More often than not, the way we move through the world each day falls into familiar patterns. This can be comforting, but it can also put us on a kind of mental auto-pilot. When we disrupt these patterns—say, when we travel to a different place or experience an...
On May 31, the Uni was invited by La Casa Azul Bookstore, and Jumpstart, as well as others with a long history of promoting literacy in the city. The Uni offered a place to sit and read. Volunteers Stephanie Yee and Emily Jacobson read aloud. Nadine Hibbert and boys...
Truth be told, Sam and I, who founded and run the Uni, are in our forties. And most of our wonderful volunteers are over the age of 25. Yet many of our patrons are kids under 10. Last week’s deployments on the Lower East Side and at Four Freedoms Park marked the start...
The Uni Project aims to have an outstanding collection of books for New Yorkers to encounter and read on the street. Independent bookstores know books, and they know New Yorkers, and we’re enlisting their help. I first heard about Aurora Anaya-Cerda and her...
On Thursday, May 9, the Uni deployed to a playground adjacent to MS 223 and Clark Junior High School in the South Bronx (Third Ave and E144th St). We chose a paved area just outside the playground where we could catch the eye of the students after school and also...
Coinciding with the Uni’s visit to the PS1 Dome at the Rockaways in April, 2013, the Museum of Modern Art curated and donated a cube of outstanding books that will engage kids and adults across NYC for years to come. MoMA’s publications program has been an...
On July 5, a new Uni went into service in Almaty, Kazakhstan. We never expected the Uni Project to go so far, so fast, and we’re thrilled that our kit of cubes, benches, and covers shipped out safely, and is now a roving, outdoor reading room in Panfilov...
The Uni will be included in Spontaneous Interventions: Design Actions for the Common Good, the official U.S. presentation at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale in Fall 2012. The exhibit will include photos of the Uni, information about the project,...
The Uni’s purpose-built structure and growing collection of browsing books for kids and adults make it possible to turn on a dime and create an outdoor reading room almost anywhere. On Saturday, with Sam on tour, I brought the Uni out of storage myself and drove...
