited to have been accepted into the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program. Through the program, UDD will now have access to a global network of smart, diverse, and progressive entrepreneurs tackling problems and creating new platforms…

Strategic Design: Africa 101

urbandatadesign — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:57:46 +0000

Emerging markets have been hailed as the future of a global economy. This is in part an effort to extend US economic growth to wherever it may lie. In the case of my most recent discussions, Africa is that enormous…

Energy Crisis Gaming

urbandatadesign — Fri, 18 May 2012 19:01:04 +0000

The prophecy of our current energy crisis is in many respects old news. You may recall Jimmy Carter’s 1977 plea to the american public http://bit.ly/YLYgK then interpreted as a tedious history lesson. The tone of the speech was indeed…

UDD Urban Water Hacking + Innovative Devices

urbandatadesign — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:17:43 +0000

UDD participated in a collective Water Hackathon at the Parson Design and Technology Lab, hosted by Internet of Things and Ushahidi. The goal put our collective minds together and hack a robust low-cost water quality monitoring device. We worked with…

UDD + Partners considered for Rockefeller Cultural Innovation Grant

urbandatadesign — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:34:38 +0000

UDD and partners, Gaia Institute, Green Map and NYC Soil & Water Conservation District have been selected from over 400 applications for consideration of a Rockefeller Cultural Innovation Grant. Without question we are excited about our…

Why Detroit Matters

urbandatadesign — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:19:59 +0000

This week at UDD we’ve been confronted with that nagging design question, is North America lagging behind the rest of world in its ability to address pressing problems creatively? The history of design, as our unnamed colleague put it,

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Water Now!

urbandatadesign — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:47:24 +0000

Weeks of Collaboration and Wonderful Minds at Work.

UDD and our partners, Green Maps, NYC Soil & Water Conservation and Gaia Institute are excited about our combined effort to research waterfront accessibility in…

Re.Vision Dallas

urbandatadesign — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:01:47 +0000

How can data support the creation and predict the sustainability of a new Zero Carbon neighborhood comprised of 500 new units of housing, schools, retail, community services, parks, car sharing and parking? Working with R+L Architects, this award winning design…

Smarter Chinatown Tourism NYC 2011

urbandatadesign — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:00:58 +0000

The amalgamation of things that makes Chinatown, well Chinatown, are as diverse as the people who set out daily through its maze of streets, offerings and unique experiences. Beset amongst a backdrop of sales people hawking goods, classic tenement buildings,…