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


Our annual benefit auction raises about a third of the Design Trust's operating budget. This cocktail event offers an opportunity to support quality urban design in New York City.

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)

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Design Trust Council Events

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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.

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

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

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

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

"Public Space / Private Money"
March 12, 2009

Upcoming: Design Trust Council Annual Event

On March 18th, the Design Trust will hold its 4th annual Council Event - "Urban Fabric: Creation in the City" at fashion designer Yeohlee Teng's studio in the Garment District. Join us for cocktails, conversation and a behind-the-scenes glimpse of...keep reading.

Recent: Lunch with West 8
Our last Lunch at Tbsp for Design Trust Council members was about Governor's Island, with Jamie Maslyn Larson from West 8. Learn more about the Council...

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

Grand Army Plaza | Brooklyn
September 24, 2008

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

Wintergarden | Manhattan
March 18, 2009

Grand Concourse | Bronx
June 16, 2009

Roosevelt Island
July 9, 2009

Gantry Plaza State Park | Queens
August 18, 2009

Conflux Festival | Manhattan
September 17, 2009

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