Empowering community members to share neighborhood perceptions and assess local needs through an interactive public installation. Frustrated with the existing approached to public engagement, TYTHEdesign and 3x3 Design were looking to enhance traditional means of data collection to create positive social impact. Drawing on the organizations’...
Guiding the development of a computer science implementation Blueprint to support a citywide initiative. To effectively implement its Computer Science for All Initiative (CS4All)-- a 10-year, $80 million plan to bring computer science (CS) education to each of NYC’s 1.1 million public school students—the NYC Department...
Building student insight into a fellowship for emerging criminal justice leaders. Committed to exploring the many dimensions of justice, The John Jay College of Criminal Justice seeks to spur innovation and improve practice in the reentry field. The Institute’s Pinkerton Fellowship Initiative (PFI) places students in...
Providing the building blocks of public engagement and facilitation to the Department of Small Business Services. The New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS) is committed to driving economic growth and supporting business across all five boroughs. Working with community partners and adjacent agencies,...
Designing the service, interior and exterior of a Mobile Soup Kitchen Truck from the ground up. St. John’s Bread and Life Soup Kitchen, a Brooklyn based non-profit, was looking to retire their 10-year old mobile soup kitchen and build a new design from the ground up. The...
Designing the service, interior and exterior of a Mobile Soup Kitchen Truck from the ground up. . St. John’s Bread and Life Soup Kitchen, a Brooklyn based non-profit, was looking to retire their 10-year old mobile soup kitchen and build a new design from the ground up....
An after-school program focusing on sustainability and business basics through the lens of design. Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), a nonprofit focused on sustainability and economic development, was facing retention and recruitment challenges regarding their existing afterschool program. They reached out to TYTHEdesign to design a curriculum...
Growing organizational capacity by aligning values and goals. CUNY’s At Home in College (AHC) works with NYC public high schools to prepare students for college-level academics and prevent remedial coursework. Their small team was looking to build unity and grow their capacity for collaborative work. OUR STRATEGY TYTHEdesign...
Building a public workshop series to help the City connect with women entrepreneurs. WE NYC is a first-of-its-kind program in a major American city to empower women entrepreneurs in a wide array of sectors. The program, initiated in March 2015 by Mayor DeBlasio and NYC’s Department...
Making the Affordable Housing Lottery Process Accessible to All New Yorkers As a fellow at the Public Policy Lab, Creative Director Kristina Drury joined a team of designers, planners, and innovators to connect NYC Housing Preservation’s services with their community. As described in the press release: “The...