Design Workshop 2011 (Tara Mrowka)

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Design Workshop 2011 (Tara Mrowka)

Brooklyn, NY

Design Workshop 2011 (Tara Mrowka) joined Kickstarter on February 16, 2011

Highbridge in_flux by Design Workshop 2012 (Amy Obonaga)

in_flux is the cumulation of a semester's worth of collaborative work for 8 graduate students creating a fully functional rec center.
- Design
- Washington Heights, NY
- 11% funded $1,790 pledged
- 20 backers
Funded!
LowLine: An Underground Park on NYC's Lower East Side by Dan Barasch

We plan to transform an abandoned New York City trolley terminal into a vibrant community green space using new solar technology.
- Design
- Lower East Side, NY
- 155% funded $155,186 pledged
- 3,300 backers
- Funded Apr 06, 2012
Funded!
Open Source my Great Uncle Harry's Glögg Recipe by Justin Kazmark

My great uncle was a convivial soul who believed in the healing properties of glögg. I want to share his recipe with the world.
- Food
- Brooklyn, NY
- 540% funded $270 pledged
- 75 backers
- Funded Dec 23, 2011
Funded!
L.E.S. Runway by Cheryl Maleh

Part fashion showcase, part pop-up shop, LES Runway brings the runway to the downtown scene.
- Fashion
- New York, NY
- 112% funded $9,551 pledged
- 153 backers
- Funded Jun 21, 2011
Funded!
Don McCloskey's Big Bold Musical Album by Don McCloskey

Don McCloskey is recording his most ambitious album to date with producer Bill Moriarty and needs your help to put it over the top.
- Music
- Philadelphia, PA
- 181% funded $12,705 pledged
- 159 backers
- Funded Jun 12, 2011
Funded!
SEED by SEED

SEED is an innovative building system designed for developing cities that is affordable, scalable, dignified and self-sustaining.
- Design
- Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
- 120% funded $4,837 pledged
- 113 backers
- Funded Apr 26, 2011
Funded!
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry by Alison Klayman

AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY is the first feature-length documentary about China's (in)famous artist and activist, Ai Weiwei.
- Documentary
- New York, NY
- 260% funded $52,175 pledged
- 793 backers
- Funded May 28, 2011
Funded!
SiTE:LAB @ the old Junior Achievement Building by Site:Lab, Inc.

Site:Lab intends to organize a series of temporary art installations in a vacant 25,000 sq ft building over the next seven months
- Art
- Grand Rapids, MI
- 102% funded $5,103 pledged
- 101 backers
- Funded Apr 09, 2011
Funded!
Urbanized: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit

Help finish the new design documentary from the director of "Helvetica" and "Objectified".
- Documentary
- Brooklyn, NY
- 139% funded $118,505 pledged
- 1,814 backers
- Funded Mar 23, 2011

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Highbridge in_flux by Design Workshop 2012 (Amy Obonaga)

LowLine: An Underground Park on NYC's Lower East Side by Dan Barasch

Open Source my Great Uncle Harry's Glögg Recipe by Justin Kazmark

L.E.S. Runway by Cheryl Maleh

Don McCloskey's Big Bold Musical Album by Don McCloskey

SEED by SEED

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