We are now well into the final month of Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers which is closing on September 2. We’ll be so sad to see it go!
If you do decide to visit the exhibition in the next few weeks, you may come across some special surprises…To commemorate its final run, the Museum of the City of New York are hosting a series of events showing visitors how they can live, decorate, cook and organize in small spaces – all taking place in the LaunchPad micro-unit in the exhibit.
Visitors will experience not just the 325-square foot micro-unit, but will engage with experts as they demonstrate how to comfortably whip up a meal, arrange items and entertain.
Additionally, over the next four days, five people will take turns living in the micro-unit to fully experience smaller living quarters – and they will interact with Museum visitors as well as the outside world via live-blogging, holding Google chats, Instagramming and tweeting during the experience.
On tap for the month of August are the following events:
Curbed.com liveblogging 24 hours in the micro-unit
Micro-Units: Can you really live here?
From Thursday, August 15th +
The Museum will have five participants live in the micro–unit over a 24-hour period to find out.
The temporary “residents” will greet visitors, discuss their experiences, and live overnight in the unit. Visitors can track their progress through the Museum’s and the participants’ social media channels.
You can follow them via Twitter: @MuseumofCityNY and Instagram: museumofcityny.
Clever Ways to Dress Up – and Organize – Your Small Space
A large aspect of small space living is strategic organization and decor. Ann Lightfoot and Kate Berger, founders of Done & Done NYC, know this dilemma all too well and will present visitors with techniques for clever storage, as well as tricks for keeping clutter from reoccurring. Jeffrey Phillip, founder of jp., is an expert at helping clients achieve a home that is both practical and stylish and will demonstrate how to attain a fusion between organization and interior design.
Meet Ann Lightfoot and Kate Berger: Tuesday, August 13th from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Done & Done NYC is a household organization consultancy founded by Kate Berger and Ann Lightfoot in 2009. As lifelong New Yorkers, Kate and Ann are exceedingly familiar with the challenges of apartment living and seek to help their fellow urbanites manage their homes in a smart and stylish manner. From studio apartments in the Village to large Park Avenue duplexes, they have seen it all. Not only traditional organizers, Done & Done NYC also provides technology management and household inventory services. And they work closely with a top-notch team of outside professionals to deliver whatever a client needs, be it moving, repairs, or wine cellar management. Whether the challenge is consolidating two homes into one, preparing a home for sale, or simply making an existing space work to its maximum potential.
Meet Jeffrey Phillip: Friday, August 23rd from 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Professional organizer and interior designer Jeffrey Phillip has had a knack for helping the organizationally and design challenged for as long as he can remember. Always the go-to guy (and kid) whenever someone needed an orderly solution or style advice, it wasn’t until after college that Jeffrey discovered that his “knack” was in fact a deep and inspiring passion to genuinely help others learn how to live more efficiently.
After over five years in business and backed with a lifetime of experience, Jeffrey is a leading expert in blending style and efficiency for those seeking both practical and fashionable solutions for their everyday life. Working with everyone from the happy homemaker to the high profile individual on the go, Jeffrey works with his clients to transform their homes and offices into thoughtfully organized, stylish and welcoming spaces.
Throwing a Dinner Party – in a Small Space
Great Performances, one of the city’s most prestigious caterers, will have their Creative Director Terri Lee host 20-minute cooking and organizing demos in the micro-unit. Terri will show guests how to pull together simple, yet exquisite, meals and appetizers for friends and family while keeping minimal kitchen space organized.
Meet Terri Lee:
Wednesday, August 14th at 11:00 AM (organizing), 1:00 PM (cooking), 3:00 PM (organizing), 4:00 PM (cooking)
Wednesday, August 21st at 11:00 AM (organizing), 1:00 PM (cooking), 3:00 PM (organizing), 4:00 PM (cooking)
Terri’s creative and holistic approach to design is a reflection of her inquisitive nature and fascination with well-designed visual organization. From an early age, she was a master at puzzles—whether it was fitting in the last few pairs of shoes into her overfilled suitcase or making sure all the unique ceramics and spices fit into her limited kitchen, Terri made sure it was functional AND beautiful. Prior to coming to Great Performances, Terri designed serve-ware products and kitchen prep tools as well as exhibits for children’s museums, retail environments, and visitor centers. She has researched and developed design criteria for portable food carts and studied the human relationship to cooking and objects used in the kitchen.
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We were so excited to see our Deputy Director, Sarah Watson, on PBS NewsHour! See her talk about the micro-living phenomenon here.
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Join us at the Museum of the City of New York for a fascinating conversation about the innovative micro-unit project in NYC that has captured the attention of the world.
Thursday April 18
6.30pm
Museum of the City of New York
In the words of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, “New York’s ability to adapt with changing times is what made us the world’s greatest city – and it’s going to be what keeps us strong in the 21st century.” To encourage that adaptation, in July 2012 the City of New York launched the adAPT design competition for New York City’s first building of “micro-apartments,” ranging from 250 to 370 square feet. The winner was “My Micro NY,” an innovative structure of 55 micro-units to be built on E. 27th Street in Manhattan.
Fred A. Bernstein, architectural critic and frequent New York Times contributor, will bring together: Housing Commissioner, Mathew Wambua; City Planning’s Urban Designer, Alex Washburn; architect Mimi Hoang, Principal and co-founder of nARCHITECTS, who created the winning design; and Nick Lembo, the winning design’s lead developer.
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When: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 from 6:30-8 pm
Where: The Museum of the City of New York – 1220 Fifth Avenue
Join us for a lively conversation with leaders who are spearheading a new approach to sustainability: Graham Hill, founder of treehugger.com and lifeedited.com will discuss his ultra-compact, elegant and green approach to urban living – based on his equation that less stuff equals more happiness. Paul Freitag of Jonathan Rose Companies, a leader in developing high-density, mixed-use, and affordable green housing in NYC, will present the details of their submission to the adAPT micro-unit pilot. They will then be joined by Michael Colgrove, Director of the NYC office of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), for a lively conversation about this latest approach to sustainability.
Free accompanying wine reception.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers.
$6 Museum members; $8 seniors and students; $12 general public
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