Restart [your city]
YEAR: 2015 - Present
TYPE: Firm
LOCATION: Oakland, CA, USA
ROLE: Founder + Designer
AWARDS: 2014 Urban SOS Winning Entry, 2015 Livable Cities Challenge Runner-Up, 2016 Market Street Prototype Festival Selected Artist, 2016 Eleven Magazine Design Competition Runner-up
_Key Projects
Opt[in], San Francisco, CA
’Patron Saint’ Exhibit, Boston, MA
Restart [Tirupur], Tamil Nadu, India
StreetSpeak, San Francisco, CA
Society's Soul Film, San Francisco, CA
’Urban Specimens’, Oakland, CA
_About
Restart [your city] or RYC was co-founded in 2015 by Meesh Zucker and Emily Saunders. Restart [your city] is a collaborative design collective working to empower our communities through design. We believe that cities should be accessible and provide space for all. Together, we develop projects and strategies with local communities in an effort to fight for a more inclusive built environment. Our projects aim to improve the quality + livability of our cities via iterative, on-going design processes. We were founded on the following principles:
1. Space for all - We need to create cities that provide space for all community groups. The urban environment should be welcoming, not divisive.
2. Adaptive Design - Design should allow for adaptation over time to meet the evolving and ever-changing needs of our society. We can't predict the future so let's start by addressing the present.
3. Open Dialogue - Your input matters. We aim to create a platform where all voices, big or small, can be heard and acknowledged throughout the design process.
4. Prototypical Approach - We believe in the design process. Let's prototype solutions together, figure out what works and build upon our successes.
5. Catalog of Ideas - Knowledge is power. We aim to share our findings with the world.
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