“Design thinking is the glue that brings many stakeholders together to solve complex problems and capture the city’s collective imagination, ” write Design Trust executive director Susan Chin and Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum board chair Paul Herzan in today’s New York Observer. … Continue reading
Valuable information about the taxi system is presented in Taxi 07: Roads Forward in a variety of ways. Everyone’s favorite though, are the comics by illustrator Jason Little. Take your time and read them, you’ll learn a lot (and click any image to … Continue reading
Today Nissan unveiled the NV200, New York City’s Taxi of Tomorrow, a “bespoke” vehicle designed and engineered from the ground up exclusively for New Yorkers. As our deputy director Megan Canning told The New York Times, “This is not just … Continue reading
The Nissan NV200 Taxi of Tomorrow debuts this week at the NY Auto Show and hits the streets in 2013. But the new vehicle is only part of New York’s taxi story. Thousands of New Yorkers make their living in the taxi industry, … Continue reading
Nissan begins their marketing campaign for the rollout of the Taxi of Tomorrow at this week’s Auto Show with a semi-3D billboard on 11th Avenue. Note the Toyota Siena taxi on the parking lot lift below the billboard. The Taxi … Continue reading
In 2006 photographer and filmmaker Shravan Vidyarthi produced Cabbie Voices for our Taxi 07 Exhibit at the 2007 New York International Auto Show. Later this week, after seven years of working with NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission officials, designers, taxi … Continue reading
Mr. Abdul Mohammed of the Bronx won $5,000 worth of taxi rides courtesy of the Design Trust for completing the passenger survey “designed to help the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) collect feedback on the features that New Yorkers … Continue reading
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