NYCxDESIGN, New York City’s annual celebration of design, recently wrapped up its fourth season. To learn more about who makes up the design community, photographer Charles Aydlett asked attendees how they would like to see design evolve in the city.
Name: Stephanie
Occupation: Writer and educator
Place of residence: Brooklyn
In the next 10 years I would like to see more smart, integrated design. New York is going to be dealing with massive population growth and tourism within a really finite space. We need to make it more livable.
In Europe you see a lot of smart design around roundabouts; you see more public parks, more community-centered design. That would be nice. One of the best things about New York is that there are so many different people from all different walks of life. It would be really nice to have more than just Central Park or Prospect Park or these tiny little parks scattered around the city to bring people together.
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