Urban Prototyping August Meetup

Announcing the third public engagement Meetup for our Urban Prototyping Research 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 7:15pm and guests are invited to engage with 10 design teams (http://grayarea.org/initiative/urban-prototyping/) that are currently transforming prototypes into two year installations launching at the 2016 Market Street Prototyping Festival. Incubation teams- Elastic Interaction (http://grayarea.org/initiative/urban-prototyping/elastic-interaction/) and Street Sketch (http://grayarea.org/initiative/urban-prototyping/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.

Agenda:

7:15pm: Doors/bar open

7:15pm-8:15pm: Public engagement with design teams begins

8:15pm-8:40pm: Public engagement with design teams ends and guest are invited into the auditorium; Selected design teams begin presentations

8:40pm-9:00pm: Presentation by Jason Kelly Johnson (http://www.future-cities-lab.net/jason-kelly-johnson/) of Future Cities Lab

Learn more about the Incubation program here: http://grayarea.org/initiative/urban-prototyping/ and here: http://marketstreetprototyping.org/initiatives/incubation/