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Urban Prototyping August Meetup

Join us for the third public engagement Meetup for our Urban Prototyping Research Lab with special guest Jason Kelly Johnson of Future Cities Lab! Open to the public and cash bar for those 21 and older.

7:00pm-7:15pm: Doors/bar open
7:15pm-8:15pm: Public engagement with design teams begins
8:15pm-8:45pm: Public engagement with design teams ends and guest are invited into the auditorium; Selected design teams begin presentations
8:45pm-9:15pm: Presentation by Jason Kelly Johnson of Future Cities Lab

Join us as we create a place for designers, artists, and technologists to discuss redesigning city streets in partnership with nonprofits, city officials, and peers. Produced by Gray Area, Autodesk, YBCA, and SF Planning Department.

Doors open at 7pm and guests are invited to engage with 10 design teams that are currently transforming prototypes into two year installations launching at the 2016 Market Street Prototyping Festival. Incubation teams- Elastic Interaction and Street Sketch will speak about their projects, followed by presentations from speakers who work at the intersection of public art, urban prototyping, and civic innovation.

Learn more about the Incubation program here and here.

Speaker

Jason Kelly Johnson

Jason Kelly Johnson is a founding design partner of Future Cities Lab, an experimental art and design studio, workshop and urban think tank operating globally out of San Francisco, California. Working in collaboration with his partner Nataly Gattegno, Jason has produced a range of award-winning projects exploring the intersections of art and design with advanced fabrication technologies, robotics, responsive building systems and public space. Future Cities Lab is an interdisciplinary studio employing an adventurous team of interaction designers, architects, technologists, digital craftspeople, urban ecologists and more. 

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Partners

The SF Planning Department

The SF Planning Department, under the direction of the Planning Commission, shapes the future of San Francisco and the region by: generating an extraordinary vision for the General Plan and in neighborhood plans; fostering exemplary design through planning controls; improving our surroundings through environmental analysis; preserving our unique heritage; encouraging a broad range of housing and a diverse job base; and enforcing the Planning Code.

Autodesk

As a global leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software, Autodesk helps people imagine, design, and create a better world. Autodesk offers an unparalleled depth of experience and a broad portfolio of software to give customers the power to solve their design, business, and environmental challenges. In addition to designers, architects, engineers, and media and entertainment professionals, Autodesk helps students, educators, and casual creators unlock their creative ideas through user-friendly applications.

YBCA

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) is one of the nation’s most innovative contemporary art centers. Founded in 1993 as the cultural anchor of the Yerba Buena Gardens development, we serve the diverse and ever-evolving community that surrounds us. From our leading edge exhibitions, performances, and films, to our groundbreaking civic initiatives and community partnerships, YBCA is where creativity, people, and new ideas collide.